The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) composed of representatives of the European Commission and Member States met once more on July 16 and 17 2020.

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines.

umagilin-B® is the only currently registered chemical treatment available to combat nosema disease in apiculture. Fumagillol, the basic hydrolysis product of fumagillin, two semisynthetic fumagillin analogues, and four in-house purely synthetic compounds.

Behaviors of swarming, colony defense and hygiene are ethological traits that have an impact on honey yields so are important to selection programs.

In Ethiopia, despite the potential of apicultural resource, production and productivity are relatively low.

Chalkbrood, caused by Ascosphaera apis (Maassen and Claussen) Olive and Spiltor, is a cosmopolitan fungal disease of honey bee larvae (Apis mellifera L.) for which there is no chemotherapeutic control.

The present work is the 1st part of 3-part study carried out at Fayoum Governorate, Egypt to evaluate the pollen species collected by honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colonies  two successive years, 2009 and 2010.

In East Africa, honey bees provide critical pollination and income for small-holder farmers and rural families

This paper describes a project that set out to summarize the natural science evidence base relevant to neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators in as policy-neutral terms as possible.

Neonicotinoids, a class of systemic insecticides, are more frequently associated with the pollinator declines. The present briefing note gives an overview about neonicotinoid uses and recent scientific findings on their impact on bee colony survival and development. Risk-mitigation measures aimed at protecting non-target organisms (such as bees), are outlined and discussed.