Insect diversity and sustainable agriculture
Insect diversity, or better, the loss of it is much discussed these days. It’s definitely a good thing that insects […]
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EFSA bee guidance – undermined or advancing?
The EFSA bee guidance exists since 2013. From the very beginning, it has produced discussions, harsh criticism as well as
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Managed bees – a risk for wild populations?
Managed bees, as we saw in the last post, can have a negative effect on wild bee populations. However, though
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One health applied to bees – honey bee viruses
One health is a quite recent concept. It comes from the insight that humans, domestic animals and wildlife face similar
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Threatened insects – farming to stop decline
These days I’m thinking and talking much about threatened insects, mainly about bees, obviously. I’m always trying to explain, why
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DWV is a reemergent disease and spread by humans
Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) is a honeybee disease vectored by Varroa mites. In highly infested honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies, bees
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Action against insect decline – the various levels of conservation
Insect decline made it to the top news. The tips on how to save the bees, help insects or even
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Insect decline – the political level of an environmental problem
Insect decline is a huge issue, and luckily, this awareness is arriving in a wider public and even politics. However,
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Honey bee welfare and risky feeding in agricultural landscape
Honey bee welfare is mostly referred to as “bee health”; very misleading in my opinion. Most people think of “health”
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New Year’s resolutions for bee conservation
When it comes to bee conservation, New Year’s resolutions may not be the right tool. Now about a week into