Browsing Centro de Investigaciones Apícolas Tropicales by Subject "COLMENA"
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Actual situation of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Africanized honeybee colonies in Costa Rica
(2019)In the present study, the presence of the beetle Aethina tumida in Central American countries such as El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica is analyzed by visual sampling in which all individual frames, hive covers and ... -
Cantidad de alimento requerida por una colonia de Bombus ephippiatus durante las etapas de su desarrollo y el comportamiento de alimentación de las obreras jóvenes
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-08)Costa Rica es un país con una diversidad de abejorros que en gran parte no ha sido estudiada. Estas abejas tienen mucho potencial para ser polinizadores de nuestros cultivos en vez de importar especies exóticas. Con el fin ... -
Nosemosis in Africanized Honey Bee Colonies (Apis mellifera) in the Tropical Conditions of Costa Rica: Nosema apis or Nosema ceranae
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021)The presence of nosemosis in Africanized honey bees in Costa Rica was studied. A total of 75 samples of adult bees from different country regions were selected for molecular diagnosis of nosemosis. Prior to PCR tests, ... -
Revisión sobre la presencia del Pequeño Escarabajo de la Colmena, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infestando colonias de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Apidae: Meliponini)
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023)La crianza y manejo de las abejas nativas sin aguijón, se conoce como “meliponicultura”, actividad ancestral de importancia ambiental y socioeconómica. En Costa Rica, se reportan más de 50 especies de abejas nativas sin ... -
Sentinel apiaries – epidemiological surveillance – training programas as strategies for early detection of the SHB in AHB in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023)Implementing strategies for the early detection of the SHB as it spreads to new countries or areas requires As illustrated by the case of Costa Rica, is necessary: 1. Implementing sentinel apiaries 2. The development ... -
Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida, in Africanized Honey Bees in Costa Rica: Sentinel Apiaries, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training Programs as Strategies for Early Detection or to Prevent Its Spread
(Bee World, 2023-02-01)The Costa Rican case with Africanized honey bees strongly supports the notion that by implementing sentinel apiaries for continued surveillance, a degree of containment and deceleration of the invasion could be attained. ... -
SOLATINA: A Latin-American society for bee research to foster the interactions between scientists and coordinate large-scale research programs
(Asociación Internacional de Investigación Apícola, 2018)Bees (members of the super family Apoidea) are the main pollinators in modern agro-ecosystems, where they have a critical positive effect on yield improve ment for about 75% of world's crops (Klein et al., 2007; ...