To all members of the bee, colony, and hive monitoring community, we have selected a date for the 2020 Zoom Conference! It will be spread over five days, from October 5-9. To date, we have received uploads of presentations from about 60% of those of you on our mailing list. If you have already submitted…
Dear Colleagues, The EurBee 9 local and scientific organising committees met today and, because of the corona situation, took the decision to postpone EurBee9 till September 2022. We are sorry that we had to take this decision, but the likelihood of being able to stage the conference successfully in 2020 was low. We will write…
COLOSS BEEBOOK VOLUME III PART 2 has just been published on tandfonline.com.
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…
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…
The impacts of COVID-19 on human society are far-reaching. To estimate for the first time its impact on the bee research and education community, the Executive Committee of COLOSS (prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) developed an internet-based survey that was disseminated through COLOSS members to relevant stakeholders. The preliminary results, published as a contribution…
URGENT COVID-19 CALL FOR ACTION COLOSS NETWORK COLOSS, the largest honey bee research association worldwide, is collecting data to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research in Apidology and related activities. The survey is in English and will take approximately 15-20 minutes of your time. Outcomes will be delivered on May 20, 2020,…
The COLOSS Bee Nutrition TF Workshop 2020 has been canceled due to a coronavirus outbreak in the region where the event was to take place. Do you have any questions? Contact the organizers: Simone Tosi
Washington State University, Honey Bee Health program has just released a video to help beekeepers improve their stock and overcome some of the obstacles they may face in their breeding efforts. The selection and breeding of honey bees is perhaps the best long term and sustainable solution to the current issues facing beekeepers. Honey bee breeding poses…