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This eminently practical book is aimed at professionals in the sector and covers the most important aspects of beekeeping. The information is presented in a unique manner, using a question-and-answer format intended to stimulate the reader’s curiosity and enhance knowledge acquisition. The highly practical format of this text, which includes over 150 images and diagrams, will be of great interest to experienced professionals as well as newcomers to the field.
Cet ouvrage éminemment pratique est destiné à exposer aux professionnels du secteur les aspects les plus importants de la production apicole. Ces derniers sont présentés de façon tout à fait inhabituelle, sous forme de questions-réponses qui visent à stimuler la curiosité du lecteur et à favoriser l’acquisition de connaissances. Les informations sont organisées en trois grands chapitres portant sur les bases de l’apiculture, la production apicole et la santé des abeilles. Plus de 200 images et infographies donnent à ce livre un caractère extrêmement concret qui sera assurément d’un grand intérêt pour les professionnels expérimentés comme pour les néophytes dans ce domaine.
Honey -bee pathogens are spread worldwide and are strongly related to the decline of honey bee populations, with which has severe implications for beekeeping, honey production and ecology. Honey bee pathogens are continuously studied by researchers to with the aim to better understand the host--s-parasites relationship of these pathogens and the effects that they have on the bee coloniesy. Honey bee pathogens include bacteria (i.e. i.e., Melissococcus plutonius and Paenibacillus larvae), microsporidia (i.e. i.e., Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae), fungi (i.e. i.e., Ascosphaera apis), protozoa (i.e. i.e., Lotmaria passim, Crithidia bombi and Crithidia mellificae) and viruses (i.e. i.e., ABPV, C...
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Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving silently and lethally, microbial pathogens constitute a grave threat to the health of humans. Indeed, a majority of countries recently identified the spread of infectious disease as the greatest global problem they confront. Throughout history, humans have struggled to control both the causes and consequences of infectious diseases and we will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. Following up on a high-profile 1992 report from the Institute of Medicine, Microbial Threats to Health exami...