Honey Bee Pests and Diseases - A complete guide to prevention and management

Honey Bee Pests and Diseases is written by three scientists who are also long-time beekeepers. It provides up-to-date information on diagnosing and managing honey bee diseases. Of particular interest are the explanations of how pathogens affect honey bees. This book is aimed at a global audience, not just beekeepers in developed countries.

About the author

Robert Owen has been a beekeeper for over 20 years. He completed his PhD on Varroa in 2022. Robert has advised beekeepers in Nigeria, Benin, Lebanon, Nepal, and Bangladesh for USAID. He authored The Australian Beekeeping Manual and regularly contributes to specialist beekeeping magazines. Robert has extensive first-hand knowledge of honey bee pathogens from many countries.

Summary

Honey Bee Pests and Diseases is written by three scientists who are also long-time beekeepers. It provides up-to-date information on diagnosing and managing honey bee diseases. Of particular interest are the explanations of how pathogens affect honey bees. This book is aimed at a global audience, not just beekeepers in developed countries.

Foreword

Rather than just describing the signs of a pathogen and suitable treatment, the authors have worked to explain how bees become infected and how individual pathogens make bees sick. The chapter on epidemiology provides the reader with a higher-level view of disease identification and management by looking at them at the country or regional level.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Owen, Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck, Jean-Pierre Y. Scheerlinck, Mark Stevenson
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2023
• EAN: 9781922539601
• ISBN: 978-1-922539-60-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 760 g
• Illustrations: 50 photographs and 10 illustrations, color
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Beekeeping, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders, Insects (entomology), Apiculture (Beekeeping), Animal Pathology & Diseases, Veterinary pathology and histology