Project Nutrition and Honey Bee Health

Bienenwaben

Institute Participants

Gina Retschnig (PI), Peter Neumann, Andrew Brown, Alice Flubacher

Collaborators

Prof., Dr. Vincent Perreten (Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland, http://www.vbi.unibe.ch/research/molecular_epidemiology_amp_infectious_diseases/index_eng.html),

Prof. Dr. Karl Crailsheim (Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Austria, https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/karl.crailsheim/)

Summary

This project (2018-2021), financed by the Ricola Foundation Nature and Culture (https://www.ricolafoundation.org), addresses the role of neglected aspects of honey bee nutrition for individual and colony wellbeing.