[PDF] Asian Apiculture eBook

Author : Panuwan Chantawannakul
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 24,18 MB
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811082227

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From the perspective of local scientists, this book provides insight into bees and bee management of Asia, with a special focus on honey bees. Asia is home to at least nine honey bee species, including the introduced European honey bee, Apis mellifera. Although A. mellifera and the native Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, are the most commonly employed species for commercial beekeeping, the remaining non-managed native honey bee species have important ecological and economic roles on the continent. Species distributions of most honey bee species overlap in Southeast Asia, thus promoting the potential for interspecies transmission of pests and parasites, as well as their spread to other parts of the world by human translocation. Losses of managed A. mellifera colonies is of great concern around the world, including in Asia. Such global colony losses are believed to be caused, in part, by pests and parasites originating from Asia such as the mite Varroa destructor, the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, and several bee viruses. Taking advantage of the experience of leading regional bee researchers, this book provides insight into the current situation of bees and bee management in Asia. Recent introductions of honey bee parasites of Asian origin to other parts of the world ensures that the contents of this book are broadly relevant to bee scientists, researchers, government offi cials, and the general public around the world.

Author : Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780674041622

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The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus to the indigenous Asian honey bees. Benjamin Oldroyd, well known for his work on the genetics and evolution of worker sterility, has teamed with Siriwat Wongsiri, a pioneer of the study of bees in Thailand, to provide a comparative work synthesizing the rapidly expanding Asian honey bee literature. After introducing the species, the authors review evolution and speciation, division of labor, communication, and nest defense. They underscore the pressures colonies face from pathogens, parasites, and predators--including man--and detail the long and amazing history of the honey hunt. This book provides a cornerstone for future investigations on these species, insights into the evolution across species, and a direction for conservation efforts to protect these keystone species of Asia's tropical forests.

Author : H. Randall Hepburn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642164226

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A multi-authored work on the basic biology of Asian honeybees, written by expert specialists in the field, this book highlights phylogeny, classification, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, biogeography, genetics, physiology, pheromones, nesting, self-assembly processes, swarming, migration and absconding, reproduction, ecology, foraging and flight, dance languages, pollination, diseases/pests, colony defensiveness and natural enemies, honeybee mites, and interspecific interactions. Comprehensively covering the widely dispersed literature published in European as well as Asian-language journals and books, "Honeybees of Asia" provides an essential foundation for future research.

Author : Asian Apicultural Association. International Conference
Publisher : Science Publishers
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Apis cerana
ISBN :

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An overview of bees and beekeeping research and development in Asia which highlights the issues related to conservation and management of the Asian hive bee, Apis cerana.

Author : Asian Apicultural Association. International Conference
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Bees
ISBN : 9788120413856

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Jointly organized by ICIMOD and Asian Apicultural Association.

Author : Panuwan Chantawannakul
Publisher : ศูนย์บริหารงานวิจัย สำนักงานมหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 6163981871

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key pollinators honey bees, have been evolved for million years along with flowering plants. Asia is rich with species diversity and the bees are known to play vital roles in maintaining the the local fauna and sustain the agricultural crops to secure food sources for human consumption in the region, where the population continue to grow. Southeast Asia is regarded as a hot spot for scientists to study ecological interaction and co-evolution between hosts and parasites 9n different species of honey bees. The most serious and widespread bee pathogens and parasites today in the European honey bee are parasitic mites. nosema, kashmir bee virus which may have originated from Asian honey bees in South East Asia, More information on Asian honey bee health can also reflect the future threat in European honey bee worldwide especially when the global warming and fast transportation allow the prevalence and dissemination of tropics pathogens and parasites. This book aims to provide the current bee health status of honey bees in Asia which are now under emerging pressures from natural causes and human activities in modern society of globalization. Symbiotic relationships between living organisms and honey bees are also described