Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2023.2166737
A. Uzunov, E. W. Brascamp, M. Du, P. Bijma, R. Büchler
Introduction This article continues our series on the basics of honey bee breeding (Uzunov et al., 2017, 2022a, 2022b). Its purpose is to introduce the background and application of breeding values in honey bees to a readership that is not trained in quantitative genetics. Breeding values are currently not widely used in honey bee breeding. This is in contrast to farm animals, where nearly all breeding programs make use of breeding values. The limited use of breeding values in honey bees has various reasons. One reason is that many honey bee programs just aim at the multiplication of stock obtained from other breeders instead of gradually improving the population. However, for honey bee breeding programs that aim to improve the population, not using breeding values seems a missed opportunity. A second reason is that the use of breeding values is more complicated in honey bees than in farm animals. This is because controlled mating is a challenge (Uzunov et al., 2022b), and queens are mated to several drones from multiple queens. Moreover, traits like honey yield and varroa resistance are not measured on single bees but on colonies as a group of related individuals (known as superorganism) from two generations (mother and daughters).
本文将继续我们关于蜜蜂育种基础的系列文章(Uzunov et al.， 2017,2022a, 2022b)。其目的是向没有受过数量遗传学训练的读者介绍蜜蜂育种价值的背景和应用。育种值目前在蜜蜂育种中应用并不广泛。这与农场动物形成鲜明对比，在农场动物中，几乎所有的育种计划都利用育种价值。蜜蜂育种价值的有限使用有多种原因。其中一个原因是，许多蜜蜂项目只是着眼于从其他育种者那里获得的种群的繁殖，而不是逐步提高种群数量。然而，对于旨在提高蜜蜂数量的蜜蜂育种项目来说，不使用育种值似乎是一个错失的机会。第二个原因是，在蜜蜂中使用育种价值比在农场动物中更复杂。这是因为控制交配是一个挑战(Uzunov et al.， 2022b)，蜂王与多个蜂王的几只雄蜂交配。此外，诸如蜂蜜产量和抗瓦螨的特性不是在单个蜜蜂上测量的，而是在两代(母亲和女儿)的相关个体群体(称为超级有机体)上测量的。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2023.2166735
Suleiman Mustapha, A. K. Musa, O. Ojumoola, E. Orijemie
Introduction The use of insects and their products as indicators of toxic substances is an established approach (Mercuri & Porrini, 1991; Codreanu et al., 2009; Rashed et al., 2009; Skorbiłowicz et al., 2018; Rothman et al., 2019 & 2020; Kaste et al., 2021). In fact, some cases of anthropogenic pollution would not have been successfully traced without the use of insects to identify artificial sources of its origin (Porrini et al., 2003). Furthermore, due to the constant threat of global warming and climate change, there is an ever-increasing demand to employ the services of insects as bioindicators because they are inextricably linked to the ecosystem they belong to and could reveal even the smallest changes occurring around them (Skorbiłowicz et al., 2018). Insects are even well recognized for their roles in showing toxicity due to agricultural usage of pesticides (Kavanagh et al., 2021). The presence or absence of insects on food crops could play key roles in saving lives from acute toxicity; the former indicating safe to eat while the latter, a warning sign of imminent danger due to the absence of insect life on it (Soldano et al., 2016). This indicates that the knowledge of the use of insects as bioindicators has great implications for saving human lives by preventing the consumption of toxic food grains.
使用昆虫及其产品作为有毒物质的指标是一种既定的方法(Mercuri & Porrini, 1991;Codreanu et al.， 2009;Rashed等人，2009;Skorbiłowicz等人，2018;Rothman et al.， 2019 & 2020;Kaste et al.， 2021)。事实上，如果没有使用昆虫来识别其来源的人工来源，一些人为污染的案例是无法成功追踪的(Porrini et al.， 2003)。此外，由于全球变暖和气候变化的持续威胁，利用昆虫作为生物指标的需求不断增加，因为它们与它们所属的生态系统有着千丝万缕的联系，甚至可以揭示它们周围发生的最小变化(Skorbiłowicz等人，2018)。昆虫甚至因其在农药的农业使用中表现出毒性而得到广泛认可(Kavanagh et al.， 2021)。粮食作物上是否有昆虫可能在拯救急性毒性生命方面发挥关键作用;前者表明可以安全食用，而后者则是危险迫在眉睫的警告信号，因为上面没有昆虫生命(Soldano et al.， 2016)。这表明，利用昆虫作为生物指标的知识对防止食用有毒粮食以挽救人类生命具有重大意义。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-13DOI: 10.1080/0005772x.2022.2151743
J. Tautz
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Pub Date : 2022-12-06DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2022.2151721
Jovana Bila Dubaic´, R. Dall’Olio, Slobodan Davidovic´
In the past years, a surprisingly large number of free-living honey bee colonies was recorded in Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Bila Dubaić et al., 2021). Since there are no public city services that citizens could turn to if they notice a colony of free-living honey bees in their proximity, a large portion of such cases are reported to beekeepers. Owing mostly to the engagement of one Belgrade beekeeper, scientists of the Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade obtained a large set of data on free-living honey bees in Belgrade. The collected data covers a period of 7 years (2011–2017) and, after elimination of dubious and duplicated reports, the number of recorded swarms and colonies exceeded 1300 (Figure 1). Why are Free-Living Honey Bees Important? After massive honey bee die-off throughout Eurasia and North America due to the spread of ectoparasite Varroa destructor (Le Conte et al., 2010; Potts et al., 2010), it was generally thought that untreated colonies could not survive (Büchler et al., 2010; Oleksa et al., 2013), or if they do
在过去的几年中，在塞尔维亚首都贝尔格莱德记录了数量惊人的自由生活的蜜蜂群体(Bila dubaiki et al.， 2021)。由于市民在发现附近有一群自由生活的蜜蜂时，没有可以求助的公共城市服务，因此大部分此类情况都报告给了养蜂人。主要由于贝尔格莱德一位养蜂人的参与，贝尔格莱德大学生物学院的科学家获得了贝尔格莱德自由生活的蜜蜂的大量数据。收集的数据涵盖了7年(2011-2017)，在消除可疑和重复的报告后，记录的蜂群和蜂群数量超过了1300个(图1)。在欧亚大陆和北美地区，由于外寄生虫瓦罗亚破坏者的传播，蜜蜂大量死亡(Le Conte et al.， 2010;Potts et al.， 2010)，一般认为未经处理的菌落无法存活(b chler et al.， 2010;Oleksa et al.， 2013)，或者如果他们这样做了
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Pub Date : 2022-11-08DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2022.2140947
David Claeys Boúúaert, E. Danneels, Valérie Villers, M. Brunain, Regis Lefebre, L. De Smet, D. D. de Graaf
Introduction Colony winter mortality has been monitored in Belgium according to the international guidelines developed by the COLOSS network from 2008 onwards (Nguyen et al., 2010; Van der Zee et al., 2013). At the time, the empirically considered reasonable winter mortality rate was 10% (Haubruge et al., 2006), which is much lower than the on average 20–30% winter mortality rates reported in Belgium between 2008 and 2010 (Ravoet et al., 2015). The high presence of clinical signs observed in the studied honey bee population clearly pointed towards the involvement of Varroa destructor mites and viruses infections (Nguyen et al., 2010). Both causes have repeatedly been identified as the main drivers behind winter mortality not only in Belgium but across the world (de Miranda & Genersch, 2010; Genersch, 2010; Johnson et al., 2009; Meixner et al., 2014; Nazzi et al., 2012; Rosenkranz et al., 2010).
自2008年以来，比利时一直根据COLOSS网络制定的国际准则监测蜂群冬季死亡率(Nguyen et al.， 2010;Van der Zee et al.， 2013)。当时，经验认为合理的冬季死亡率为10% (Haubruge et al.， 2006)，远低于2008年至2010年比利时报告的冬季死亡率平均为20-30% (Ravoet et al.， 2015)。在研究的蜜蜂种群中观察到的临床症状的高度存在清楚地表明与瓦螨破坏螨和病毒感染有关(Nguyen et al.， 2010)。这两种原因都被反复确定为冬季死亡率背后的主要驱动因素，不仅在比利时，而且在世界各地(de Miranda & Genersch, 2010;Genersch, 2010;Johnson et al.， 2009;Meixner et al.， 2014;Nazzi等人，2012;Rosenkranz et al.， 2010)。
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Pub Date : 2022-10-18DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2022.2127555
M. Shebl, A. Owayss, H. Abou-Shaara
The dwarf honey bee (DB), Apis florea , is one of the Apis species occurring mainly in Asia and partially in Africa. Its distribution extends from southeastern Asian countries including Thailand, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar
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Pub Date : 2022-09-28DOI: 10.1080/0005772x.2022.2127862
Will Beharrell
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Pub Date : 2022-09-20DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2022.2113231
Dylan Farrugia, R. Martín-Hernández, M. Zammit Mangion
Introduction As part of the project MEDIBEES Monitoring of the Mediterranean Honey bee Subspecies and their Resilience to Climate Change for the Improvement of Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems, a questionnaire investigating beekeeping practices was developed and circulated among beekeepers within the participating countries of the MEDIBEES consortium. The main aim of the questionnaire was to collect information from the primary stakeholders in the apiculture industry and identify the main challenges and threats facing this important industry.
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