Over the last quarter century, increasing honey bee colony losses motivated standardized large-scale surveys of managed honeybees, particularly in Europe and the United States.

Honeybees rely on a diverse set of individual and group-level defenses to prevent disease.

Queen breeders use various methods to produce good quality queens essential to populate their colonies. More recently, bee scientists have started the use of a queen rearing device namely Cupularve

Here, we tested the ability of propolis originating from the resins of these plants to inhibit the in vitro growth of Paenibacillus larvae , the organism that causes American foulbrood, a fatal honeybee larval disease. The study involved GC-MS analysis of extracts from nine samples of propolis gathered from the temperate climate zone of Europe.

This study evaluated the activity of plant extracts on Nosema ceranae development and their toxicity on the infected host Apis mellifera. Newly emerged bees were fed ad libitum with enriched syrups after individual infection.

Although texts and wall paintings suggest that bees were kept in the Ancient Near East for the production of precious wax and honey, archaeological evidence for beekeeping has never been found.

The influence of different temperatures on the development of Varroa Jacobsoni was studied by placing newly capped and parasitized worker bee brood into thermostatically controlled chambers

Honey bee colonies are highly dependent upon the availability of floral resources from which they get the nutrients (notably pollen) necessary to their development and survival. However, foraging areas are currently affected by the intensification of agriculture and landscape alteration.

One of the main biotic threat to honey bees all over the world is the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata). Without proper treatment, colonies are doomed and collapse within two years.