Chalkbrood and stonebrood are two fungal diseases associated with honey bee brood.
Chalkbrood, caused by Ascosphaera apis, is a common and widespread disease that can result …

The Latin American subcontinent contains some of the world’s major honey producing and
exporting countries, but the status of bee health in this part of the world has not been clearly …

Recent biological invasions offer ‘natural’ laboratories to understand the genetics and
ecology of adaptation, hybridization, and range limits. One of the most impressive and well-…

Hygienic behavior of honeybees involves inspection, uncapping and removal of diseased
and dead brood from the colony. The objective of this work was to study the activities involved …

The physicochemical parameters (moisture, hydroxymethyl furfural, colour, electrical
conductivity, free acidity, glucose, fructose and sucrose) and the sensory properties(aroma, taste, …

During a reproductive cycle, not all daughter mites of Varroa destructor mate and thus leave
the brood cells as virgins. Here, we show that virgin mites are present within both the …

Fruit size in kiwifruit depends mainly on the number of seeds or fertilized ovules. Pollination
by wind is not enough to obtain a fruit size accepted by the market, so it is necessary to …

The E uropean honeybee, A pis mellifera L. ( H ymenoptera: A pidae), is considered as a
main contributor to pollination of important crops and to honey production. Originally, …

The efficacy of formic acid in a gel matrix was evaluated in two groups of honeybee colonies.
In Group 1, a dispenser with 120g of formic acid (70%) in gel was placed on the brood …

Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman (Acari: Varroidae) is one of the major contributors to
the significant losses of western honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), …