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Stingless bees of Costa Rica
(Springer, 2012-11-19)
The keeping of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) or meliponiculture is carried out in a rustic and traditional way in Costa Rica. This is an activity present in several regions of the country, especially among the ...
Costa rican pot-honey: Its medicinal use and antibacterial effect
(Springer, 2012-11-19)
There are very few records on the use of pot-honey by indigenous people of Costa Rica. Our evaluation concerns antimicrobial activity of honey samples from Tetragonisca angustula, Melipona beecheii and Apis mellifera, ...
VIII Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas: Biología, Cultura y Uso Sostenible, 26 al 31 de agosto de 2013
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2013)
El congreso presenta los siguientes ejes temáticos: ecología de abejas nativas y polinización; propiedades y composición de mieles de abejas sin aguijón; biología, manejo y reproducción de abejas nativas; sistemática, ...
Sentinel apiaries – epidemiological surveillance – training programas as strategies for early detection of the SHB in AHB in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023)
Implementing strategies for the early detection of the SHB as it spreads to new countries or areas requires As illustrated by the case of Costa Rica, is necessary:
1. Implementing sentinel apiaries
2. The development ...
Tools for strengthening productive capacities in beekeepers from the Central Pacific Region of Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023)
The aim was to promote the empowerment and productive improvement of beekeepers operating in
an area of high ecological degradation and marked poverty levels in the Central Pacific Region of Costa Rica, for whom beekeeping ...
Abejas de Costa Rica
(Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021)
Este texto está dirigido a las personas que no tienen conocimiento previo de ento-mología (el estudio de insectos), pero sí tienen interés en conocer la diversidad de abejas en Costa Rica, su forma de vida, cómo interactúan ...
Estudio preliminar sobre la presencia de enfermedades en enjambres de abejas africanizadas (Apis mellifera) en diferentes zonas de Costa Rica.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2019)
Se estudió la presencia de enfermedades en 34 enjambres de abejas africanizadas, recientemente
establecidos en diferentes zonas de Costa Rica. De cada enjambre, se colectaron aproximadamente 100 abejas
adultas de la ...
Microscopic Image Processing for the Analysis of Nosema Disease
(IGI Global., 2019)
In this chapter, the authors tried to develop a tool to automatize and facilitate the
detection of Nosema disease. This work develops new technologies in order to solve
one of the bottlenecks found on the analysis bee ...
New Record of the Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida, in Africanized Honey Bee Colonies in Costa Rica
(Bee World, 2019-02-27)
The small hive beetle (SHB) Aethina tumida Murray (Insecta: Coleoptera:
Nitidulidae) is a honey bee parasite native to sub-Saharan Africa (Hepburn & Radloff, 1998). It was first described by Murray in 1867. In 1996, SHBs ...
Control alternativo del ácaro Varroa destructor en abejas africanizadas en Costa Rica.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2018)