A historical review of managed honey bee populations in Europe and the United States and the factors that may affect them.

By D. vanEngelsdorp, M. Meixner. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2010

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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A survey of honey bee colony losses in the United States, fall 2008 to spring 2009 (2010, background): “This practice does not come without cost, however, and the additional financial burden placed on beekeepers, especially commercial beekeepers, will probably cause some to leave the industry (vanEngelsdorp and Meixner, 2009).”
Genetic integrity of the Dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) from protected populations: a genome-wide assessment using SNPs and mtDNA sequence data (2014, background): “…can only hamper honey bees’ adaptive response to modern beekeeping and increasingly demanding environmental conditions, and might be linked to worldwide colony declines (vanEngelsdorp and Meixner, 2010), although the latter is a matter of debate (Harpur et al., 2012, 2013; De la Rúa et al., 2013).”
A survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the Republic of South Africa–2009 to 2011 (2014, background): “Reports of exceptional colony losses are not unusual and there are multiple records of repeated honey bee colony losses (Moritz et al., 2010; vanEngelsdorp and Meixner, 2010) along with evidence of a general decline in pollinators (Potts et al., 2010a; Potts et al., 2010b).”
A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA (2015, neutral): “Managed honey bee colony numbers have declined steadily in the USA from a high of 5.1 million colonies in 1947 to a low of 2.39 million colonies in 2006 (vanEngelsdorp & Meixner, 2010).”
The influence of genetic origin and its interaction with environmental effects on the survival of Apis mellifera L. colonies in Europe (2014, background): “…to colony decline is the extended use of pesticides in agricultural systems (Desneux et al., 2007; Frazier et al., 2008; van Engelsdorp et al., 2009; Chauzat et al., 2009; van Engelsdorp and Meixner, 2010), and socio-political aspects such as trade or economics (van Engelsdorp and Meixner, 2010).”
Vespa velutina: a new invasive predator of honeybees in Europe (2013, background): “mellifera colonies, such as parasites, viruses, habitat loss or fragmentation, insecticides and pesticides, and climate change (Cox-Foster et al. 2007; Brown and Paxton 2009; Johnson et al. 2010; Le Conte et al. 2010; Potts et al. 2010; vanEngelsdorp and Meixner 2010; Henry et al. 2012).”
Standard methods for artificial rearing of Apis mellifera larvae (2013, background): “In many regions of the world, the number of honey bee colonies is declining, thus possibly endangering pollination (Aizen et al., 2009; VanEngelsdorp and Meixner, 2010; van der Zee et al., 2012).”
Standard methods for toxicology research in Apis mellifera (2013, background): “Pesticides and pathogens are two categories of environmental stressors that may contribute to the decline of honey bee populations (vanEngelsdorp and Meixner, 2010).”
The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations. (2011, background): “Parasite and pathogen effects on bee populations are known to be problematic in managed bees such as honey bees (118) and other domesticated bees, such as the alfalfa leafcutting bee, in which unnaturally high densities and environmental stresses can increase exposure and susceptibility to parasites”
Gut microbiome dysbiosis and honeybee health (2011, background): “135 (2011) 524–533 ª 2011 Blackwell Verlag, GmbH not the only insect pollinator, it still remains the most important one for most crops worldwide (vanEngelsdorp and Meixner 2010).”
Species richness of wild bees, but not the use of managed honeybees, increases fruit set of a pollinator-dependent crop (2015, background): “The European or western honeybee Apis mellifera L. is the most common managed pollinator world-wide.”
Standard methods for maintaining adult Apis mellifera in cages under in vitro laboratory conditions (2013, background): “…world are primarily attributed to introduced and native parasites and diseases, environmental toxins, genetic constraints, beekeeper management issues, and socio-economic factors, acting singly or in combination (Neumann and Carreck, 2010; vanEngelsdorp and Meixner, 2010; Williams et al., 2010).”
Neonicotinoids in bees: a review on concentrations, side-effects and risk assessment (2012, background): “More specifically, there is a great concern about the decline of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) in several parts of the world (Oldroyd 2007; Stokstad 2007; VanEngelsdorp and Meixner 2010).”
Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers (2015, background): “It is also clear that moving toward heavy reliance on only a few species of managed pollinators, such as honey bees or one or two species of bumblebee, runs the risk of supply failure; for example, should honey bee stocks in North America fall much further, the viability of almond production in Cali”