Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers who are investigating the status of honey bees, and possible reasons for their decline and provides a basis for establishing management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters provide information on the new microsporidian Nosema pathogens, the current status of the parasitic bee mites, updates on bee viruses, and the effects these problems are having on our important bee pollinators. The text also presents methods for diagnosing diseases and for bee breeding and includes full-color illustrations.