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Monitoreo nacional de la nosemosis - resultados previos del proyecto portugal, ...
Pires, SMA; Murilhas, AM; Almeida, PR; Valério, MJConsidering the growing number of reports implicating Nosema ceranae in colony morbidity/mortality, it is relevant to clarify the current epidemiology of Nosemosis in Portugal beekeeping context, pinpointing the etiologic agents to the species level and, eventually, identifying possible intra-specific types. About 2% of the registered Portuguese apiaries were sampled in two consecutive years (2011 and 2012). Ap...
Main reasons for honey bee colony mortality in Portugal. A snapshot of beekeepe...
Pires, S; Murilhas, AM; Almeida, PR; Valério, MJ; Gonçalves, MTo investigate claims of abnormally high honey bee colony mortality in Portugal during 2011, a survey was carried out via telephone interviews. It included 662 (≈ 4%) registered Portuguese beekeepers and followed the basic 'Coloss' questionnaire. Interviewees were selected accounting for total numbers of colonies and the geographical distribution of their apiaries across the country. The 'sampling grid' was set...
Nosema distribution across Portugal. Results from the first nationwide survey (...
Pires, S; Murilhas, AM; Almeida, PR; Valério, MJ; Gonçalves, MA nationwide field sampling exercise was launched in 2011, to address mounting anecdotal evidence of atypically high honey bee colony mortalities of unexplained origin occurring throughout Portugal. The first approach was to contact 662 beekeepers (≈ 4% of the registered Portuguese beekeepers), via telephone interviews with a view to formulating an 'educated guess' regarding the cases where Nosema apis / Nosema...