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JOB OFFER – Junior Data Scientists at the EU Pollinator Hub, Belgium

Jobs Noa Simon Delso - 23. January 2025 0

Are you passionate about data and its role in supporting European pollinator conservation? The EU Pollinator Hub seeks a highly motivated Junior Data Scientist...

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Urban wild bees benefit from flower‑rich anthropogenic land use depending on bee trait and scale

Articles Silvio - 22. January 2025 0

Context: Wild bees are important pollinators for wild and cultivated plants. Besides other causes, their decline has been linked to land-use change such as...

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Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation

Articles Silvio - 20. January 2025 0

Bees are the most important group of insect pollinators, but their populations are declining. To gain a better understanding of wild bee responses to...

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Testing microbial pest control products in bees, a comparative study on different bee species and their interaction with two representative microorganisms

Articles Silvio - 20. January 2025 0

Background: The evaluation of the impact of pesticides on non-target species, like bees, is a crucial factor in registration procedures. Therefore, standardized test procedures...

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Nurse honey bees filter fungicide residues to maintain larval health

Articles Silvio - 20. January 2025 0

Residues of plant protection products (PPPs) are frequently detected in bee matrices1–6 due to foraging bees collecting contaminated nectar and pollen, which they bring...

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Standard methods for European foulbrood research 2.0

Articles Silvio - 20. January 2025 0

European foulbrood (EFB) is a severe bacterial honey bee brood disease caused by the Grampositive bacterium Melissocccus plutonius. The disease is widely distributed worldwide,...

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Anatomical, phenological and genetic aspects of the host–parasite relationship between Andrena vaga (Hymenoptera) and Stylops ater (Strepsiptera)

Articles Silvio - 20. January 2025 0

Stylops ater is an endoparasite of the mining bee Andrena vaga with extreme sexual dimorphism and hypermetamorphosis. Its population structure, parasitization mode, genetic diversity...

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Funded PhD student position: “Ecology of honey bees under natural conditions”

Jobs Fabrice Requier - 6. January 2025 0

Context: In Europe, the Western honey bee Apis mellifera has a dual nature as a managed and wild species (Requier et al. 2019). Although...

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The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny

Articles Esmaeil Amiri - 6. January 2025 0

Queen health and quality play a significant role in the survival, expansion, and productivity of honey bee colonies. Nevertheless, modern beekeeping practices, intensified agriculture,...

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