There is growing recognition that the gut microbial community regulates a wide variety of important functions in its animal hosts, including host health. However, the complex interactions between gut microbes and environment are still unclear.

The association between the deformed wing virus and the parasitic mite Varroa destructor has been identified as a major cause of worldwide honeybee colony losses.

Next we tested the temperature range that causes damage to the mites. The mites did not survive 10°C over the normal brood nest temperature. Similar experiments with bee pupae confirmed their significantly lower heat sensitivity.

This booklet provides the beekeeper fundamental and important information about the management of small hive beetles. Topics covered include small hive beetle biology, economic importance, control recommendations, and current tools that are available for beetle control.

In the early 2000s, Italian beekeepers began to report bee mortality events linked to maize sowing. Evidence pointed to three neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam) and a phenylpyrazole (fipronil) used for seed dressing that were dispersed in the environment during sowing.

Heritabilities and genetic correlations were estimated for honey yield and behavioural traits in Austrian honey bees using data on nearly 15,000 colonies of the bee breeders association Biene Österreich collected between 1995 and 2014.

Selection of honeybee strains resistant to the ectoparasitic Varroa destructor is  considered as one of the most sustainable ways of coping with it.

Himalayan cliff bee is the largest honeybee of the world which bears only a single large colony at open space and is native to Nepal.

Lithium chemicals have been proven to be very effective in eradicating Varroa destructor, the detrimental parasite of the honey bee.

The genetic variation of N. ceranae supports the hypothesis that the most likely origin of N. ceranae was East Asia, and then spread through the world.