The *COLOSS Panuwan Chantawannakul Award 2023* awardees have been announced. Congratulations to the following members! Rujira Ponkit (Thailand) Beatrice Nganso (Israel) Elena Zioga (Ireland) Cayetano Herrera Lopez (Spain) Rachel Ward (Ireland)
Background: Over the last two decades, honey bees (Apis mellifera) have suffered high rates of colony losses that have been attributed to a variety of factors, chief among which are viral pathogens, such as deformed wing virus (DWV), whose virulence has increased because of vector-based transmission by the invasive, ectoparasitic varroa mite (Varroa destructor). A…
Abstract – This study assessed the conservation status of the Saharan honey bee (Apis mellifera sahariensis) from southeastern Morocco using 12 microsatellite loci to examine genetic diversity and hybridization with other subspecies. Samples from 148 colonies were clustered into seven populations representing the expected distribution of A. m. intermissa and A. m. sahariensis, and reference…