The Latest In Honey Bee Research

摘要

In this column, I typically discuss one or two scientific papers involving honey bees. However, this month I would like to cover a Special Issue of 13 research papers dedicated to the topic "Bee Conservation" (Paxton et al., 2009). The Editors solicited manuscripts from an international group of bee researchers and then assembled the work into a single volume. Collectively, the Issue covered challenges facing the conservation and preservation of honey bees and other bees on a worldwide basis. While,by necessity, I can not provide in depth coverage to specific findings for each paper, I think a general description of the papers and their major conclusions will prove enlightening for beekeepers interested to know more about the "big picture".