A. R. Lopes, R. Martín-Hernández, M. Higes, Sara Kafafi Segura, D. Henriques, M. A. Pinto
{"title":"First detection of Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) of the Macaronesian archipelago of Madeira","authors":"A. R. Lopes, R. Martín-Hernández, M. Higes, Sara Kafafi Segura, D. Henriques, M. A. Pinto","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2172835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2172835","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Microsporidia Nosema ceranae is an invasive pathogen affecting honey bee health, particularly in warm climates. In this study, N. ceranae was detected for the first time in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) of the Madeira archipelago, indicating that this pathogen is now spreading across the entire Macaronesia. Nosema apis was not detected, and the high prevalence (67.7%) of N. ceranae indicates its dominance over N. apis.","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":"62 1","pages":"514 - 517"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43682213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Özüiçli, L. Aydın, A. O. Girişgin, Semih Selova, Ahmet Umit Sabancı
{"title":"Determination of the efficacy of thymol, Artemisia absinthium oil and nanoparticle ozone in the treatment of Nosema ceranae in adult honey bees","authors":"Mehmet Özüiçli, L. Aydın, A. O. Girişgin, Semih Selova, Ahmet Umit Sabancı","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2175964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2175964","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46347120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of advanced lures through gel and spray application for the attraction of honey bee swarms","authors":"Alexandros Papachristoforou","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2168402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2168402","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48316163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic stock affects expression patterns of the multifunctional gene Vitellogenin in honey bee workers","authors":"Kate E Ihle","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2166231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2166231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44786131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Kanelis, C. Tananaki, V. Liolios, M. Rodopoulou
{"title":"Evaluation of oxalic acid with glycerin efficacy against Varroa destructor (Varroidae): a four year assay","authors":"D. Kanelis, C. Tananaki, V. Liolios, M. Rodopoulou","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2169368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2169368","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49359715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catiane Oliveira Souza, Valéria Wanderley Teixeira, G. Cruz, C. Guedes, J. C. Nascimento, Clovis José Cavalcanti Lapa Neto, Á. Teixeira
{"title":"Toxicology, histophysiological and nutritional changes in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) submitted to limonene and natural pesticides in comparison to synthetic pesticides","authors":"Catiane Oliveira Souza, Valéria Wanderley Teixeira, G. Cruz, C. Guedes, J. C. Nascimento, Clovis José Cavalcanti Lapa Neto, Á. Teixeira","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2166229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2166229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45795492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of hive entrance orientation on honey bee colony activity","authors":"W. Meikle, M. Weiss, Eli Beren","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2165769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2165769","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In an effort to determine the effects of the orientation of hive entrance on honey bee colony activity and temperature, hives were placed facing different cardinal directions (3–5 hives per direction). Hive weight was recorded every 5 minutes and temperature every 30 minutes from April 2019 to June 2020. Daily weight data were analyzed using piecewise regression. In southern Arizona from December to March, hives facing east started daily flight activity 50 minutes earlier than hives facing west and ended flight activity 57 minutes earlier than hives facing south. During that period east-facing hives had the lowest daily hive weight loss, 62 g per d compared to 100 g per d for north-facing hives. East-facing hives were also about 7 °C cooler on average than west-facing hives, suggesting that lower hive weight loss was due to lower food consumption which was directly related to lower colony cluster temperatures. From December to March hives facing east also had significantly lower morning weight loss due to departing foragers than hives facing north (indicating more foragers) but higher weight loss from April to June 2020. Most effects were observed from December to March, probably due to restricted daylight hours and lower ambient temperatures. No significant effects were observed with respect to visually-estimated adult bee numbers (frames of bees) or the surface areas of the sealed brood. We recommend hive orientation be taken into account in the design of field experiments that involve monitoring colony activity.","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":"62 1","pages":"444 - 449"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47156399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles Oromokoma, P. Kasangaki, P. Akite, Ronald Mugume, R. Kajobe, Gilbert Mangusho, M. Matovu, M. Chemurot
{"title":"First physicochemical analysis of stingless bee honey from Uganda","authors":"Charles Oromokoma, P. Kasangaki, P. Akite, Ronald Mugume, R. Kajobe, Gilbert Mangusho, M. Matovu, M. Chemurot","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2167362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2167362","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Following years of its exploitation from only wild colonies, the stingless bee (Meliponula bocandei Spinola, 1853) was recently domesticated in Uganda. Products currently harvested by the beekeepers are honey and propolis. Studies from other countries have shown that stingless bees produce honey that is distinct in physicochemical properties. Therefore, in an effort to lay a foundation for the development of quality standards for stingless bee honey in Uganda, we collected M. bocandei honey from the Western Highlands and Lake Victoria Crescent agroecological zones. A selected set of physicochemical properties (moisture content, viscosity, water activity, electrical conductivity and HMF) of the honey were determined. Results reveal the following means of the physicochemical properties: moisture content (26.45 ± 3.9%), viscosity (38.32 ± 2.25 Pa.s), water activity (0.71 ± 0.04%), electrical conductivity (0.229 ± 86.91 mS/cm), pH (4.15 ± 0.68), and HMF (5.42 ± 4.78 mg kg−1), The low mean HMF reveals that stingless bee honey from these two agroecological zones is of good quality. Overall, the mean values of the physicochemical parameters measured are within the figures in the East African Community standards for stingless bee honey. We recommend investigations to establish the diversity of forage plant resources used by the stingless bee M. bocandei in order to boost meliponiculture.","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":"62 1","pages":"1240 - 1249"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46226720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. L. Gazzoni, João Vitor Ganem Rillo Paz Barateiro
{"title":"Soybean yield is increased through complementary pollination by honey bees","authors":"D. L. Gazzoni, João Vitor Ganem Rillo Paz Barateiro","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2022.2161219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2161219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41450614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Webb, Stephen O Onayemi, Rae L. Olsson, K. Kulhanek, B. Hopkins
{"title":"Summer indoor queen banking as an alternative to outdoor queen banking practices","authors":"A. Webb, Stephen O Onayemi, Rae L. Olsson, K. Kulhanek, B. Hopkins","doi":"10.1080/00218839.2023.2165747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2165747","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Honey bee queens are the most critical individuals of a complex eusocial society. Queen banking is the storage of queens individually in cages and placed in a colony to be cared for by worker bees. Queen producers bank excess queens as seasonal demand subsides in the summer to provide an on-demand supply to beekeepers. This approach, however, might be threatened by wildfires, decreased forage availability, and climate change. For this study, we compared current summer outdoor queen banking practices in northern California with banking in indoor temperature-controlled storage facilities to investigate the effectiveness of indoor storage as an alternative to outdoor storage in the summer. Treatments were separated into three groups: indoor queen banks, outdoor queen banks, and a set of unbanked control queens provided with three different stocking rates (50, 100, and 198 queens per bank). Queen quality parameters and survival data were assessed using laboratory and field assessment methods. We found no significant difference in queen quality parameters apart from the weight of indoor queens banked at the rate of 100, which were significantly lower than the other banking rates. Queens stored indoors had a significantly higher survival of 78 ± 1% than queens stored outdoors with a survival of 62 ± 3%. Indoor banking performed better in quality and survival as compared to outdoor queen banking. Therefore, queen banking has the potential to mitigate the valuable fall queen supply caused by rising hot summer temperatures. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":15006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Apicultural Research","volume":"62 1","pages":"471 - 477"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43850306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}