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Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner

Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner

9781119583370
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An essential guide to the health care of honey bees

Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner offers an authoritative guide to honey bee health and hive management.  Designed for veterinarians and other professionals, the book presents information useful for answering commonly asked questions and for facilitating hive examinations.

The book covers a wide range of topics including basic husbandry, equipment and safety, anatomy, genetics, the diagnosis and management of disease. It also includes up to date information on Varroa and other bee pests, introduces honey bee pharmacology and toxicology, and addresses native bee ecology. This new resource::

  • Offers a guide to veterinary care of honey bees
  • Provides information on basic husbandry, examination techniques, nutrition, and more
  • Discusses how to successfully handle questions and hive calls
  • Includes helpful photographs, line drawings, tables, and graphs

Written for veterinary practitioners, veterinary students, veterinary technicians, scientists, and apiarists, Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner is a comprehensive and practical book on honey bee health.

Product Details
Wiley-Blackwell
101415
9781119583370

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Publication date
2021
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
400
Dimensions (mm)
221.00 x 280.00

  • List of Contributors ix

    Acknowledgments xi

    Honey Bee Medicine: A One Health Challenge xii
    Terry Ryan Kane

    Section I Biology and Medical Foundations 1

    1 Looking to Nature to Solve the Health Crisis of Honey Bees 3
    Robin W. Radcliffe and Thomas D. Seeley

    2 The Superorganism and Herd Health for the Honey Bee 21
    Robin W. Radcliffe

    3 Honey Bee Anatomy 33
    Cynthia M. Faux

    4 Physiology of the Honey Bee -- Principles for the Beekeeper and Veterinarian 41
    Rolfe M. Radcliffe

    5 The Honey Bee Queen 55
    Randy Oliver

    6 Honey Bee Strains 73
    Dewey M. Caron

    7 Wild Bees: Diversity, Ecology, and Stresors of Non-Apis Bees 81
    Margarita M. López-Uribe

    8 Honey Bee Nutrition 93
    Randy Oliver

    9 Honey Bee Microbiota and the Physiology of Antimicrobial Resistance 125
    Kasie Raymann

    10 Honey Bee Pharmacology 135
    Gigi Davidson

    Section II Beekeeping Principles for Veterinarians 149

    11 Equipment and Safety 151
    Adam J. Ingrao

    12 The Apiarist 167
    Katie Lee and Gary S. Reuter

    13 Basics of Apiary Design 179
    Brandon K. Hopkins

    14 Clinical Examination of a Honey Bee Hive 183
    Jerry Hayes

    15 Veterinary Regulations 191
    Christopher J. Cripps

    16 Medical Records 201
    Marcie Logsdon and Terry Ryan Kane

    Appendix 16.1A Veterinary -- Client Management Agreement 205

    Appendix 16.1B Sample Hive Record 207

    17 Epidemiology and Biosecurity 209
    Kristen K. Obbink and James A. Roth

    Appendix 17.A Beekeeping Biosecurity and Best Practices Checklist 217

    Section III Honey Bee Diseases, Disorders, and Special Topics 219

    18 Parasite Transmission Between Hives and Spillover to Non-Apis Pollinators 221
    Scott McArt

    19 Colony Collapse Disorder and Honey Bee Health 229
    Jay D. Evans and Yanping (Judy) Chen

    20 The Parasitic Mite Varroa destructor: History, Biology, Monitoring, and Management 235
    David T. Peck

    21 Honey Bee Viral Diseases 253
    Esmaeil Amiri, Olav Rueppell, and David R. Tarpy

    22 Honey Bee Bacterial Diseases 277
    Meghan Milbrath

    23 Honey Bee Fungal Diseases 295
    Yanping (Judy) Chen and Jay D. Evans

    24 Honey Bee Parasites and Pests 307
    Britteny Kyle

    25 Pesticides 321
    Reed M. Johnson

    26 Diagnostic Sampling 329
    Dan Wyns

    27 Necropsy of a Hive 339
    Dewey M. Caron

    28 Common Husbandry Issues 351
    Charlotte Hubbard

    29 Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding 363
    Krispn Given

    30 The Future Direction of Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine 367
    Jeffrey R. Applegate, Jr.

    Resources 369

    Notes on Editors and Contributors 373

    Index 379

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