The COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume II, Standard methods for Apis mellifera pest and pathogen research: Introduction

Dietemann, Vincent; Ellis, James D.; Neumann, Peter (2013). The COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume II, Standard methods for Apis mellifera pest and pathogen research: Introduction. In: Dietemann, Vincent; Ellis, James D.; Neumann, Peter (eds.) The COLOSS BEEBOOK, Volume II: standard methods for Apis mellifera pest and pathogen research. Journal of Apicultural Research: Vol. 52 (pp. 1-4). Treforest: International Bee Research Association IBRA 10.3896/IBRA.1.52.4.16

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The COLOSS BEEBOOK is a practical manual compiling standard methods in all fields of research on the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. The COLOSS network was founded in 2008 as a consequence of the heavy and frequent losses of managed honey bee colonies experienced in many regions of the world (Neumann and Carreck, 2010). As many of the world’s honey bee research teams began to address the problem, it soon became obvious that a lack of standardized research methods was seriously hindering scientists’ ability to harmonize and compare the data on colony losses obtained internationally. In its second year of activity, during a COLOSS meeting held in Bern, Switzerland, the idea of a manual of standardized honey bee research methods emerged. The manual, to be called the COLOSS BEEBOOK, was inspired by publications with similar purposes for fruit fly research (Lindsley and Grell, 1968; Ashburner, 1989; Roberts, 1998; Greenspan, 2004).

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Bee Health

UniBE Contributor:

Neumann, Peter (B)

Subjects:

500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0021-8839

ISBN:

978-0-86098-275-3

Series:

Journal of Apicultural Research

Publisher:

International Bee Research Association IBRA

Language:

English

Submitter:

Susanne Portner

Date Deposited:

28 Jul 2014 08:39

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.3896/IBRA.1.52.4.16

Uncontrolled Keywords:

COLOSS, BEEBOOK, honey bee, Apis mellifera, research, standard methods, laboratory, field, pests, disease, diagnosis

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.44022

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/44022

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