Top Bar Beekeeping at Hirschbach Apiary

A biological approach to beekeeping using top bar beehives
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Research 
 Web resources
 
Agricultural Research Council - Honeybee pests and diseases                                          
 
Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP                                                         http://www.alp.admin.ch/themen/00502/00550/index.html?lang=en   
 
European group for integrated Varroa control                                                                    http://www.alp.admin.ch/themen/00502/00567/index.html?lang=en   
 
Effect of Screen Floors on Populations of Honey Bees and Parasitic Mites                         http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=158252 
 
Environmental Effects on the Growth of Varroa Mite Populations                                        http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=158261      
 
Selective Breeding for Honey Bees w/ Low Percentage of Varroa Mites in Capped Brood.    http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=161139 
 
Suppressing Mite Reproduction Smr An Update                                                               http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=130624 
 
Varroa Resistance of Hybrid ARS Russian Honey Bees                                                   http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=161315    
 
Varroa Resistance of Hybrid ARS Russian Honey Bees                                                   http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=161315     
 
Management of Russian honey bees for mite control                               
 
Diseases of the honey bee                                                                                           
 
Marla Spivak breeds a better bee_ UMNnews U of M                                                       http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/The_Bee_Queen.html        
 
Prevalence and Transmission of Honeybee Viruses                                                       
 
Occurrence of Six Honeybee Viruses in Diseased Austrian Apiaries                                 
 
Molecular and Biological Characterization of Deformed Wing Virus                                  
    
Localization of deformed wing virus infection in queen and drone Apis mellifera L               http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1475838
 
Deformed wing virus is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness                                   
 
FS07-221Natural Comb Management of Honey Bees                                              http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/winnerfiles/07winners/2007producerwinners.htm#FS221
 
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Great articles here)                            
 
Association of Honey Bee SNPs with Varroa destructor Mite Resistance                       
 
Varroasis & Parasitic-Mite Syndrome                                                                         
 
TWO YEARS PRIMORSKY-BEES WITH THE VARROA DESTRUCTOR 2001-2002 BY THE DUTCH BEE FOUNDATION “DE DUURZAME BIJ” (“The Sustainable Bee”)   http://www.mamamoer.nl/ddb/blz/rapportprimoengels2002.pdf
 
Stored on site
 
Acaricide residues in honey, beeswax and propolis.pdf   
 
 
Authentication of the botanical origin of honey 2006.pdf
 
 
   Beeswax and quality issues today 2004.pdf
 
  Beeswax replacement in organic beekeeping and the risk of contamination from hive walls 2002.pdf
 
 Classification of Honeydew and Blossom Honeys by Discriminant Analysis.pdf
 
 Contaminants of Bee Products 2006.pdf
 
Current status of analytical methods for the detection of residues in bee products.pdf
 
Determination of residues in honey after treatments with formic and oxalic acid under field conditions.pdf
 
Honey Authenticity a Review.pdf
 
Influence of organic acids and essential oils on honey taste.pdf
 
Loss of bees during mowing of flowering fields.pdf
 
Official therapeutic drugs in Swiss beekeeping 20070822.pdf
 
Olfactory cell responses of Varroa destructor to volatiles.pdf
 
Pesticide residues in honey and beeswax produced in Switzerland 2003_e.pdf
 
Pollen consumption in honey bee larvae a step forward in the risk assessment of transgenic plants 2004.pdf
 
Pollen nutrition and colony Development in honey bees part 1.pdf
 
Pollen nutrition and colony Development in honey bees Part 2.pdf
 
Protection of honey combs from moth damage.pdf
 
Remating in Varroa for which purpose.pdf
 
Residues of para-dichlorobenzene in honey and beeswax.pdf
 
Sulfaniamide an unexpected antibiotic found in honey.pdf
 
Survival of mite infested colonies in a Nordic climate.pdf
 
The contaminants of the bee colony.pdf
 
Thymol residues in Wax and Honey after Apilife VAR Treatment.pdf