Standard methods for characterising subspecies and ecotypes of Apis mellifera

MD Meixner, MA Pinto, M Bouga, P Kryger… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The natural diversity of honey bees in Europe is eroding fast. A multitude of reasons lead to
a loss of both genetic diversity and specific adaptations to local conditions. To preserve …

Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding

MD Meixner, C Costa, P Kryger, F Hat**a… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Summary Beekeepers in Europe, North America and other parts of the world have
repeatedly been afflicted by elevated and sometimes unexplained colony losses. Multiple …

Biodiversity, conservation and current threats to European honeybees

P De la Rúa, R Jaffé, R Dall'Olio, I Muñoz, J Serrano - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
Europe harbours several endemic honeybee (Apis mellifera) subspecies. Yet the distribution
of these subspecies is nowadays also much influenced by beekee** activities. Large …

Global invasions of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) and the consequences for biodiversity

RFA Moritz, S Härtel, P Neumann - Ecoscience, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The western honeybee, Apis mellifera, has been globally transported for honey production
and pollination for hundreds of years and is often kept in large numbers in beekee** …

Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera

G Soland-Reckeweg, G Heckel, P Neumann… - Journal of Insect …, 2009 - Springer
Anthropogenic activity, especially modern apiculture, has considerable impact on the natural
distribution of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, leading to the spread, replacement and …

A fifth major genetic group among honeybees revealed in Syria

M Alburaki, B Bertrand, H Legout, S Moulin, A Alburaki… - BMC genetics, 2013 - Springer
Background Apiculture has been practiced in North Africa and the Middle-East from
antiquity. Several thousand years of selective breeding have left a mosaic of Apis mellifera …

[LIBRO][B] Biotechnological approaches for pest management and ecological sustainability

HC Sharma - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Due to increasing problems occurring from massive applications of pesticides, such as
insect resistance to pesticides, the use of biotechnological tools to minimize losses from …

SNP s selected by information content outperform randomly selected microsatellite loci for delineating genetic identification and introgression in the endangered dark …

I Munoz, D Henriques, L Jara… - Molecular ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The honeybee (Apis mellifera) has been threatened by multiple factors including pests and
pathogens, pesticides and loss of locally adapted gene complexes due to replacement and …

Population structure of honey bees in the Carpathian Basin (Hungary) confirms introgression from surrounding subspecies

E Péntek‐Zakar, A Oleksa, T Borowik… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Carniolan honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica) are considered as an indigenous subspecies
in Hungary adapted to most of the ecological and climatic conditions in this area. However …

Genetic structure of honeybee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) populations of Turkey inferred from microsatellite analysis

Ç Bodur, M Kence, A Kence - Journal of Apicultural Research, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
We analyzed the genetic structure of II honeybee (Apis mellifera L) populations from Turkey
and one from Cyprus using 9 microsatellite marker loci. Heterozygosity levels, mean number …