• In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, Guest Editor Jeffery R. Applegate brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as Apiculture, Diseases of the Honey Bee, Population Medicine, Immunology, Nutrition, and more.


    Key Features

    • Provides in-depth, reviews in Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine, providing actionable insights for veterinary practice.
    • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
    • Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Pesticides and the Impact on Honey Bees; Practical Applications in Honey Bee Genetics; Foreign Pests and Diseases as Potential Threats to North American Apiculture; Honey Bee Welfare and Standards of Humane Euthanasia; and more.

    • Cover image

    • Title page

    • Table of Contents

    • Copyright

    • Contributors

    • Forthcoming Issues

    • Preface

    • Introduction to Apiculture (Apis mellifera)

    • Key points

    • History

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • The Social Life of Honey Bees

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Diseases and Pests of Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera)

    • Key points

    • Bacterial

    • Parasites and pests

    • Fungal

    • Viral

    • Microsporidial

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Common Noninfectious Conditions of the Honey bees (Apis mellifera) Colony

    • Key points

    • Discussion

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure statement

    • Honey Bee Diagnostics

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch

    • American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae)

    • European foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius)

    • Sacbrood

    • Chalkbrood (Ascosphaera apis)

    • Varroa mites (Varroa destructor)

    • Tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi)

    • Nosema (Nosema sp)

    • Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

    • Necropsy

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Supplementary data

    • Registered Medicinal Products for Use in Honey Bees in the United States and Canada

    • Key points

    • Introduction and history

    • Discussion

    • Clinical relevance of treatment

    • Nature of the problem, controversies, and approach

    • Other products commonly used in the treatment of honey bees

    • For varroa mites, Varroa destructor, varroosis

    • For small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, infestations

    • Nosemosis: Nosema apis, Nosema ceranae

    • Tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi

    • Greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, and lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella

    • Canadian products

    • Future directions

    • Clinics care points, cautions, and tips

    • Working with State and Provincial Apiary Programs to Manage Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Health

    • Key points

    • Background

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Epidemiology and Biosecurity for Veterinarians Working with Honey bees (Apis mellifera)

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Discussion of epidemiology

    • Discussion of biosecurity

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Health Considerations in Commercial Beekeeping

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Colony transport

    • Commercial apiaries

    • Indoor wintering storage

    • Shipping package colonies and queens

    • Banking queens

    • Clinics care points

    • Honey Bee Nutrition

    • Key points

    • Challenges associated with honey bee nutrition

    • Foraging behavior of honey bees

    • Nutritional needs of honey bees

    • Nutritional supplements

    • Summary and future research needs

    • Clinics care points

    • Supplementary data

    • Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Immunity

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Activation of immune responses

    • Cellular immunity

    • Humoral immunity

    • Antiviral defense mechanisms

    • Social immunity

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Practical Applications of Genomics in Managing Honey bee Health

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Application 1: stock certification and control of invasive lineages

    • Application 2: marker assisted selection powered by genome-wide association studies

    • Application 3: biomarkers for diagnosing bee health

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Foreign Pests as Potential Threats to North American Apiculture: Tropilaelaps mercedesae, Euvarroa spp, Vespa mandarinia, and Vespa velutina

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Tropi mite: Tropilaelaps mercedesae

    • Euvarroa mites: Euvarroa sinhai and Euvarroa wongsirii

    • Asian Hornets: Vespa mandarinia and Vespa velutina

    • Conclusion

    • Disclosure statement

    • Honey Bees: Disaster Preparedness and Response

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Discussion

    • Clinics care points

    • Honey Bees and Humane Euthanasia

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Current methods of dispatch and euthanasia of honey bees in apiculture

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

  • Jeffrey R. Applegate

    Affiliations and expertise

    Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Exotic Animal Medicine Service, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences

    Britteny Kyle

    Affiliations and expertise

    President, Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium

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