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Animal production and health Good beekeeping practices: Practical manual on how to identify and control the main diseases of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) Type of publication: Book Publisher: FAO Year of publication: 2020 Place of publication: Rome, Italy Other Entities Involved: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Lazio e Toscana (IZSLT) Pages: 82 p. Serial Title: TECA – Technologies and practices for small agricultural producers ; 1 ISBN: 978-92-5-132664-0 doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9182en Agrovoc: Apiculture; Good practices; Honey bees; Apis mellifera; Animal diseases; Symptoms; Disease transmission; Diagnosis; Disease prevention; Disease control. Abstract: This is a practical tool to help beekeepers, veterinarians and beekeeping advisory services to properly identify main honeybee diseases and to take the most appropriate actions in the apiary to control and/or prevent disease outbreaks. This publication follows the TECA publication Main bee diseases: good beekeeping practices (2018) which provided a more general overview of good beekeeping practices for bee diseases. This manual is a unique publication because, through its presentation of practical information, simple visuals, and understandable content, it helps beekeepers to correctly identify main honeybee diseases in a timely manner. More specifically, the manual creatively illustrates actions which facilitate the identification of disease symptoms. It also presents a comprehensive list of good beekeeping practices to adopt in the apiary as well as biosafety measures to reduce the risk of the introduction and the spread of main honeybee diseases. The manual’s overall objective is ultimately to support a more sustainable beekeeping sector. Download file Cite this publication as: FAO. 2020. Good beekeeping practices: Practical manual on how to identify and control the main diseases of the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Rome. Towards sustainable crop pollination services. Measures at field, farm and landscape scales Type of publication: Book Publisher: FAO Year of publication: 2020 Place of publication: Rome, Italy Pages: 194 p. ISBN: 978-92-5-132578-0 doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8965en Agrovoc: Pollination; Pollinators; Sustainable agriculture; Agricultural production; Agricultural landscape; Agroecosystems; Biodiversity. Abstract: As the discipline of pollination ecology moves from describing the extent of a pollinator crisis, to identifying what can be done about it, there is a need to share and highlight very practical measures that will support sustainable crop biotic pollination services. Identifying these practices will require a mix of farmer and natural historian knowledge and scientific research. In this publication,
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