The following is a 20-year-summary of the historical aspects of introduction of the Varroa bee mite (Varroa destructor) into the United States. "I have been informed that my pending visit to Australia in 2007 for the Apimondia meeting will be like a beekeeping journey back in time.

Africanized populations are a major concern to the beekeeping industry as well as a model for the evolutionary genetics of colony defence.

Growing evidence for global pollinator decline is causing concern for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services maintenance. Neonicotinoid pesticides have been identified or suspected as a key factor responsible for this decline.

When it comes to invasive species in beekeeping (not including Varroa mite which invaded Europe a long time ago), we think about small hive beetle, the yellow leg Asian hornet and the tropilelaelaps mite.

One of the conditions necessary for conversion from traditional to organic beekeeping is substitution of all the nest-combs with residue-free foundations...

Acaricides, antimicrobial drugs and fungicides are not highly toxic alone, but in combination they can be heighly toxic due to interactive effects.

The influence of season and volatile compounds on the acceptance of introduced European honey bee queens into European and Africanized colonies.