Tropilaelaps, un autre acarien parasite de l’abeille Les acariens Tropilaelaps menacent gravement les abeilles Apis mellifera. Plus petits et plus (…)

Les Tropilaelaps sont des acariens parasites des abeilles. Ils pourraient causer des dégâts très importants s'ils s'installaient en France, et sont déjà aux portes de l'Europe.

www.myrmecofourmis.fr/Tropilaelaps...

#environnement #abeilles #ecologie #agriculture #apidologie #apiculture

Observation of Tropilaelaps mercedesae on Western honey bees exiting colonies

Tokach et al 2025

#bee #mites #honeybee #acarology #apidologie #beeresearch #science

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) and wild bee resource competition: how big is this problem? Abstract. The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) has been managed by humans for centuries for honey, wax, and most recently, crop pollination. The deep

Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) and wild bee resource competition: how big is this problem?

Spoiler: not a very big problem.

Pike & Rittschof 2025

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#apidologie #beeresearch #beescience #science #biology #environment #beekeeping #bees

Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons - Apidologie Increased temperature variability and extreme weather events associated with climate change can be detrimental to bees and lead to their population declines. While there is some research on the effect...

Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons

Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati et al. 2024

#bee #apidologie #osmia #globalwarming #beeresearch #science

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Next-generation colony weight monitoring: a review and prospectus - Apidologie Healthy honey bee colonies follow predictable patterns of weight change through the season, gaining weight when resources are abundant and losing weight during periods of scarcity. Divergence from thi...

We have a new paper on using weight to manage and study #honeybee colonies.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#beekeeping #science #research #apidologie

Y-a-t-il des francophones que je n'ai pas encore rencontré ici et qui parlent #insectes , #entomologie , #apiculture , #apidologie ou #macro ?

Je suis même ouvert aux araignées et reptiles, c'est dire.