Honey bee hive covers reduce food consumption and colony mortality during overwintering
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Beekeepers regularly employ management practices to mitigate losses during the winter, often considered the most difficult time during a colony life cycle. |
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04-04-2022 |
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Honey bee hygienic behavior and defense against Varroa jacobsoni
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Hygienic and non-hygienic colonies from ’Starline’ stock of Apis mellifera were tested for their ability to remove pupae infested with Varroa mites. The hygienic and non-hygienic lines were selected and bred on the basis of their removal response to freeze-killed brood. |
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30-10-1996 |
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Honey bee predisposition of resistance to ubiquitous mite infestations
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Host-parasite co-evolution history is lacking when parasites switch to novel hosts. This was the case for Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) when the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, switched hosts from Eastern honey bees (Apis cerana). |
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24-05-2019 |
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Honey bee workers that are pollen stressed as larvae
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The negative effects on adult behavior of juvenile undernourishment are well in vertebrates, but relatively poorly understood in invertebrates. |
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08-04-2015 |
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Honey bees as a model for understanding mechanisms of life history transitions
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As honey bee workers switch from in-hive tasks to foraging, they undergo transition from constant exposure to the controlled homogenous physical and sensory environment of the hive to prolonged diurnal exposures to a far more heterogeneous environment outside the hive. |
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31-05-2005 |
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Honey constituents up-regulate detoxification and immunity genes in Apis mellifera
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As a managed pollinator, the honey bee Apis mellifera is critical to the American agricultural enterprise. Recent colony losses have thus raised concerns. |
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21-03-2013 |
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Honey fraud: a major threat to the future of beekeeping
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Honey fraud: a major threat to the future of beekeeping around the world. Since January 2015 bulk honey prices have been showing continuous decrease in the Internationl market, which has caused a loss os ca. 600 million/dollars/year tp honest beekeeêrs around the world. |
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31-03-2017 |
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Honey labelling: time to bee transparent
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The beekeeping sector is facing challenges as beekeepers endured the worst harvest in decades, yet despite of low production levels, honey prices have not risen due to honey imports. |
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27-11-2021 |
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Honey market presentation 2024
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EU remains second world producer (~285 000 tons, 2022) after China. |
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08-04-2024 |
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Honey marketing and international trade
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Beekeepers face the lowest risks if their honey does not need to cross international borders: if they can sell directly to consumers then they should achieve a good price and in a simple way. |
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06-07-2009 |
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