Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding

By M. Meixner, C. Costa, Per Kryger, F. Hatjina, M. Bouga, E. Ivanova, R. Büchler. 2010

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Varroa destructor: research avenues towards sustainable control (2012, background): “These factors may include pathogens and other parasites, environmental stressors (e.g., malnutrition or agrochemicals), and lack of genetic diversity and vitality (Brodschneider and Crailsheim, 2010; Meixner et al., 2010).”
The influence of genetic origin and its interaction with environmental effects on the survival of Apis mellifera L. colonies in Europe (2014, background): “…queen breeding, use of imported queens and migratory beekeeping over long distances have also caused hybridization of local bee populations in many areas (De la Rúa et al., 2009; Meixner et al., 2010) and the extent to which these factors have affected the vitality of honey bee colonies is unknown.”
Honey bees and their products: Bioindicators of environmental contamination (2016, background): “COLOSS has placed a strong emphasis on the standardization of honey bee research methodologies [65, 66]), as well as a pan-European study on genotypeenvironment interactions in honey bee colonies [67].”
Honey bee colony losses (2010, background): “…et al., 2010); Varroa destructor (Carreck et al., 2010b; Dahle, 2010; Martin et al., 2010); pesticides (Chauzat et al., 2010b; Medrzycki et al., 2010); the effects of acaricides (Harz et al., 2010); the loss of genetic diversity (Meixner et al., 2010; and loss of habitats (Potts et al., 2010).”