The EU Pollinator Week is an event bringing together experts, policymakers, and stakeholders. This year’s theme is “A New Deal for Pollinators”, emphasising the current status and future opportunities to secure the fundamental role of pollinators. The event will be held online, and registration is now open. Browse the schedule and register for the sessions…
3-year contract for a junior researcher (with a PhD) to work on a recently approved project about controlling the invasion of Vespa velutina (project CONTROLVESPA). More information on the link https://www.euraxess.pt/jobs/682577 (deadline for application 24 of September).
Agricultural and apicultural practices expose honeybees to a range of pesticides that have the potential to negatively affect their physiology, neurobiology, and behavior. Accumulating evidence suggests that these effects extend to the honeybee gut microbiome, which serves important functions for honeybee health. Here we test the potential effects of the pesticides thiacloprid, acetamiprid, and oxalic…
You can now register to the first SOLATINA-COLOSS meeting to be held on September 22, 2021, 9-14h GMT-3 (Uruguay time) / 14-19h GMT+2 (Central European Time). On this occasion, prominent researchers will discuss two topics of global interest: Surviving honey bees to Varroa destructor Monitoring of colony losses. This will be an excellent opportunity to present and…
An APIMONDIA International online symposium entitled “Global Trends in Beekeeping” is being organised in September 2021, on 20th and 21st, in collaboration with the Russian beekeepers’ association as a preview of next year’s APIMONDIA’s congress in Ufa. The programme of the symposium includes Russian and international speakers covering several subjects that you can consult on…
Stellenausschreibung Die Landesanstalt für Bienenkunde ist eine Einrichtung der Universität Hohenheim mit Arbeitsschwerpunkten in der angewandten Bienenforschung, der Analytik von Bienenprodukten, der universitären Lehre und der imkerlichen Fortbildung. Aktuell arbeiten an der Landesanstalt etwa 30 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter auf Planstellen und in Drittmittelprojekten. Am Dienstort Hohenheim ist zum 01. Mai 2022 ein unbefristeter Vollzeitarbeitsplatz für…
Plant reproduction in red clover requires cross-fertilization via insect pollination. However, the influences of visitation rate and timing on maximizing ovule utilization are yet to be determined. We aimed to study the influences of visitation rate, flowering stage, and self-incompatibility on reproductive success. We applied hand and honey bee pollination in the study of eight…
September 22, 2021 – “Joining forces across continents” Save the date! The first meeting of the two bee research societies, SOLATINA and COLOSS, will be held on 22nd September. There will be two roundtables on monitoring honeybee colony losses and on varroa-resistant honey bees with interesting participants to give insights from around the globe. More…
A Bee World article on the use of Citizen Scientist on varroa research. Citizen Science is the involvement of volunteers in science and CSI Varroa project is an initiative of COLOSS members, started at the end of 2018, aiming to gain more knowledge about varroa infestation thresholds above which beekeepers start observing economic damages, and…
As part of the MUST‐B project, a research project on field data collection for honey bee colony model evaluation was carried out in 2018‐2020. In a preparatory phase (2018), methods for monitoring of honey bee colonies were tested, field operators trained, and experimental colonies established. The main field experiment was conducted in 2019‐2020, during which…