The COLOSS Association, is pleased to announce that the scientific evaluation of the “Coloss Ricola Award 2022” proposals is now completed. The quality of the 17 submitted proposals was high, which made the work of the evaluation committee very hard. These have now been reduced to a short list of four candidates for receiving the…
Foraging ecology of Asian honey bees Background: The ecology of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) has been studied in some detail, but next to nothing is known about the foraging ecology and mechanisms of coexistence of Asian honey bee species (A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea). Further, it is unknown how the large-scale transformation…
APIMONDIA federation is inviting all scientists and beekeepers to join 47th APIMONDIA International Apicultural Congress, which is going to be held in Turkey- Istanbul between 24 and 28 August 2022, after cancelling the original organization in Ufa. This time the organizer is the APIMODNIA Federation itself. These past two years have been challenging, first with…
The effects of sulfoxaflor on various pollinators have long been debated. However, there have been few in-hive studies on sulfoximines, and the effects on honey bee colony growth and foraging activity are unknown. Here, we calculated the LC50 of Closer® 24% suspension concentrate (SC) using honey bee foragers and then assessed the impacts of chronic…
Automated bee counters have evolved and become more versatile over the last hundred years. To date, however, there is no method for standardized validation of counting accuracy and thus no reliable data on daily bee losses or background mortality in bee colonies. Such data, however, are urgently needed by regulators to establish future guidelines for…