The Swiss Bee Research Centre belongs to Agroscope in Liebefeld-Bern. The Swiss Bee Research Centre works in the frame on the federal agricultural research for the needs of Swiss beekeepers. It supplies scientific and technical know-how for the benefit of beekeepers and of all concerned.
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Our recent studies on the contamination of Swiss honey and pollen with undesirable plant substances as well as our study on the toxicity of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids for honeybees are listed.
Here you find the most recent evaluation of the Coloss network with respect of colony losses.
Brodschneider R., Gray A., Adjlane N., Ballis A., Brusbardis V., Charrière J.-D., Chlebo R., Coffey M. F., Dahle B., de Graaf, Dirk C., Dražić M. M., Evans G., Fedoriak M., Forsythe I., Gregorc A., Grzęda U., Hetzroni A., Kauko L., Kristiansen P., Martikkala M., Martín-Hernández R., Medina-Flores C. A., Mutinelli F., Raudmets A., Ryzhikov V. A., Simon-Delso N., Stevanovic J., Uzunov A., Vejsnæs F., Wöhl S., Zammit-Mangion M., Danihlík J.
Multi-country loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2016/2017 from the COLOSS survey.
Journal of Apicultural Research, 57, (3), 2018, 452-457.
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