BookPanuwan Chantawannakul, Geoffrey Williams, Peter Neumann, editors.
Summary: This book provides insights to readers by local researchers on current bee diversity, bee flora, history of beekeeping, development of modern beekeeping and drawbacks especially bee diseases and parasite in different geographical areas in Asia. Asia is home to at least nine honey bee species, including the introduced European honey bee, Apis mellifera. Although the introduced European honey bee and the native Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, are the most commonly employed species for commercial beekeeping, the remaining non-managed native species have important ecological and economic roles on the continent. Species distributions of most honey bee species overlap in Southeast Asia, promoting the potential for interspecies transmission of pests and parasites, as well as their spread to other parts of the world by human translocation. The decline of honey bee populations is of great concern around the world, including Asia. Global colony losses of European honey bees are believed to be caused, in part, by pests and parasites originating from Asia such as the mite Varroa destructor, the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, and several bee viruses. Using the experiences of leading Asian bee researchers, this book provides insight to readers about bee diversity, flora, management, and stressors in Asia, with a special focus on honey bees. Bee scientists, researchers, government officer and general audience who have interests in beekeeping especially in Asia will find this an important account.
Contents:
1. The overview of honey bee diversity and health status in Asia / Panuwan Chantawannakul and Samuel Ramsey
2. Beekeeping in Turkey : bridging Asia and Europe / Aslı Özkırım
3. Beekeeping in parts of the Levant region / Nizar Haddad and Lisa Horth
4. Apiculture in Israel / Victoria Soroker, Slabezki Yossi, and Nor Chejanovsky
5. Beekeeping and honey hunting in Nepal : current status and future perspectives / Ratna Thapa, Sunil Aryal, and Chuleui Jung
6. Current status of the beekeeping industry in China / Huoqing Zheng, Lianfei Cao, Shaokang Huang, Peter Neumann, and Fuliang Hu
7. Beekeeping on Taiwan Island / Mei-Chun Lu
8. Beekeeping in Korea : past, present, and future challenges / Chuleui Jung and Myeong-lyeol Lee
9. Beekeeping in Mongolia / Khaliunaa Tsevegmid, Selenge Dooshin, Samuel Ramsey, and Panuwan Chantawannakul
10. Bee diversity and current status of beekeeping in Japan / Mikio Yoshiyama and Kiyoshi Kimura
11. Beekeeping in Vietnam / Pham Hong Thai and Tran Van Toan
12. Bee diversity and current status of beekeeping in Thailand / Panuwan Chantawannakul
13. Social bees and the current status of beekeeping in Indonesia / Sih Kahono, Panuwan Chantawannakul, and Michael S. Engel
14. Management and conservation of Philippine bees / Cleofas R. Cervancia
15. Conclusions and future perspectives / Panuwan Chantawannakul, Samuel Ramsey, Geoffrey Williams, and Peter Neumann.