• Current status of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida in Latin America 

      Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Aldea-Sánchez, P.; Branchiccela, B.; Calderón-Fallas, R.A.; Medina-Medina, L.A.; Palacio, María Alejandra; Velarde, R.; Teixeira, E. W.; Antúnez, K. (Springer Nature, 2023-03)
      The small hive beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida, is a parasitic pest and scavenger of social bees native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a generalist species which can also reproduce in association with nests of stingless bees, ...
    • Environment and Varroa destructor management as determinant of colony losses in apiaries under temperate and subtropical climate 

      Molineri, Ana Ines; Giacobino, Agostina; Pacini, Adriana Cecilia; Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Merke, Julieta; Orellano, Emanuel; Bertozzi, Ezequiel; Zago, Luis Fernando Basili; Aignasse, Andrea María Elisa; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Crisanti, Paola Andrea; Palacio, María Alejandra; Signorini, Marcelo (2018-07)
      For the last 10 years, honey bee colony losses have been a topic of interest for researchers around the world, and many drivers for losses were described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors associated ...
    • Environmental conditions and beekeeping practices associated with Nosema ceranae presence in Argentina 

      Pacini, Adriana Cecilia; Molineri, Ana Ines; Antúnez, Karina; Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Merke, Julieta; Orellano, Emanuel; Bertozzi, Ezequiel; Zago, Luis Fernando Basili; Aignasse, Andrea Maria Elisa; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Palacio, María Alejandra; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro; Giacobino, Agostina (Springer, 2021-01)
      A longitudinal study was carried out in order to evaluate Nosema spp. spore counts in two key moments of the year (late autumn and spring) in honeybee colonies from five eco-regions of Argentina. Three hundred and sixty ...
    • First large‑scale study reveals important losses of managed honey bee and stingless bee colonies in Latin America 

      Requier, Fabrice; Sibaja Leyton, Malena; Morales, Carolina L.; Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Giacobino, Agostina; Porrini, Martin Pablo; Rosso‑Londoño, Juan Manuel; Velarde, Rodrigo A.; Aldea‑Sánchez, Patricia; Allasino, Mariana Laura; Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Landi, Lucas; Moja, Pablo Joaquín; Molineri, Ana Ines; Pacini, Adriana Cecilia; Palacio, María Alejandra; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Aignasse, Andrea María Elisa (Springer Nature, 2024-05)
      Over the last quarter century, increasing honey bee colony losses motivated standardized large-scale surveys of managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), particularly in Europe and the United States. Here we present the first ...
    • Varroa destructor and viruses association in honey bee colonies under different climatic conditions 

      Giacobino, Agostina; Molineri, Ana Ines; Pacini, Adriana Cecilia; Fondevila, Norberto Antonio; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Palacio, Marí­a Alejandra; Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Orellano, Emanuel; Salto, Cesar Eduardo; Signorini, Marcelo; Merke, Julieta (2016-06)
      Honey bee colonies are threatened by multiple factors including complex interactions between environmental and diseases such as parasitic mites and viruses. We compared the presence of honeybee-pathogenic viruses and Varroa ...