EU second world producer, after China

Programmes include a study of the production and marketing

In 2012, the Commission decided to review the EU approvals granted for the active substances clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid (part of the neonicotinoid family) and the active substance fipronil (part of the phenylpyrazole family).

This report covers apiculture 2017-2019, for the time period 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2019. These are the first years where new measures applied.

Here evaluate the inhibitory effects of Apis mellifera bee venom (BV-Am) and of its two main components - melittin and phospholipase on E. coli.

A study of the role of phytochemicals in pesticide tolerance when worker bees were fed with sublethal doses (1 ppb and 10 ppb) of thiamethoxam

Oxalic acid is a very effective active substance against Varroa mites if applied in the absence of brood and with sufficient humidity in the hive.

Here, we study the effect of oxalic acid on isolated varroa mites and on varroa mites parasitizing caged honey bees treated with oxalic acid per os or topically (by trickling or by sublimation).

Evaluating the effects of neonicotinoids on forager bees in conditions as near as possible to those in nature presents a big but necessary challenge.

Melipona favosa favosa is reputed to produce an anticataract honey. Ocular cataracts are opacifications of the ocular lenses. The senile cataract is considered as belonging to public health. Other etiologies comprise diabetes, UV radiation, traumatisms. In this work we used the selenite model to induce cataracts in rats, and to test the effect of Melipona honey eye drops.