Announcement
The BEEBOOK will be a collaborative and evolving collection of instructions for standardised methods in Bee and especially Colony Loss research.
The contributions will be available online and will also be published as a book.
As a work in progress, it will be possible to open access to the online BEEBOOK for external people only after publication of the first edition of the hard copy book. In addition, and for the same reason, access to the separate parts can only be granted to the members of the respective research groups formulating the different contributions.
Content (provisional titles):
Section 1 – Bee Research Protocols
1.1. General methods
1.1.1. Behavioral protocols for honey bees
1.1.2. Chemical ecology protocols for honey bees
1.1.3. Molecular protocols for honey bees
1.1.4. Physiological & Biochemical protocols for honey bees
1.1.5. Toxicological protocols for honey bees
1.2. Specific methods
1.2.1. Estimating colony strength parameters
1.2.2. Hoarding cage studies
1.2.3. In vitro rearing of bees
1.2.4. Miscellaneous laboratory techniques
Section 2 – Techniques Associated With Bee Pests and Pathogens
2.1. Honey bee epidemiology
2.2. Estimating colony losses
2.3. Pests
2.3.1. Small hive beetles
2.3.2. Tracheal mites
2.3.3. Tropilaelaps
2.3.4. Varroa
2.3.5. Wax moth
2.4. Pathogens/endosymbionts
2.4.1. American Foulbrood
2.4.2. Endosymbionts of honey bees
2.4.3. European Foulbrood
2.4.4. Fungi
2.4.5. Nosema
2.4.6. Viruses
Section 3 – Breeding Honey Bees
3.1. Characterization of breeding populations and ecotypes
3.2. Instrumental insemination of honey bee queens
3.3. Queen rearing and selection
