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Robert Brodschneider

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BeeGuards project seeks volunteer beekeepers studying *Varroa Control*

The EU funded project BeeGuards (https://beeguards.eu) seeks volunteer beekeepers studying varroa control with brood breaks or citizen scientists investigating pollinator floral resource overlap! ➔ Apply...

The Latitudinal Biotic Interaction Hypothesis revisited: contrasting latitudinal richness gradients in actively vs. passively accumulated interaction partners of honey bees

Contrasting hypotheses suggest that the number of biotic interactions per species could either increase towards the equator due to the increasing richness of potential...

Tropilaelaps Webinar 2025 *BeeGuards & Apimondia*

Date & Time: Mar 20, 2025 13:00 CET Description: This webinar will cover the biology, distribution, prevention and control options for this exotic mite, Tropilaelaps...

Honey bee colony loss rates in 37 countries using the COLOSS survey for winter 2019–2020

Abstract This article presents managed honey bee colony loss rates over winter 2019/20 resulting from using the standardised COLOSS questionnaire in 37 countries. Six countries...

Spatial clusters of Varroa destructor control strategies in Europe

Abstract Beekeepers have various options to control the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies, but no empirical data are available on the methods...

PhD position (m/f/d) in Animal Ecology, Germany

Foraging ecology of Asian honey bees Background: The ecology of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) has been studied in some detail, but next...

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...

Joining Forces across Continents: The 1st SOLATINA–COLOSS Conference

Introduction The first SOLATINA-COLOSS meeting took place virtually on September 22, 2021. The event was set up with the aim of promoting collaboration between the...

CSI Pollen: Diversity of Honey Bee Collected Pollen Studied by Citizen Scientists

Abstract A diverse supply of pollen is an important factor for honey bee health, but information about the pollen diversity available to colonies at the...