Are you passionate about data and its role in supporting European pollinator conservation? The EU Pollinator Hub seeks a highly motivated Junior Data Scientist to join our team. About the Job TITLE: Junior Data Scientists ORGANIZATION: Bee Life European Beekeeping Coordination ADDRESS: Avenue Louise 209/7, 1050, Brussels (BELGIUM) CONTACT PERSON: Noa Simón Delso (simon@bee-life.eu) LOCATION…
COLOSS members confirm the first findings of the harmful Tropilaelaps mercedesae mite in Western Georgia. Infested honey bee colonies in three different apiaries showed high levels of infestation. In these colonies, T. mercedesae was found together with the harmful mite, Varroa destructor, both showing high reproductive success. This discovery raises alarms for beekeeping in Georgia…
COLOSS members confirm the first findings of the harmful Tropilaelaps mercedesae mite in Western Georgia. Infested honey bee colonies in three different apiaries showed high levels of infestation. In these colonies, T. mercedesae was found together with the harmful mite, Varroa destructor, both showing high reproductive success. This discovery raises alarms for beekeeping in Georgia…
The Red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea), is a single-comb open-nesting member of the genus Apis with a natural distribution area stretching from the Indomalayan realm on the east to the Persian Gulf on the west. However, it is reportedly colonising new territories mainly due to anthropogenic activities. Nowadays it can be found from Taiwan…
Date: March 26th 2024, 15:00 CET Registration*: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88478992358?pwd=OWRXSW5vWkwrVHoydENOWEZ6a2dzZz09 *Participation in the webinar is free for everyone who registers using the link above. When it comes to the invasive species in beekeeping, and if we exclude the Varroa mite which has invaded Europe long time ago, our mind focuses to small hive beetle, the yellow leg…
Addressing the effects of RF-EMF exposure on biodiversity, development & fitness of insects, Honey Bees, solitary bees and blue bottle flies will also be studied to test if RF-EMF exposure impacts the immature development and fitness of insect pollinators. ETAIN is an EU funded project that aims to develop and validate approaches to assess the…
Abstract 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 surveyed 28,409 beekeepers maintaining 507,641 colonies in 30 European countries concerning Varroa control methods. The set of 19 different Varroa diagnosis and control measures was…
TITLE: Communications officer NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION: Bee Life European Beekeeping Coordination CONTACT PERSON: Noa Simón Delso ADDRESS: Place Croix du Sud 1 bte L7.04.01 – 1348 Louvain la Neuve COUNTRY: BELGIUM E-MAIL ADRESS: simon@bee-life.eu WEBSITE: www.bee-life.eu LOCATION OF THE JOB: Remote (in Belgium) STARTING DATE: (November) December 2021 (6 months CDD, afterwards CDI) SHORT…