Honey bee colony health : : challenges and sustainable solutions / / editors: Diana Sammataro, Jay Yoder.

• Superior document: Contemporary topics in entomology series
• TeilnehmendeR: Sammataro, Diana.; Yoder, Jay.
• Place / Publishing House: Boca Raton, Fla. : : CRC Press,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary topics in entomology series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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: Challe

Table of Contents

Front Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Honey Bee Health: The Potential Role of Microbes; 2. Seasonal Microflora, Especially Winter and Spring; 3. Evaluation of Varroa Mite Tolerance in Honey Bees; 4. Status of Breeding Practices and Genetic Diversity in Domestic U.S. Honey Bees; 5. Global Status of Honey Bee Mites; 6. Challenges for Developing Biopesticides Against Varroa; 7. Molecular Forensics for Honey Bee Colonies; 8. Honey Bee Viruses and Their Effect on Bee and Colony Health; 9. PCR for the Analysis of Nosema in Honey Bees

10. Nosema ceranae Detection by Microscopy and Antibody Tests11. Chalkbrood Re-Examined; 12. Critical Transition Temperature (CTT) of Chalkbrood Fungi and Its Significance for Disease Incidence; 13. Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida) Contributions to Colony Losses; 14. Pesticides and Honey Bee Toxicity in the United States; 15. Cellular Response in Honey Bees to Non-Pathogenic Effects of Pesticides; 16. Differences Among Fungicides Targeting the Beneficial Fungi Associated with Honey Bee Colonies; 17. Fungicides Reduce Symbiotic Fungi in Bee Bread and the Beneficial Fungi in Colonies

18. Interactions between Risk Factors in Honey Bees19. Understanding the Impact of Honey Bee Disorders on Crop Pollination; 20. Calculating and Reporting Managed Honey Bee Colony Losses; 21. Conservation of Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms; References; Credits