monkeyspearfish
New Bee
Hi all
I am a student at the University of Exeter who will be conducting a project on bee epidemiology for my final year project. As a brief outline, I wish to survey a quantity of bee keepers across the UK, asking them to provide samples of comb, propolis, honey, brood and adult bee and complete a questionnaire relating to the general health of their hives in relation to diseases such as nosema, the various brood diseases and prevalence of varroa. I want to then analyse the various samples for concentrations of chemical agents such as neonicotinoids and cross reference the results with the questionnaires, eventually discussing any emerging trends. I would also find it interesting to see if the samples contained any agents that seemed to correlate with a reduced rate of disease prevalence. The results of the questionnaires would be anonymous. I feel that this is an important undertaking as it may provide insight into how certain chemicals, such a pesticides, may be affecting British honeybees and also invaluable data for future research.
If you are interested in participating, please PM or email me ([email protected]) with your name and address and I will send out a sampling pack containing the questionairre, sample bags and a pre-paid envelope in which to return everything, later this year.
Thank you in advance
Benjamin
I am a student at the University of Exeter who will be conducting a project on bee epidemiology for my final year project. As a brief outline, I wish to survey a quantity of bee keepers across the UK, asking them to provide samples of comb, propolis, honey, brood and adult bee and complete a questionnaire relating to the general health of their hives in relation to diseases such as nosema, the various brood diseases and prevalence of varroa. I want to then analyse the various samples for concentrations of chemical agents such as neonicotinoids and cross reference the results with the questionnaires, eventually discussing any emerging trends. I would also find it interesting to see if the samples contained any agents that seemed to correlate with a reduced rate of disease prevalence. The results of the questionnaires would be anonymous. I feel that this is an important undertaking as it may provide insight into how certain chemicals, such a pesticides, may be affecting British honeybees and also invaluable data for future research.
If you are interested in participating, please PM or email me ([email protected]) with your name and address and I will send out a sampling pack containing the questionairre, sample bags and a pre-paid envelope in which to return everything, later this year.
Thank you in advance
Benjamin
