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Main reasons for honey bee colony mortality in Portugal. A snapshot of beekeepers' beliefs

dc.contributor.authorPires, Sancia
dc.contributor.authorMurilhas, António
dc.contributor.authorRusso, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorValério, Maria José
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-27T15:27:56Z
dc.date.available2014-01-27T15:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractSince winter 2006, extensive honey bee colony losses with distinctive features were first reported in the USA ( ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’, CCD). Global research over the past few years attempting to pin point CCD’s most likely causes, recurrently pointed out that no single factor is universally responsible for this disorder. Nevertheless, stressors e.g. the Varroa mite, some ‘new generation’ pesticides, an ever expanding ‘pathosphere’ affecting European Apis mellifera strains (just to name a few) and their multiple interactions with other long ongoing stress sources clearly compromise the multi‐level immune defense of honey bees, disrupting their social system and leading colonies to collapse. In Spain, various reports have suggested that Nosema ceranae is the main culprit regarding the abnormally high colony mortality levels reported. In Portugal, no reliable information existed (other than a few discrete anecdotal reports) on honey bee colony mortality levels across the beekeeping regions of the country, nor their ‘perceived’ causes. As a result, we carried out this work focusing on narrowing this knowledge gap by getting an overview of our beekeepers opinions. This study appears in the context of a project submitted by FNAP Measure 6A National Beekeeping Program (under EU Regulations No. 917/2004, No. 797/2004 and No. 1234/2007), in partnership with research institutions of the authors, under coordination of Prof. Sância Pires.por
dc.description.sponsorshipPrograma Apícola Nacional (PAN) - Triénio 2011-2013por
dc.identifier.citationPires, S.; Murilhas, A.M.; Almeida, P.R.; Valério, M.J.; Gonçalves, M. (2013). Main reasons for honey bee colony mortality in Portugal. A snapshot of beekeepers' beliefs. In 43th International Apicultural Congress. Kiev, Ucrâniapor
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/9178
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherApimondiapor
dc.relationPAN - Portugal, Apicultura e Nosemapor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBH87;
dc.subjectBeekeepingpor
dc.subjectBee pathologypor
dc.subjectPortugalpor
dc.titleMain reasons for honey bee colony mortality in Portugal. A snapshot of beekeepers' beliefspor
dc.typeconference poster
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceKyiv, Ukrainepor
oaire.citation.endPage352por
oaire.citation.issueXXXXIIIpor
oaire.citation.startPage352por
oaire.citation.titleXXXXIII International Apicultural Congresspor
person.familyNamePires
person.givenNameSancia
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-8427-0179
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