Honey bee pathology: current threats to honey bees and beekeeping.

Honey bee pathology: current threats to honey bees and beekeeping.

MedLine Citation:	PMID: 20401479 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
Abstract/OtherAbstract:	Managed honey bees are the most important commercial pollinators of those crops which depend on animal pollination for reproduction and which account for 35% of the global food production. Hence, they are vital for an economic, sustainable agriculture and for food security. In addition, honey bees also pollinate a variety of wild flowers and, therefore, contribute to the biodiversity of many ecosystems. Honey and other hive products are, at least economically and ecologically rather, by-products of beekeeping. Due to this outstanding role of honey bees, severe and inexplicable honey bee colony losses, which have been reported recently to be steadily increasing, have attracted much attention and stimulated many research activities. Although the phenomenon "decline of honey bees" is far from being finally solved, consensus exists that pests and pathogens are the single most important cause of otherwise inexplicable colony losses. This review will focus on selected bee pathogens and parasites which have been demonstrated to be involved in colony losses in different regions of the world and which, therefore, are considered current threats to honey bees and beekeeping.

Authors:	Elke Genersch
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Publication Detail:	Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review Date: 2010-04-17
Journal Detail:	Title: Applied microbiology and biotechnology Volume: 87 ISSN: 1432-0614 ISO Abbreviation: Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Publication Date: 2010 Jun
Date Detail:	Created Date: 2010-05-18 Completed Date: 2010-10-04 Revised Date: -
Medline Journal Info:	Nlm Unique ID: 8406612 Medline TA: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol Country: Germany
Other Details:	Languages: eng Pagination: 87-97 Citation Subset: IM
Affiliation:	Institute for Bee Research, Friedrich-Engels-Str. 32, 16540 Hohen Neuendorf, Germany. elke.genersch@rz.hu-berlin.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:	Animals Beekeeping* Bees* / microbiology, parasitology, physiology, virology Pollination

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