Results suggest modest to moderate positive willingness to pay for solitary bee conservation, and possibly higher willingness to pay among honey beekeepers versus the general public. Significant heterogeneity exists between the general public and beekeepers in terms of their knowledge and attitudes of ...
not as diverse as in ants, there is definite specialization of workers for various tasks[6]. Drones, however, are all reproductive individuals, yet they are offspring of the incumbent queen bee. This peculiarity is important in both conservation biology and breeding. The latter is explained ...
Results suggest modest to moderate positive willingness to pay for solitary bee conservation, and possibly higher willingness to pay among honey beekeepers versus the general public. Significant heterogeneity exists between the general public and beekeepers in terms of their knowledge and attitudes of ...
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The total amount of honey harvested from all of his hives combined has declined from 50–100 kg (from 25–35 hives) per year to only 3 kg (nine hives) over the past 5 to 10 years. He mentioned that the amount of honey produced was not even sufficient for keeping his bee colonies ...
It seems that new solutions should be considered to increase the effectiveness of dark European bee conservation management efforts. Keywords: apiculture; apiary management; bee trade; citizen science; dark bee; pollinator decline Academic Editor: Maria Grazia Cappai Received: 8 June 2021 Accepted: 9...