Apiculture and Challenges for Future—2nd Edition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 3565
Special Issue Editors
Interests: characterization of honeybee products; melissopalynology; unifloral honeys; physicochemical properties; sensorial characterization; healthy compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: characterization of honeybee products; melissopalynology; unifloral honeys; physicochemical properties; sensorial characterization; healthy compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: characterization of honeybee products; melissopalynology; unifloral honeys; physicochemical properties; sensorial characterization; healthy compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change and current globalization threaten the survival of bee colonies and the supply of beekeeping products. As a result, the increasing global decline of Apis mellifera populations affects the maintenance of ecosystems and food production on a global scale. Global warming is responsible for the displacement of some plant and animal species, as well as changes in the flowering patterns of honey bee resources. Globalization also facilitates world trade and the circulation of different species and subspecies on a global scale. The consequences of this genetic input for apiculture have scarcely been studied. In the case of exotic and pathogenic species, they have been able to take advantage of current circumstances to better adapt to the environment they invade, creating new threats to honeybees.
Beekeeping is in a moment of urgency that requires more research focused on identifying these risk factors. Changing conditions and emerging threats must be researched and addressed. This second Special Issue calls for research on topics such as the effects of global warming and the consequences of invasive species, new pests, and diseases, as well as management strategies and innovative methods such as precision beekeeping, which offer alternative solutions for this economic sector.
Dr. María Shantal Rodríguez-Flores
Prof. Dr. Olga Escuredo
Prof. Dr. M. Carmen Seijo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- beekeeping
- honey bees
- new challenges
- climate change
- emerging technologies
- management strategies
Related Special Issue
- Apiculture and Challenges for Future in Animals (2 articles)
Planned Papers
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Title: Composition and quality of honey bee feed: The methodology and monitoring of candy boards
Authors: Soraia I. Falcão; Michel Bocquet; Robert Chlebo; Márcio Carocho; Alessandra Giacomelli; Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl; Giancarlo Quaglia
Affiliation: 1. Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
2. Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
3. Apimedia, 82 Route de Promery - Pringy - 74370 Annecy, France
4. Slovak University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
5. UNAAPI, Via Paolo Boselli 2, 50136 Florence, Italy
6. Agricultural institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova ulica 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
7. Lifeanalytics- FLORAMO, Via Lime 4 - 12047 Rocca De' Baldi (CN), Italy
Abstract: The nutritional status of a honey bee colony is recognized as a key factor in ensuring a healthy hive. A deficient flow of nectar and pollen in the hive immediately affects its development, making room for pathogen proliferation and, consequently, for a reduction in the activities and strength of the colony. It is therefore urgent for the beekeepers to use more food supplements and/or substitutes in apiary management, allowing them to address colony nutritional imbalances according to the beekeeper's desired results. In this context, the commercial market for beekeeping products is growing rapidly due to low regulation of animal food products and of the beekeeper’s willingness to guarantee healthy colonies. There are numerous products (bee food additives) currently available on the worldwide market, with a highly variable and sometimes even undefined composition, claiming a set of actions at the level of brood stimulation, energy supplementation, queen rearing support, reduction of varroa reproduction levels, improvement of the intestinal microflora of bees, nosema prevention, improvement of the health of hives infested by American foulbrood, among others. To address this issue, the members of COLOSS (Honey Bee Research Association), NUTRITION Task Force, for the first time propose action on honey bee feed control and monitoring. In our common study, we focused on candy board composition and quality parameters.