The project
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BEE-GUARDS aims to strengthen the resilience of the European beekeeping sector by providing sustainable management practices, novel breeding strategies and digital and forecasting tools that allow the sector to adapt to a changing environment. We focus on determining how abiotic factors such as management practices, climate change, nutrition and resource limitations drive emerging biotic stressors that threaten colony health and erode the resilience of European beekeeping.
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Please note, Argentina is also part of the consortium. Zoom to Argentina.
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The honeybee intestine is far more than a simple digestive organ.
A new paper from the BEE-GUARDS project shows that the honeybee intestine is a hub where nutrition, metabolism, immunity, and brain communication converge. In this study, published in the Journal …
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Inside the lab: How we infected mason bees with CBPV
Within Task 8.3, from May to July, the INHORT (the National Institute of Horticultural Research, Poland) team carried out an experiment involving the controlled infection of the red mason bee …
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Can an introduced honey bee bring new diseases with it?
A newly published study by BEE-GUARDS partners reports the accidental introduction of the red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) into Malta and investigates the pathogens carried by this non-native species. …
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In the 2025 bee season, you can engage in BEE-GUARDS research as citizen scientist. Help us studying wild pollinators or participate in a varroa control study with brood interruption! Sign up here to receive more information!
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European Union-funded research project
