Coloss Bee Book Vol I

A unique venture that aims to standardise methods for studying the honey bee. A practical manual for scientists and beekeepers, compiling standard methods in all fields of research on the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and is the definitive research manual, authored by more than 234 of the world's leading honey bee experts from 34 different countries.

This practical guide is divided into two sections with plenty of practical instructions, including many diagrams and 20 plates, making the book easy to follow by the reader. The first part gives a detailed description of the honeybee's anatomy, the second is a step-by-step guide to dissecting queen, worker and drone honeybees,

Plants for Bees is a beautiful and immensely practical book that aims to improve our understanding of the different types of bees we have in the UK, the threats to them and how we can plant bee-friendly gardens to help them survive and thrive. Written by a team of experts with the foreword by Kate Humble (TV presenter).

The COLOSS BEEBOOK is a unique venture that aims to standardise methods for studying the honey bee. Vol 1 and 2, published in 2013, are now available again by popular demand. The COLOSS BEEBOOK, Vol II: "Standard methods for Apis mellifera pest and pathogen research" describes methods for studying all of the major honey bee pests and pathogens.

Ein unerlässliches Referenzwerk für die Gesunderhaltung von Honigbienen. Honey Bee Medicine for Veterinary Practitioners ist ein zuverlässiger Leitfaden für die Gesunderhaltung von Honigbienen und des Bienenstocks. Dieses Fachbuch für Veterinärmediziner und weitere Experten bietet nützliche Informationen, Antworten auf häufige Fragen und erleichtert die Untersuchung des Bienenstocks. Behandelt werden eine Vielzahl von Themen, von den Grundlagen der Haltung, Ausrüstung und Sicherheit über Anatomie und Genetik bis hin zu Diagnose und Management von Krankheiten. Aktuelle Informationen zur Varroa-Milbe und anderen Bienenschädlingen werden präsentiert, ebenso eine Einführung zur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie bei Bienen und zur Ökologie einheimischer Bienen. Inhalte des neuen Referenzwerks: - Leitfaden zur veterinärmedizinischen Betreuung von Honigbienen. - Informationen zu den Grundlagen der Haltung, zu Untersuchung, Verfahren, Fütterung u.v.m. - Erfolgreicher Umgang mit Fragen und ?Notfällen?. - Mit nützlichen Fotos, Zeichnungen, Tabellen und Grafiken. Das Fachbuch richtet sich an Veterinärmediziner, Studenten der Veterinärmedizin, Veterinärtechniker, Wissenschaftler und Bienenkundler. Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practioner ist ein praxisorientiertes und umfassendes Nachschlagewerk über die Gesunderhaltung von Honigbienen.

Volume I includes approximately 1,100 separate protocols dealing with the study of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. These cover anatomy, behavioural studies, chemical ecology, breeding, genetics, instrumental insemination and queen rearing, pollination, molecular studies, statistics, toxicology and numerous other techniquesVolume II includes approximately 600 separate protocols dealing with the study of the pests and diseases of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. These cover epidemiology and surveying techniques, virus diseases, bacterial diseases such as European and American foulbrood, fungal and microsporidian diseases such as Nosema, mites such as Acarapis, Varroa and Tropilaelaps, and other pests such as the small hive beetle.

Vol III The COLOSS BEEBOOK, Vol III Standard methods for Apis mellifera hive product research - Vincent Dietemann, Peter Neumann, Norman L. Carreck & James D. Ellis (Eds) The COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) BEEBOOK is a unique venture that aims to standardise methods for studying the honey bee. It is a practical manual intended for scientists, extension specialists and beekeepers, compiling standard methods in all fields of research on the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Since the original publication of the first two volumes in 2013, the BEEBOOK has become the definitive bee research manual, and the original papers have been downloaded some 180,000 times and cited in more than 2,300 scientific papers. The hard copy volumes have proved invaluable at the laboratory bench. The new Volume III contains seven peer-reviewed chapters written by 125 authors from 23 countries which cover the major honey bee hive products: royal jelly, beeswax, propolis, brood, honey, venom and pollen. These cover not only the use of these products by the bees themselves, but also their use as human food, and their growing use in human medicine.