Beekeeping and Bee Conservation Advances in Research

✍ Scribed by Emerson Dechechi Chambo

• Publisher: InTech
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 251
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Beekeeping and Bee Conservation - Advances in Research presents current issues in the field of bees in multiple contexts and ties together experiments conducted by some of the world's most renowned researchers. The authors' point-of-view and own research results are described in a clear and objective way, which is very useful for beginners in the study of the subject and is likewise valuable for the more experienced on the subject, who may find new hypotheses to be tested and broaden their future prospects in the field. The book is wide in scope, focusing largely on Apis mellifera. Topics range from genetics, to pollination studies, to the conservation of bees. It includes a chapter dedicated to stingless bees and another for bumble bees.

✦ Table of Contents

Chapter 1   A Comprehensive Characterization of the Honeybees in Siberia (Russia) by Nadezhda V. Ostroverkhova, Olga L. Konusova, Aksana N. Kucher and Igor V. Sharakhov
Chapter 2   Breeding Program Design Principles for Royal Jelly by Katia Ostrovski-Tomporoski, Patrícia Faquinello, Fabiana Martins Costa-Maia, Maria Claudia Ruvolo-Takasusuki, Pedro da Rosa Santos and Vagner Arnaut de Toledo
Chapter 3   Improvement and Selection of Honeybees Assisted by Molecular Markers by Maria Claudia Colla Ruvolo-Takasusuki, Arielen Patricia Balista Casagrande Pozza, Ana Paula Nunes Zago Oliveira, Rejane Stubs Parpinelli, Fabiana Martins Costa-Maia, Patricia Faquinello and Vagner de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo
Chapter 4   Impacts of Pesticides on Honey Bees by Francisco Sanchez-Bayo and Koichi Goka
Chapter 5   Advances in Pharmacological Activities and Chemical Composition of Propolis Produced in Americas by Efrain Alday, Moisés Navarro-Navarro, Adriana Garibay-Escobar, Ramón Robles-Zepeda, Javier Hernandez and Carlos Velazquez
Chapter 6   Fruit Tree Pollination Technology and Industrialization in China by Guo Yuan, Ma Weihua, Wu Wenqing and Song Huailei
Chapter 7   Beekeeping in Jalisco, México by Contreras-Escareño F, Echazarreta CM, Pérez-Armendáriz B, Cavazos Arroyo J, Macías-Macías JO and Tapia-González JM
Chapter 8   From Extraction to Meliponiculture: A Case Study of the Management of Stingless Bees in the West-Central Region of Mexico by Alejandro Reyes-González, Andrés Camou-Guerrero and Salvador Gómez-Arreola
Chapter 9   Rearing Bumble Bees for Research and Profit: Practical and Ethical Considerations by Robin E. Owen