INVESTIGADORES
GARIBALDI Lucas Alejandro
artículos
Título:
Trends in beekeeping and honey bee colony losses in Latin America
Autor/es:
REQUIER, FABRICE; ANTÚNEZ, KARINA; MORALES, CAROLINA L; ALDEA SÁNCHEZ, PATRICIA; CASTILHOS, DAYSON; GARRIDO, PAULA M; GIACOBINO, AGOSTINA; REYNALDI, FRANCISCO J; ROSSO LONDOÑO, JUAN MANUEL; SANTOS, ESTELA; GARIBALDI, LUCAS A
Revista:
JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH
Editorial:
INT BEE RESEARCH ASSOC
Referencias:
Año: 2018 vol. 57 p. 657 - 662
ISSN:
0021-8839
Resumen:
Over the pastdecade, several countries have carried out monitoring programs ofmanaged honey bee colonies, which suggest beekeeping difficulties,with high colony loss rates all over the world. Although LatinAmerica plays a major role in the global honey supply, informationabout trends in beekeeping activities and honey bee colony losses arelacking. Using the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations (FAO) dataset and a synthesis of unpublished data of colonylosses survey carried out over the last 7 years, we reveal a worryingsituation of the beekeeping in this region. The Latin American trendsin honey production and beehive numbers are drifting from the globalpattern, and several high colony loss rates were registered in thisregion. These results reveal the presence of beekeeping difficultiesin Latin America. However, the variability in methods of colony losssurvey across initiatives prevent proper conclusion on loss rates.Efforts are needed to adapt, centralize and standardize methods tomonitor honey bee health and colony losses across countries in LatinAmerica, the main objective of the ?colony losses? working groupat the Latin-American Society forBee Research, SOLATINA, a large-scale platform created in 2017 tocoordinate bee research programs in Latin America.p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }