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Weakness and collapse of bee colonies in Brazil: are there cases of CCD?
(Empresa Brasil Pesq Agropec, 2016-05-01)
In the last decades, the decline of wild bee populations and the collapse of Apis mellifera colonies have concerned researchers and beekeepers. The objective of this review was to compile some of the most relevant studies ...
Detection of honey bee viruses in Argentinian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2018-02)
The Meliponini is a eusocial group of bees tropically distributed. In Argentina, 37 species have been recorded, mostly in Misiones province. They use a great variety of sites to build their nests including tree hollows, ...
Honey bee colony losses: what's happening in South America?
(Dadant & Sons Inc, 2016-11-01)
The concerns for the effects of honey bee declines have spurred several large-scale surveys of honey bee health around the world to evaluate potential drivers of colony losses. United States and Europe already have well ...
Mycotoxicological and palynological profiles of commercial brands of dried bee pollen
(Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, 2016)
Lactobacillus kunkeei strains decreased the infection by honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Nosema ceranae
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2017-12-21)
Due to their social behaviour, honey bees can be infected by a wide range of pathogens including the microsporidia Nosema ceranae and the bacteria Paenibacillus larvae. The use of probiotics as food additives for the control ...
Effects of Nosema ceranae and thiametoxam in Apis mellifera: A comparative study in Africanized and Carniolan honey bees
(2016-03-01)
Multiple stressors, such as chemicals and pathogens, are likely to be detrimental for the health and lifespan of Apis mellifera, a bee species frequently exposed to both factors in the field and inside hives. The main ...
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE and HUMAN CONSEQUENCES of AFRICANIZED BEE STINGS IN THE AMERICAS
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2012-01-01)
In 1956, Africanized bees began to spread in the American continent from southern Brazil, where original African bees mated with European bees. A few years later, in 1990, these Africanized bees reached the United States ...