Author: Michael Wm Hood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912271078
Category : Honeybee
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The importance of the role played by honey bee pests in the world is becoming more recognized each year, not only because of attention given to the pest species, such as the varroa mite and small hive beetle, but also because of the increasing realization that honey bees are extremely valuable to nature and humanity. The author, Wm. Michael Hood, is Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Emeritus College, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
The Small Hive Beetle, Aethina Tumida Murray
Author: Michael Wm Hood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912271078
Category : Honeybee
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The importance of the role played by honey bee pests in the world is becoming more recognized each year, not only because of attention given to the pest species, such as the varroa mite and small hive beetle, but also because of the increasing realization that honey bees are extremely valuable to nature and humanity. The author, Wm. Michael Hood, is Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Emeritus College, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912271078
Category : Honeybee
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The importance of the role played by honey bee pests in the world is becoming more recognized each year, not only because of attention given to the pest species, such as the varroa mite and small hive beetle, but also because of the increasing realization that honey bees are extremely valuable to nature and humanity. The author, Wm. Michael Hood, is Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Emeritus College, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Investigations on Small Hive Beetle Biology to Develop Better Control Options
Author: Nicholas Annand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The small hive beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida Murray, was first detected in Australia in 2002. Since then it has become a major pest of bee hives, spreading rapidly throughout the eastern mainland states. When conditions are suitable, beetles lay their eggs within bee hives and honey sheds, often in the combs, either in the hive or in stored honey combs pre- or post-extraction. Hatching larvae then feed on the honey, pollen, bee eggs, bee larvae and brood. The resulting contamination of the honey renders it useless for extraction, thereby leaving beekeepers bereft of their main source of income from the hives. Beekeepers also face the cost of cleaning contaminated supers and hives and restoring colonies to full strength or even replacing colonies following heavy infestations. A number of strategies to minimise the impact of SHB are already in use in Australia, and include trapping devices, insecticide delivery mechanisms, modifications to hive designs, improved beekeeping techniques and hygienic procedures. However, SHB continues to cause large-scale economic losses within the industry. It is clear that a better understanding of the biology of the SHB is required if beekeepers are to effectively manage this pest using a sustainable, integrated approach. This project sought to elucidate a number of biological and behavioural characteristics of SHB that directly relate to damage in hives and honey houses. The research was aimed at generating data that would support and enhance the effectiveness of existing SHB control strategies as well as provide the basis for new strategies, for the commercial and amateur beekeeping industry.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The small hive beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida Murray, was first detected in Australia in 2002. Since then it has become a major pest of bee hives, spreading rapidly throughout the eastern mainland states. When conditions are suitable, beetles lay their eggs within bee hives and honey sheds, often in the combs, either in the hive or in stored honey combs pre- or post-extraction. Hatching larvae then feed on the honey, pollen, bee eggs, bee larvae and brood. The resulting contamination of the honey renders it useless for extraction, thereby leaving beekeepers bereft of their main source of income from the hives. Beekeepers also face the cost of cleaning contaminated supers and hives and restoring colonies to full strength or even replacing colonies following heavy infestations. A number of strategies to minimise the impact of SHB are already in use in Australia, and include trapping devices, insecticide delivery mechanisms, modifications to hive designs, improved beekeeping techniques and hygienic procedures. However, SHB continues to cause large-scale economic losses within the industry. It is clear that a better understanding of the biology of the SHB is required if beekeepers are to effectively manage this pest using a sustainable, integrated approach. This project sought to elucidate a number of biological and behavioural characteristics of SHB that directly relate to damage in hives and honey houses. The research was aimed at generating data that would support and enhance the effectiveness of existing SHB control strategies as well as provide the basis for new strategies, for the commercial and amateur beekeeping industry.
The Small Hive Beetle
Author: Norman L. Carreck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860982784
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The small hive beetle Aethina tumida is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is not generally considered a pest. Its arrival in 1996 in the south east of the United States was unexpected, as was the devastating effect it had on colonies. It has since spread to Australia, Canada, and Mexico. An isolated incursion in Portugal, Europe in 2004 was successfully eradicated. The discovery of the beetle in south west Italy in September 2014, and subsequent continuing control efforts have brought new attention to the beetle by beekeepers, scientists and governments. This book intended for beekeepers derives from a conference organised by the COLOSS association and held at CRA-API, Bologna, Italy. In its seven chapters the world's experts on the small hive beetle discuss its biology and spread, and suggest practical ways of living with the pest.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860982784
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The small hive beetle Aethina tumida is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is not generally considered a pest. Its arrival in 1996 in the south east of the United States was unexpected, as was the devastating effect it had on colonies. It has since spread to Australia, Canada, and Mexico. An isolated incursion in Portugal, Europe in 2004 was successfully eradicated. The discovery of the beetle in south west Italy in September 2014, and subsequent continuing control efforts have brought new attention to the beetle by beekeepers, scientists and governments. This book intended for beekeepers derives from a conference organised by the COLOSS association and held at CRA-API, Bologna, Italy. In its seven chapters the world's experts on the small hive beetle discuss its biology and spread, and suggest practical ways of living with the pest.
Small Hive Beetle Biology
Author: Nicholas Annand
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742542294
Category : Bees
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742542294
Category : Bees
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Small Hive Beetle (Aethina Tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Author: Marc Oliver Schäfer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Integrated Pest Management and Reproductive Biology of the Small Hive Beetle, "Aethina Tumida" Murray, (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Author: Sven Buchholz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nitidulidae
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nitidulidae
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Bad Beekeeping
Author: Ron Miksha
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 9781412006279
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A million pounds of honey. Produced by a billion bees! This memoir reconstructs the life of a young man from Pennsylvania as he drops into the bald prairie badlands of southern Saskatchewan. He buys a honey ranch and keeps the bees that make the honey. But he also spends winters in Florida swamps, nurse-maid to ten thousand dainty queen bees. From the dusty Canadian prairie to the thick palmetto swamps of the American south, the reader meets with simple folks who shape the protagonist's character - including a Cree rancher with three sons playing NHL hockey, a Hutterite preacher who yearns to roam the globe, a reclusive bee-eating homesteader, and a grey-headed widow who grows grapefruit, plays a nasty game of scrabble, and lives with four vicious dogs. Encompassing a ten-year period, this true story evolves from the earnest inexperience of the young man as he learns an art and builds a business. Carefully researched natural biology runs counterpoint to human social activities. Bee craft serves as the setting for expositions that contrast American and Canadian lifestyles, while exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 9781412006279
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A million pounds of honey. Produced by a billion bees! This memoir reconstructs the life of a young man from Pennsylvania as he drops into the bald prairie badlands of southern Saskatchewan. He buys a honey ranch and keeps the bees that make the honey. But he also spends winters in Florida swamps, nurse-maid to ten thousand dainty queen bees. From the dusty Canadian prairie to the thick palmetto swamps of the American south, the reader meets with simple folks who shape the protagonist's character - including a Cree rancher with three sons playing NHL hockey, a Hutterite preacher who yearns to roam the globe, a reclusive bee-eating homesteader, and a grey-headed widow who grows grapefruit, plays a nasty game of scrabble, and lives with four vicious dogs. Encompassing a ten-year period, this true story evolves from the earnest inexperience of the young man as he learns an art and builds a business. Carefully researched natural biology runs counterpoint to human social activities. Bee craft serves as the setting for expositions that contrast American and Canadian lifestyles, while exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment.
Honey Bee Colony Health
Author: Diana Sammataro
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439879419
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers investigating the status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline, providing a basis for establishing management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters provide information on the new microsporidian Nosema ceranae pathogens, the current status of the parasitic bee mites, updates on bee viruses, and the effects these problems are having on our important bee pollinators. The text also presents methods for diagnosing diseases and includes color illustrations and tables.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439879419
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers investigating the status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline, providing a basis for establishing management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters provide information on the new microsporidian Nosema ceranae pathogens, the current status of the parasitic bee mites, updates on bee viruses, and the effects these problems are having on our important bee pollinators. The text also presents methods for diagnosing diseases and includes color illustrations and tables.
First Lessons in Beekeeping
Author: Camille Pierre Dadant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Status of Pollinators in North America
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309102898
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309102898
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.