Over the past decade, in some regions of the world, honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies
have experienced rates of colony loss that are difficult for beekeepers to sustain. The …

Wild and managed bees are essential for global food security and the maintenance of
biodiversity. At present, the conservation of wild bees is hampered by a huge shortfall in …

This article presents managed honey bee colony loss rates over winter 2019/20 resulting
from using the standardised COLOSS questionnaire in 37 countries. Six countries were from …

Managed honey bee colony losses are of concern in the USA and globally. This survey,
which documents the rate of colony loss in the USA during the 2015–2016 season, is the …

This article presents managed honey bee colony loss rates over winter 2018/19 resulting
from using the standardised COLOSS questionnaire in 35 countries (31 in Europe). In total …

Over the last quarter century, increasing honey bee colony losses motivated standardized
large-scale surveys of managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), particularly in Europe and the …

In this short note we present comparable loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter
2016/2017 from 27 European countries plus Algeria, Israel and Mexico, obtained with the …

There is growing number of studies demonstrating a close relationship between insect gut
microbiota and insecticide resistance. However, the contribution of the honey bee gut …

This short article presents loss rates of honey bee colonies over winter 2017/18 from 36
countries, including 33 in Europe, from data collected using the standardized COLOSS …

Beekeepers have various options to control the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in honey
bee colonies, but no empirical data are available on the methods they apply in practice. We …