Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions (Μελιτοφόρες μέλισσες - έκδοση στα αγγλικά)

Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

Συγγραφέας: Diana Sammataro, Jay A. Yoder
ISBN: 9781439879405
Σελίδες: 320
Σχήμα: 22 Χ 28
Εξώφυλλο: Σκληρό
Έτος έκδοσης: 2011


Features
• Provides a basis for establishing management methods that maintain the health of colonies and secure their availability for pollination
• Presents information on methods for diagnosis of diseases and for bee breeding
• Integrates discussions of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) throughout the book
• Features contributions from leading international researchers in the field
• Includes more than 100 full-color illustrations

Summary
Modern commercial beekeeping has changed from primarily honey production to crop pollination. With this change has come extraordinary stress—colonies are moved multiple times a year, increasing their exposure to diseases, parasites, and hive pests. Antibiotics and acaricides are being applied more frequently, resulting in resistance and comb contamination. The future use of bee colonies as mobile pollinator populations requires modern management methods with fresh perspectives on nutrition, breeding practices, and the role of microbes in sustaining colony health.
Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions summarizes the current status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline. This beautifully illustrated volume provides a foundation for management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussions of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters range from information on the new microsporidian Nosema ceranae pathogens, the current status of the parasitic bee mites, updates on bee viruses, and the effects of these problems on our important bee pollinators. This indispensable text also presents methods for diagnosing diseases and updated information on the current status of bee breeding.
Honey bee colonies are in greater demand and are renting for higher fees than ever before. Finding ways to prevent outbreaks of disease and to control parasites is essential for reducing colony losses. The accumulation of knowledge from a range of bee scientists, Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions aims to inspire future generations of researchers, beekeepers, and students to continue to study bees and keep them healthy and pollinating.


Contents

Honey Bee Health: The Potential Role of Microbes, Gloria Degrandi-Hoffman, Bruce Eckholm and Kirk E. Anderson
Microflora between the Seasons Especially Winter and Spring, Ash Ozkirim
Breeding Resistance, Ingemar Fries
Bee Breeding Practices and Genetic Diversity in Domestic Honey Bees, Susan Cobey, Steve Sheppard, Dave Tarpy
Global Status of Bee Mites, D. Sarnmataro
Honey Bee Viruses and Their Effect on Bee and Colony Health, Joachim R. De Miranda, Laurent Gauthier, Magali Ribiere and Yanping Chen
PCR for the Analysis of Nosema in Honey Bees, Brenna E. Traver and Richard D. Fell
Nosema Ceranae Detection by Microscopy and Antibody Tests, Tom Webster, Kate Aronstein
Chalkbrood Re-Examined, K.A. Aronstein and H.E. Cabanillas
Small Hive Beetle, James D. Ellis
Cellular Response in Bee Organs/Tissues on Non-Pathogenic Effects (Pesticides), Ales Gregorc, Elaine C. M. Silva,Zacarin, Roberta C. F. Nocelli
Fungicides in Pollen and Bee Bread from Almond Orchards, D. Sammaaro
Impact of Orcbard Fungicide Spraying on Lowering the Amount of Symbiotic Fungi in Bee Bread and Its Implications for Reduced Colony Resistance, Jay A. Yoder, Michael R. Condon, Derrick J. Heydinger, Brian Z. Hedges, Diana Sammataro, Jennifer Finley, Gloria Degrandi-Hoffman and Eric Olson
Bee Bread Mycoflora/Fungus Competition Conveying Natural Resistance, Jay A. Yoder, Brian Z. Hedges, Derrick J. Heydinger, Michael R. Condon, Diana Sammataro and Gloria Degrandi-Hoffman
Interactions Between Risk Factors in Honey Bees, Le Conte Y., Jean-Luc Brunet, Cynthia Mcdonnell, Claudia Dussaubat, Cedrix Allaux
Understanding the Impact of Honey Bee Diseases on Crop Pollination, Keith S. Delaplane
Molecular Techniques for Honey Bee Diagnosis, J. Evans, Yanping (Judy) Chen, Jeff Pettis and Bart Smith