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Giving Beekeeping Guidance by cOmputatiOnal-driven Decision making (B-GOOD)
Project
Project code: FLI-IMED-08-Ri-0642
Contract period: 01.06.2019
- 31.05.2023
Purpose of research: Applied research
B-GOOD will pave the way towards healthy and sustainable beekeeping within the European Union by following a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach. Merging data from within and around beehives as well as wider socio-economic and ecological conditions, B-GOOD will develop and test innovative tools to perform risk assessments according to a novel Health Status Index (HSI). B-GOOD has the overall goal to provide guidance for beekeepers and help them make better and more informed decisions. During field-trials three sampling moments for the diagnosis of bee diseases will take place per year: a first in spring, when the bees start to forage; a second in summer, when the colonies have reached their maximum size; and a third in autumn before the over-wintering. The FLI will organize and perform diagnosis on these samples for Varroa-mites, Nosema spp., Deformed Wing Virus, spores of American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae) and the causative agent of European foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius). If necessary additional lab tests, for instance when we suspect an infestation by Acarapis woodi (tracheal mite), or an infection by Acute or Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus, will be performed.
Section overview
Subjects
- Beekeeping and health
- Agroecology
- Biotechnology
- Agroeconomics
- Climate Change
