Links to Various Beekeeping Research Papers

This page is intended to be a starting point to collect research papers on topics I work with, primarily VSH and thermodynamics.

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Varroa Sensitive Hygiene

Natural Varroa mite-surviving Apis mellifera honeybee populations | Apidologie

Comparative reproduction of Varroa destructor in different types of Russian and Italian honey bee combs | Experimental and Applied Acarology

Varroa Resistant Honey Bees UK 

Honeybees use propolis as a natural pesticide against their major ectoparasite | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Honey bees of the Arnot Forest: a population of feral colonies persisting with Varroa destructor in the northeastern United States | Apiology

ARS-Developed Varroa-Resistant Honey Bees Better Winter Survivors : USDA ARS

Scientific Beekeeping - Beekeeping Through The Eyes of a Biologist

Russian Honeybees

Welcome - Russian Honeybee Breeders Association

Comparative reproduction of Varroa destructor in different types of Russian and Italian honey bee combs | Experimental and Applied Acarology

Russian Honey Bees: Rinderer, Thomas E., Coy, Steven E.: 9781655328138: Amazon.com: Books

VSH Breeders

Welcome - Russian Honeybee Breeders Association

VP Queen Bees | VSH Breeding Stock

Glenn Apiaries - Honey Bee Queen Breeders

Mite resistant honeybees | Stevens Bee Company LLC | Bloomfield

Drones

Map My DCA

Bee Sex Essentials: Lawrence John Connor, Extensive color photos by the Author: 9781878075222: Amazon.com: Books

Queen Rearing and Genetics

Breeding the Honeybee: Brother, Adam, Adam, Brother: 9780907908326: Amazon.com: Books

Queen Breeding and Genetics - How to get better bees: Holm, Eigil: 9781914934216: Amazon.com: Books

Thermodynamics

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) size determines colony heat transfer when brood covering or distributed | International Journal of Biometeorology

Honeybee cluster—not insulation but stressful heat sink | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Ratios of colony mass to thermal conductance of tree and man-made nest enclosures of Apis mellifera: implications for survival, clustering, humidity regulation and Varroa destructor | International Journal of Biometeorology

Nectar, humidity, honey bees (Apis mellifera) and varroa in summer: a theoretical thermofluid analysis of the fate of water vapour from honey ripening and its implications on the control of Varroa destructor | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Thermal efficiency extends distance and variety for honeybee foragers: analysis of the energetics of nectar collection and desiccation by Apis mellifera | Journal of The Royal Society Interface