Honey bee colony health : challenges and sustainable solutions /: challenges and sustainable solutions. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors: Diana Sammataro, Jay Yoder.
• Other Names: Sammataro, Diana; Yoder, Jay
• Contents: Honey bee health: the potential role of microbes -- Seasonal microflora, especially winter and spring -- Evaluation of Varroa mite tolerance in honey bees -- Status of breeding practices and genetic diversity in domestic U.S. honey bees -- Global status of honey bee mites -- Challenges for developing biopesticides against Varroa -- Molecular forensics for honey bee colonies -- Honey bee viruses and their effect on bee and colony health -- PCR for the analysis of Nosema in honey bees -- Nosema ceranae detection by microscopy and antibody tests -- Chalkbrood re-examined -- Critical transition temperature (CTT) of chalkbrood fungi and its significance for disease incidence -- Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) contributions to colony losses -- Pesticides and honey bee toxicity in the United States -- Cellular response in honey bees to non-pathogenic effects of pesticides -- Differences among fungicides targeting the beneficial fungi associated with honey bee colonies -- Fungicides reduce symbiotic fungi in bee bread and the beneficial fungi in colonies -- Interactions between risk factors in honey bees -- Understanding the impact of honey bee disorders on crop pollination -- Calculating and reporting managed honey bee colony losses -- Conservation of plant-pollinator mutualisms.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 638.1; Bee culture -- Health aspects; Honeybee -- Health; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Biene; Gesundheit; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439879412; 1439879419
• Related ISBNs: 9781439879405; 1439879400
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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