Assessing the health status of managed honeybee colonies (HEALTHY-B): a toolbox to facilitate harmonised data collection
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Miranda, Miguel Angel
Bicout, Dominique
Botner, Anette
Butterworth, Andrew
Calistri, Paolo
Depner, Klaus
Edwards, Sandra
Garin-Bastuji, Bruno
Good, Margaret
Gortazar Schmidt, Christian
Michel, Virginie
More, Simon
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
Raj, Mohan
Sihvonen, Lisa
Spoolder, Hans
Stegeman, Jan Arend
Thulke, Hans H.
Willeberg, Preben
Winckler, Christoph
Fecha de publicación
2016-10-25ISSN
1831-4732
Resumen
Tools are provided to assess the health status of managed honeybee colonies by facilitating further
harmonisation of data collection and reporting, design of field surveys across the European Union (EU)
and analysis of data on bee health. The toolbox is based on characteristics of a healthy managed
honeybee colony: an adequate size, demographic structure and behaviour; an adequate production of
bee products (both in relation to the annual life cycle of the colony and the geographical location); and
provision of pollination services. The attributes ‘queen presence and performance’, ‘demography of the
colony’, ‘in-hive products’ and ‘disease, infection and infestation’ could be directly measured in field
conditions across the EU, whereas ‘behaviour and physiology’ is mainly assessed through experimental
studies. Analysing the resource providing unit, in particular land cover/use, of a honeybee colony is
very important when assessing its health status, but tools are currently lacking that could be used at
apiary level in field surveys across the EU. Data on ‘beekeeping management practices’ and
‘environmental drivers’ can be collected via questionnaires and available databases, respectively. The
capacity to provide pollination services is regarded as an indication of a healthy colony, but it is
assessed only in relation to the provision of honey because technical limitations hamper the
assessment of pollination as regulating service (e.g. to pollinate wild plants) in field surveys across the
EU. Integrating multiple attributes of honeybee health, for instance, via a Health Status Index, is
required to support a holistic assessment. Examples are provided on how the toolbox could be used by
different stakeholders. Continued interaction between the Member State organisations, the EU
Reference Laboratory and EFSA is required to further validate methods and facilitate the efficient use
of precise and accurate bee health data that are collected by many initiatives throughout the EU.
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Artículo
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English
Materias (CDU)
638 - Cría y gestión de insectos y otros artrópodos
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241
Publicado por
Wiley Open Access
Publicado en
EFSA Journal
Citación
Miranda, Miguel Angel, Dominique Bicout, Anette Botner, Andrew Butterworth, Paolo Calistri, Klaus Depner, Sandra Edwards, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Margaret Good, Christian Gortazar Schmidt, Virginie Michel, Simon More, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Mohan Raj, Lisa Sihvonen, Hans Spoolder, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans H. Thulke, Antonio Velarde, Preben Willeberg and Christoph Winckler. 2016. "Assessing The Health Status Of Managed Honeybee Colonies (HEALTHY-B): A Toolbox To Facilitate Harmonised Data Collection". EFSA Journal 2016; 14(10). doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4578
Program
Benestar Animal
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