TASK FORCES
COLOSS activities timely created and discontinued, pending upon bottom-up demand in our field. (Guideline for initiating a new COLOSS Task Force)
Task forces
Guideline for initiating a new COLOSS Task Force (TF) Identify a topic Feel free to choose any health / wellbeing related topic within the framework of our association’s mission (https://coloss.org/mission-goals-strategy/). Please consult coloss.org for ongoing TFs. Topics must have at least regional importance (e.g. Tropilaelaps spp.), but are ideally of global relevance (e.g. climate change).…
COLOSS Virus Task Force -REVIEWS-
Dear COLOSS members, The members of the COLOSS Virus Task Force (VTF) are proud to announce that two reviews about viruses of (honey) bees have been published and are freely available in open access journals: Diversity and Global Distribution of Viruses of the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera (3390/insects11040239). Bee Viruses: Routes of Infection in…
EC Election Candidates 2022
First Name: Alexander Last Name: Mikheyev E-mail: sasha@homologo.us Affiliation: Australian National University Country: Australia Short biography: I am an evolutionary biologist with broad interests, focusing on understanding the effects humans have on the animals around us. Honey bee parasites and diseases fascinate me as models of emergent spread. My work has focused extensively on varroa…
A Special Issue on COLOSS!
Bee World, Volume 99, Issue 1 is a special issue on the honey bee research association COLOSS. This issue contains 11 articles written by key members of all COLOSS core projects and task forces. Thanks to some authors institutions and the support of COLOSS all articles are permanently freely available and can be found here.…
Activities
Core Projects Essential COLOSS activities constantly maintained. Task Forces COLOSS activities timely created and discontinued, pending upon bottom-up demand in our field. (Guideline for initiating a new COLOSS Task Force) DOWNLOADS Restricted Content / Members Only You cannot view this content because It is available to members only. Please Login or Register to view this…
Happy New Year from COLOSS! (with important updates)
Dear COLOSS members On behalf of our EC, I herewith wish all of you a healthy, happy and productive New Year 2021! We hope that you are all doing fine in these difficult pandemic times and that the New Year will improve the situation for all of us. Despite the obvious issues, COLOSS did well…
Mission, Goals & Strategy
The mission of COLOSS is to improve the well-being of bees (in particular the western honey bee Apis mellifera) at a global level. Our goals include: Advocating for bees, and their well-being, especially to government legislators and administrators Coordinating international research, including the development of standard research methods Disseminating knowledge and training related to improving…
Boost for funding for honey bee health
The Executive Committee of COLOSS are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement with the Ricola Foundation, Science and Nature, for substantial additional funding for an initial three year period, with a clear perspective for sustainable support. This additional funding will be used in three main areas to improve the effectiveness of the…
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