Monthly Archives: February, 2022

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...

Graduate student (MS or PhD) Honey bee integrated pest management with focus on “Varroa destructor”

Application deadline: Review of applications will begin on Monday, March 7th, and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Start date: Flexible, with Summer...

17th COLOSS Conference 2021 – Proceedings & Recordings

The conference Proceedings of the 17th COLOSS Conference are now online and can be downloaded after logging in on the "Past Events" page. The recordings...

Population Structure and Diversity in European Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) – An Empirical Comparison of Pool and Individual Whole-Genome Sequencing

Background: Whole-genome sequencing has become routine for population genetic studies. Sequencing of individuals provides maximal data but is rather expensive and fewer samples can...

Morphometric and mitochondrial variation of Apis mellifera L. and its relationship with geographical variables in parts of West and Central Africa

In order to investigate the geographical distribution of morphological and mitochondrial variation of the Western honey bee in West and Central Africa, 175 colonies,...