Euthanasia in beekeeping: a question of animal welfare
Attention to animal welfare has grown considerably in recent years, appropriately accompanied by regulatory recognition and support for livestock, pets, and animals used for scientific ...
The Italian National Reference Centre for beekeeping at Apimondia 2019, from 13th to 15th February in Rome
The Italian National Reference Centre for Beekeeping of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) will take part to the international symposium "Honey bee health ...
The «San Michele all’Adige declaration», an appeal for biodiversity protection of native honeybee subspecies of Apis mellifera in Italy
The «San Michele all’Adige declaration» is a document drawn up and signed by exponents of authoritative research institutions and by key figures in the beekeeping ...
BPRACTICES. New management practices towards a sustainable beekeeping production system
Colony losses in Europe are strongly related to the prevalence of honeybee diseases in the different countries. This situation is likely to worsen with the ...
Natural toxins in honey, a laboratory method for detecting their presence
The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie has developed and validated a method for the determination of some natural toxins in honey: pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and ...
The state of bee health in Italy. National monitoring results.
There is no single underlying cause for bee die-off. The most probable contributing factors include pesticide use, bee diseases, beekeeping practices and climate change. ...