A 7th Ce tury Tesi o y O The Use Of Cera i
Top- ar Hi es
H V Ha issis and G. Ma of idis, G ee e
Ha ala pos V Ha issis is an assistant p ofesso of “u ge and Geo gios Ma f of idis is an a haeologist
and a eekeepe . Both a e passionate a out the histo and ethnolog of eekeeping in G ee e and
the Easte n Medite anean.
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Fig. . G eek top a hi e as illust ated in “i Geo ge Whele ’s ook:
A jou e i to G ee e pu lished T Cade an in London in
.
The t adiional asket top- a
o a le- o
hi es of
G ee e, kno n as G eek eehi es , a e onside ed the
fo e unne s of the ode n hi es ith o a le f a es that
a e ainl used toda C ane,
. The oldest kno n
iten efe en es to top- a hi es a e those of the F en h
do to Ja o “pon, and of the English onnoisseu and
otanist “i Geo ge Whele , ho, du ing a joint t ip in
,
sa asket top- a hi es in use
onks in a onaste
on ount H etus, nea Athens. T o ea s late , “pon
pu lished, in L on, the e oi s of his t a els,
he e he in luded a sho t efe en e to these hi es. He as
follo ed “i Geo ge Whele , ho, in his ook pu lished
in
, in luded an anal i al and length des ipion of
the hi es as ell as a d a ing ig. .
The i ke top- a hi es of Ai a a e also enioned
Cha les Tho pson
. His t a els ho e e , p o ed to
e i ional and as fa as the hi es of H etus a e
on e ned, he see s to e op ing Whele Ma of idis,
. In
A ot Della Ro a
f o “ os ased
on tesi onies of othe s, des i ed the o en top- a
hi es hi h e e used in his i e on the island of C ete.
The e also e ist th ee o e efe en es to top- a asket
hi es f o the th entu Galt,
; Coton,
;
Benton,
. All of the a o e efe en es on e n o en
top- a hi es. He e e p esent a uni ue – and thus fa unkno n in eekeeping lite atu e – testi on of a e a i
a iant of the t adiional top- a hi es used in G ee e that
onsitutes the oldest kno n tesi on to su h a p a i e.
In the losing ea s of the se enteenth entu
a ea -old efugee alled )uanne Papadopoli, ho had led
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e
f o his ho eland in C ete efo e its on uest the
Oto ans in
, de ided to ite his e oi s in his
adopted it of Padua. L’o io Ti e of Leisu e , as he
na ed his anus ipt, ontains a ealth of detail on
e e da life in the it and dist i t of Candia ode n
He akleion at the end of Veneian ule. L’ o io, to ou
kno ledge, as i st found and studied Ioannis “koulas,
a C etan la e ho lo ated Papadopoli’s anus ipt in
the Museo Co e in Veni e and su se uentl ade it
kno n to the s holasi o
unit “koulas,
. In
, the full anus ipt as pu lished along ith an
English t anslaion and o
enta
P ofesso Alf ed
Vin ent of the Uni e sit of “ dne Papadopoli,
.
This is ho Papadopoli, a eekeepe hi self, des i es the
e a i top- a hi es that e e in use in his i e:
I C ete these [hi es] e e ea the a e essels si ila to
those i
hi h le o a d o a ge t ees a e pla ted, though
u h s alle a d ith a lid of the sa e ate ial, hi h
p ot uded t o i ge s eadth all ou d, fo the ate to u
of the essel he it ai ed. At the oto
as the usual
hole fo the ees to pass i a d out a d at the top the e
e e pla ed a u e of s all le gths of ood antenelle
[top- a s] t o i ge s i
eadth, o top of hi h the
pla ed the lid. The ees i side ade thei ho e o s
a d a i the usual a i the shape of a fo a ia, ith
e e
o
ata hed to its a . Whe the a ted to ha est the ho e , the
ould take out o e a at a i e a d
ut out the ho e o
i to a la ge dish. Ha i g lea ed the
a the ould etu it to its pla e, o i ui g i this a
u il the had e o ed t o thi ds of the ho e . The ould
lea e the e ai i g a s i ta t as food fo the ees du i g
the i te . … At eedi g i e hi h as i Ma a d Ju e,
he the [the ees] e e hea d aki g a oise like t u pets sou di g the a h i side the hi es, a d so e ould
e s a i g outside the o tai e , the a e hi e ould
e p epa ed, the i side of it u ed ith ose a a d good
i e, a d ited ith its a s a d o e . To a ds e e i g
the ould u o e the hi e, taki g out o e of the a s o
hi h the ees e e o ded togethe , aki g su e that
the e as a o g the o e of thei ki gs [si ] hi h a e
usuall igge tha the othe ees, a d the ould put this
a i the e hi e, put o the lid, a d lea e it [i.e. the ne
hi e] lose . I the a a t spa e f o
hi h the had take the a , the ould put o e of the e pt a s f o the
e hi e so as to ill up the spa e. O the follo i g o i g
the e hi e ould e al ost full of e l - ed ees, hi h
had de a ped f o the old hi e to go to li e i the e o e,
a d i a fe da s it ould e o pletel full, a d the
ould egi to o st u t the ho e o
s o the a s.”
T anslaion A. Vin ent,
addiions H. Ha issis .
p.
-
;
a kets a e
.i a.o g.uk
Fig. a
Fig.
Fig.
Fig. d
Fig. a. The t adiional C etan V aski hi e, Fig. . An Yps li hi e of the C ladi island of Kea, Fig.
Ist ia, Fig. d. Beekeepe I. Tsi inis ith o a le o s f o a op of an ient hi es of Isth ia.
This t pe of e a i top- a hi e des i ed Papadopoli
as unil e entl in use in C ete he e it is kno n as
V aski o F aski Fig. a . These hi es gene all used
pote lids, e a tl like the ones des i ed Papadopoli,
although in so e ases, a stone plate as used instead.
Apa t f o C ete, the sa e t pe of hi e alled Yps li as
the p e-e inent hi e on the C ladi island of Kea Bikos &
Ra
ou,
ut it dife ed f o the C etan V aski in
its handles Fig.
hile anothe t pe of e a i top- a
hi e as dis o e ed e entl on the island of K thi a
Ma of idis,
.
Ce a i up ight hi es si ila to the t adiional top- a
a iet , daing f o Hellenisi i es, e e dis o e ed in
Isth ia, nea Ko inthos Ande son-“tojano i & Jones,
Fig. . Results of e pe i ental eekeeping ith opies of
these an ient hi es Fig. d lea e no dou t that the e e
top- a o a le- o
hi es Ma of idis,
; Ma of idis,
. Hellenisi e a i top- a hi es e e also found
and on the island of Agathonissi T iantaf llidis,
. Also,
an ient hi es, eing dated et een the A hai
B.C. and the Hellenisti
- B.C. pe iods, f o Athens
Ande son-“tojano i & Jones,
and f o the islands
of Delos C ane,
and Chios “uton,
ost
p o a l elong to the t pe of up ight hi e in uestion.
.i a.o g.uk
. A op of an an ient hi e f o
Photos G. Ma of idis
P ehisto i up ight e a i essels of si ila shape, dated
et een the th and th entu B.C., dis o e ed in C ete
and othe islands of the south Aegean “ea, e e suggested
to e eehi es Melas,
. The a o e essels, if the a e
in fa t hi es e ill not ha e a inal p oof unil thei
esidues a e he i all tested ould e top- a hi es
Ma of idis,
; Ha issis & Ha issis,
.A e a i
essel f o the Pala e of Knossos, elonging to a lot
onsising of dife ent kinds of eekeeping pa aphe nalia,
ut until e entl unidentified as su h an, in all p o a ilit ,
e ideniied ith a top- a eehi e Ha issis & Ha issis,
. Thus, the a o e th entu testi on of Papadopoli
elongs to an uninte upted G eek eekeeping p a i e
that is at least th ee thousand ea s old.
Refere es
Ande son-“tojano i , V R; Jones, J E
An ient eehi es f o Isth ia, Hespe ia,
:
.
Benton, F
Api ultu e in Ge an , A e i a Bee
Jou al,
:
.
Bikos, T; Ra
ou, E
Beehi es of the Aegean Islands,
Bee Wo ld,
: - .
Coton, W C
M ee ook, Ri ingston, London.
C ane, E
The o ld histo of eekeepi g a d ho e
hu i g, Du k o th, London.
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Della Ro a, A
T aité o plet su les a eilles. III T.,
Bleuet P e, Pa is.
Galt, J
Vo ages a d t a els, i the ea s
,
a d
, Cadell & Da ies, London.
Ha issis, H V; Ha issis, A V
Api ultu e i the
p ehisto i Aegea . Mi oa a d M e aea s
ols
e isited, B iish A haeologi al Repo ts, O fo d.
Ma of idis, G
Beekeeping ith o a le- o
hi es. A i e-p o en p a i e ith an ient o igins.
P o eedi gs of the d Helle i S ie ii Co fe e e
i Api ultu e – Se i ultu e, Thessaloniki, p.
[in G eek ith an English a st a t].
Ma of idis, G
Beekeeping ith opies of an ient
hi es: Fi st esults, Melissoko iki Epitheo isi,
:
[in G eek]
Ma of idis, G
In sea h of the o a le- o
II.
The G eek eehi es in the o ks of t a ele s and
esea he s, Melissoko iki Epitheo isi,
:
[in G eek].
Melas, M
The ethnog aph of Minoan and
M enaean eekeeping, Aegaeu , :
.
Papadopoli, )
L’ o io i e of leisu e . Me o ies of
se e tee th- e tu C ete, Edited ith an English
t anslaion Alf ed Vin ent, Helleni Insitute of
B zanine and Post-B zanine “tudies, Veni e.
“koulas, I
L’o io – Pado a
na el the C etan
e o ies of Ioannis Ko ninos Papadopoli, P akika
is Akadi ias Athi o , :
[in G eek ith a
F en h su
a ].
“pon, J
Vo age d’ Italie, de Dal aie, de G e e, et du
Le a t, Fait és a ées
&
. III T., Antoine
Cellie les ils, A L on.
“uton, R F
Ce a i e iden e fo setle ent and
land use in the Geo et i to Hellenisi pe iods.
La ds ape a haeolog as lo g-te histo : No the
Keos i the C ladi Isla ds f o ea liest setle e t
u il ode i es, Uni e sit of Califo nia, Los
Angeles, pp.
.
Tho pson, C
The t a els of the Late Cha les
Tho pso Es ; III Vol., Ne e & Mi kle ighe,
Reading.
T iantaf llidis, P
The isla d of Agatho issi. The
e a aio s i Kast aki
, No a hiaki
Atodioikisi Dodekanisou, Athina [in G eek].
Whele , G
A jou e i to G ee e, Cade an, London.
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E a Cra e Me orial A ard
No
an Ca e k
The a ual E a C a e Me o ial P ize is a a ded to the est, ost i o ai e a d s ie ii all e ii g,
a i le pu lished i the Jou nal of Api ultu al Resea h, as judged the u e t i te aio al pa el of
Edito s.
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The inning pape fo
is the o iginal esea h a i le:
Nose a e a ae de elop ent in Apis ellife a:
inluen e of diet and infe i e ino ulu
The autho s a e: Ma ín Po ini, Edga do “a lo, “and a
Medi i, Paula Ga ido, Da ío Po ini, Da iani Natalia and
Ma ín Egua as of the Uni e sidad Na ional de Ma del
Plata, A genina.
The S ie e
To in esigate the efe t of the nut iional ondiion of the
hone ee on the de elop ent of Nose a e a ae unde
la o ato ondiions, ne l e e ged ees e e onined
and fed on th ee ad li itu diets: high f u tose o n s up
HFC“ + f esh ee ead; HFC“ + a o
e ial i tu e of
a ino a id and ita in, and HFC“. On da post-e e gen e,
ees f o ea h diet t eat ent e e indi iduall infe ted
ith se e al ates of spo es of N. e a ae. At inte als, ee
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idguts e e e o ed to indi iduall uanif the spo es
de eloped. The esults indi ate that the pa asite uliplies
su essfull ega dless of the ino ulu gi en o the
nut iional status of its host. When ees a e fed on pollen,
ho e e , the pa asite de elops ui kl , e hi iing
signifi antl highe intensities than unde othe t eat ents.
The longe it of infe ted ees fed on the sa e diet as
not afe ted the deg ee of pa asiis , ut the ualit
of the ad li itu diet ad iniste ed. The data de onst ate
a pa asite de elop ent that depends on host- ondiion.
This should e onside ed hen designing e pe i ents to
e aluate the de elop ent and i ulen e of this pathogen.
The resear hers
Marí Porri i e ei ed a a helo 's deg ee in Biologi al
“ ien es at the Naional Uni e sit of Ma del Plata,
A genina in
. He is u entl a PhD student, o king
on finding alte nati e su stan es fo the ont ol of Nose a.
The ai of his la o ato and ield esea h is to de elop
.i a.o g.uk
p odu ts ainl of natu al o igin hi h afe t the
en i on ent as litle as possi le, and take into a ount
inte a ions et een the pa asite, the d ug ole ules and
the ph siologi al status of the host. His esea h fo uses
not onl on i p o e ents in hi e p odu ion, ut also
lea ning a out ho these o ganis s espond to
en i on ental fa to s.
O e the last t ent ea s, The Arthropods La oratory,
U i ersidad Na io al de Mar del Plata, Bue os Aires,
Arge i a, di e ted D Ma ín Egua as, has een doing
esea h on a nu e of eekeeping p o le s. F o the
outset, esea hes ha e fo used on in easing kno ledge
to p o ide p a i al soluions fo eekeepe s, as ell as
iniiaing esea h in dife ent ne lines of o k that
ont i ute to asi s ien e too. The esults o tained, a out
di e se topi s elated to ee health, ha e een disse inated
in ooks, s ienii jou nals, p oto ols and othe efe en e
o ks. D Egua as is on in ed that it is possi le to
in o po ate a p og a
e of Integ ated Pest Manage ent
in p odu i e eekeeping, and e entl the e has een
u h p og ess in a eas su h as ee ph siolog and i
unit ,
ioindi ato s, ite esistan e, pesi ide esidue anal sis,
and ont ol st ategies fo the p in ipal pests and pathogens
that th eaten hone ees. In a ount su h as A genina,
ith dife ent needs and s a e esou es, the g oup has
de eloped an a iious p og a
e of e tension o k,
p o iding a ide ange of ou ses, p o oing the link
et een the p odu e s and s ienists, and p o iding
te hni al and s ienii ad i e to se e al naional and
inte naional insituions.
A eas of esea h at the A th opods La o ato in lude:
onito ing and ont ol of Va oosis D Jo ge Ma angeli,
.i a.o g.uk
D “e gio Ruinengo, D Maias Maggi, D Natalia Da iani,
and Gusta o Velis ; onito ing and ont ol of A e i an
foul ood D Liesel Gende, D “and a Fuselli and Natalia
Fe nandez ; onito ing and ont ol of Nose osis
D Ga iel “a lo and Ma in Po ini ; esidues in hi e
p odu ts D “and a Medi i ; ee ph siolog and nut iion
D Ga iel “a lo, Melisa Ga ido, Pete Ped o Neg i,
D “and a Medi i, D Natalia Da iani , and pollinaion
Leona do De Feudis and Fio ella Del Piano . A eas in
de elop ent in lude: the stud of p o ioi s in eekeeping
and thei elationship ith ee health and disease tole an e;
the use of ees as en i on ental io onito s in luding the
dete ination of hea
etals and pesti ides; and o pute
si ulaion of hone ee olonies Ma io Migueles .
Refere es
Po ini, M P; “a lo, E G; Medi i, “ K; Ga ido, P M; Po ini, D P;
Da iani, N; Egua as, M J
Nose a e a ae
de elop ent in Apis ellife a: Inluen e of diet and
infe i e ino ulu . Jou al of Api ultu al Resea h
: - .
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/IBRA. . . .
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A 7th Ce tury Tesi o y O The Use Of Cera i
Top- ar Hi es
H V Ha issis and G. Ma of idis, G ee e
Ha ala pos V Ha issis is an assistant p ofesso of “u ge and Geo gios Ma f of idis is an a haeologist
and a eekeepe . Both a e passionate a out the histo and ethnolog of eekeeping in G ee e and
the Easte n Medite anean.
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Fig. . G eek top a hi e as illust ated in “i Geo ge Whele ’s ook:
A jou e i to G ee e pu lished T Cade an in London in
.
The t adiional asket top- a
o a le- o
hi es of
G ee e, kno n as G eek eehi es , a e onside ed the
fo e unne s of the ode n hi es ith o a le f a es that
a e ainl used toda C ane,
. The oldest kno n
iten efe en es to top- a hi es a e those of the F en h
do to Ja o “pon, and of the English onnoisseu and
otanist “i Geo ge Whele , ho, du ing a joint t ip in
,
sa asket top- a hi es in use
onks in a onaste
on ount H etus, nea Athens. T o ea s late , “pon
pu lished, in L on, the e oi s of his t a els,
he e he in luded a sho t efe en e to these hi es. He as
follo ed “i Geo ge Whele , ho, in his ook pu lished
in
, in luded an anal i al and length des ipion of
the hi es as ell as a d a ing ig. .
The i ke top- a hi es of Ai a a e also enioned
Cha les Tho pson
. His t a els ho e e , p o ed to
e i ional and as fa as the hi es of H etus a e
on e ned, he see s to e op ing Whele Ma of idis,
. In
A ot Della Ro a
f o “ os ased
on tesi onies of othe s, des i ed the o en top- a
hi es hi h e e used in his i e on the island of C ete.
The e also e ist th ee o e efe en es to top- a asket
hi es f o the th entu Galt,
; Coton,
;
Benton,
. All of the a o e efe en es on e n o en
top- a hi es. He e e p esent a uni ue – and thus fa unkno n in eekeeping lite atu e – testi on of a e a i
a iant of the t adiional top- a hi es used in G ee e that
onsitutes the oldest kno n tesi on to su h a p a i e.
In the losing ea s of the se enteenth entu
a ea -old efugee alled )uanne Papadopoli, ho had led
│Bee Wo ld│“epte
e
f o his ho eland in C ete efo e its on uest the
Oto ans in
, de ided to ite his e oi s in his
adopted it of Padua. L’o io Ti e of Leisu e , as he
na ed his anus ipt, ontains a ealth of detail on
e e da life in the it and dist i t of Candia ode n
He akleion at the end of Veneian ule. L’ o io, to ou
kno ledge, as i st found and studied Ioannis “koulas,
a C etan la e ho lo ated Papadopoli’s anus ipt in
the Museo Co e in Veni e and su se uentl ade it
kno n to the s holasi o
unit “koulas,
. In
, the full anus ipt as pu lished along ith an
English t anslaion and o
enta
P ofesso Alf ed
Vin ent of the Uni e sit of “ dne Papadopoli,
.
This is ho Papadopoli, a eekeepe hi self, des i es the
e a i top- a hi es that e e in use in his i e:
I C ete these [hi es] e e ea the a e essels si ila to
those i
hi h le o a d o a ge t ees a e pla ted, though
u h s alle a d ith a lid of the sa e ate ial, hi h
p ot uded t o i ge s eadth all ou d, fo the ate to u
of the essel he it ai ed. At the oto
as the usual
hole fo the ees to pass i a d out a d at the top the e
e e pla ed a u e of s all le gths of ood antenelle
[top- a s] t o i ge s i
eadth, o top of hi h the
pla ed the lid. The ees i side ade thei ho e o s
a d a i the usual a i the shape of a fo a ia, ith
e e
o
ata hed to its a . Whe the a ted to ha est the ho e , the
ould take out o e a at a i e a d
ut out the ho e o
i to a la ge dish. Ha i g lea ed the
a the ould etu it to its pla e, o i ui g i this a
u il the had e o ed t o thi ds of the ho e . The ould
lea e the e ai i g a s i ta t as food fo the ees du i g
the i te . … At eedi g i e hi h as i Ma a d Ju e,
he the [the ees] e e hea d aki g a oise like t u pets sou di g the a h i side the hi es, a d so e ould
e s a i g outside the o tai e , the a e hi e ould
e p epa ed, the i side of it u ed ith ose a a d good
i e, a d ited ith its a s a d o e . To a ds e e i g
the ould u o e the hi e, taki g out o e of the a s o
hi h the ees e e o ded togethe , aki g su e that
the e as a o g the o e of thei ki gs [si ] hi h a e
usuall igge tha the othe ees, a d the ould put this
a i the e hi e, put o the lid, a d lea e it [i.e. the ne
hi e] lose . I the a a t spa e f o
hi h the had take the a , the ould put o e of the e pt a s f o the
e hi e so as to ill up the spa e. O the follo i g o i g
the e hi e ould e al ost full of e l - ed ees, hi h
had de a ped f o the old hi e to go to li e i the e o e,
a d i a fe da s it ould e o pletel full, a d the
ould egi to o st u t the ho e o
s o the a s.”
T anslaion A. Vin ent,
addiions H. Ha issis .
p.
-
;
a kets a e
.i a.o g.uk
Fig. a
Fig.
Fig.
Fig. d
Fig. a. The t adiional C etan V aski hi e, Fig. . An Yps li hi e of the C ladi island of Kea, Fig.
Ist ia, Fig. d. Beekeepe I. Tsi inis ith o a le o s f o a op of an ient hi es of Isth ia.
This t pe of e a i top- a hi e des i ed Papadopoli
as unil e entl in use in C ete he e it is kno n as
V aski o F aski Fig. a . These hi es gene all used
pote lids, e a tl like the ones des i ed Papadopoli,
although in so e ases, a stone plate as used instead.
Apa t f o C ete, the sa e t pe of hi e alled Yps li as
the p e-e inent hi e on the C ladi island of Kea Bikos &
Ra
ou,
ut it dife ed f o the C etan V aski in
its handles Fig.
hile anothe t pe of e a i top- a
hi e as dis o e ed e entl on the island of K thi a
Ma of idis,
.
Ce a i up ight hi es si ila to the t adiional top- a
a iet , daing f o Hellenisi i es, e e dis o e ed in
Isth ia, nea Ko inthos Ande son-“tojano i & Jones,
Fig. . Results of e pe i ental eekeeping ith opies of
these an ient hi es Fig. d lea e no dou t that the e e
top- a o a le- o
hi es Ma of idis,
; Ma of idis,
. Hellenisi e a i top- a hi es e e also found
and on the island of Agathonissi T iantaf llidis,
. Also,
an ient hi es, eing dated et een the A hai
B.C. and the Hellenisti
- B.C. pe iods, f o Athens
Ande son-“tojano i & Jones,
and f o the islands
of Delos C ane,
and Chios “uton,
ost
p o a l elong to the t pe of up ight hi e in uestion.
.i a.o g.uk
. A op of an an ient hi e f o
Photos G. Ma of idis
P ehisto i up ight e a i essels of si ila shape, dated
et een the th and th entu B.C., dis o e ed in C ete
and othe islands of the south Aegean “ea, e e suggested
to e eehi es Melas,
. The a o e essels, if the a e
in fa t hi es e ill not ha e a inal p oof unil thei
esidues a e he i all tested ould e top- a hi es
Ma of idis,
; Ha issis & Ha issis,
.A e a i
essel f o the Pala e of Knossos, elonging to a lot
onsising of dife ent kinds of eekeeping pa aphe nalia,
ut until e entl unidentified as su h an, in all p o a ilit ,
e ideniied ith a top- a eehi e Ha issis & Ha issis,
. Thus, the a o e th entu testi on of Papadopoli
elongs to an uninte upted G eek eekeeping p a i e
that is at least th ee thousand ea s old.
Refere es
Ande son-“tojano i , V R; Jones, J E
An ient eehi es f o Isth ia, Hespe ia,
:
.
Benton, F
Api ultu e in Ge an , A e i a Bee
Jou al,
:
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Bikos, T; Ra
ou, E
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Coton, W C
M ee ook, Ri ingston, London.
C ane, E
The o ld histo of eekeepi g a d ho e
hu i g, Du k o th, London.
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Della Ro a, A
T aité o plet su les a eilles. III T.,
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,
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esea he s, Melissoko iki Epitheo isi,
:
[in G eek].
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No
an Ca e k
The a ual E a C a e Me o ial P ize is a a ded to the est, ost i o ai e a d s ie ii all e ii g,
a i le pu lished i the Jou nal of Api ultu al Resea h, as judged the u e t i te aio al pa el of
Edito s.
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The inning pape fo
is the o iginal esea h a i le:
Nose a e a ae de elop ent in Apis ellife a:
inluen e of diet and infe i e ino ulu
The autho s a e: Ma ín Po ini, Edga do “a lo, “and a
Medi i, Paula Ga ido, Da ío Po ini, Da iani Natalia and
Ma ín Egua as of the Uni e sidad Na ional de Ma del
Plata, A genina.
The S ie e
To in esigate the efe t of the nut iional ondiion of the
hone ee on the de elop ent of Nose a e a ae unde
la o ato ondiions, ne l e e ged ees e e onined
and fed on th ee ad li itu diets: high f u tose o n s up
HFC“ + f esh ee ead; HFC“ + a o
e ial i tu e of
a ino a id and ita in, and HFC“. On da post-e e gen e,
ees f o ea h diet t eat ent e e indi iduall infe ted
ith se e al ates of spo es of N. e a ae. At inte als, ee
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idguts e e e o ed to indi iduall uanif the spo es
de eloped. The esults indi ate that the pa asite uliplies
su essfull ega dless of the ino ulu gi en o the
nut iional status of its host. When ees a e fed on pollen,
ho e e , the pa asite de elops ui kl , e hi iing
signifi antl highe intensities than unde othe t eat ents.
The longe it of infe ted ees fed on the sa e diet as
not afe ted the deg ee of pa asiis , ut the ualit
of the ad li itu diet ad iniste ed. The data de onst ate
a pa asite de elop ent that depends on host- ondiion.
This should e onside ed hen designing e pe i ents to
e aluate the de elop ent and i ulen e of this pathogen.
The resear hers
Marí Porri i e ei ed a a helo 's deg ee in Biologi al
“ ien es at the Naional Uni e sit of Ma del Plata,
A genina in
. He is u entl a PhD student, o king
on finding alte nati e su stan es fo the ont ol of Nose a.
The ai of his la o ato and ield esea h is to de elop
.i a.o g.uk
p odu ts ainl of natu al o igin hi h afe t the
en i on ent as litle as possi le, and take into a ount
inte a ions et een the pa asite, the d ug ole ules and
the ph siologi al status of the host. His esea h fo uses
not onl on i p o e ents in hi e p odu ion, ut also
lea ning a out ho these o ganis s espond to
en i on ental fa to s.
O e the last t ent ea s, The Arthropods La oratory,
U i ersidad Na io al de Mar del Plata, Bue os Aires,
Arge i a, di e ted D Ma ín Egua as, has een doing
esea h on a nu e of eekeeping p o le s. F o the
outset, esea hes ha e fo used on in easing kno ledge
to p o ide p a i al soluions fo eekeepe s, as ell as
iniiaing esea h in dife ent ne lines of o k that
ont i ute to asi s ien e too. The esults o tained, a out
di e se topi s elated to ee health, ha e een disse inated
in ooks, s ienii jou nals, p oto ols and othe efe en e
o ks. D Egua as is on in ed that it is possi le to
in o po ate a p og a
e of Integ ated Pest Manage ent
in p odu i e eekeeping, and e entl the e has een
u h p og ess in a eas su h as ee ph siolog and i
unit ,
ioindi ato s, ite esistan e, pesi ide esidue anal sis,
and ont ol st ategies fo the p in ipal pests and pathogens
that th eaten hone ees. In a ount su h as A genina,
ith dife ent needs and s a e esou es, the g oup has
de eloped an a iious p og a
e of e tension o k,
p o iding a ide ange of ou ses, p o oing the link
et een the p odu e s and s ienists, and p o iding
te hni al and s ienii ad i e to se e al naional and
inte naional insituions.
A eas of esea h at the A th opods La o ato in lude:
onito ing and ont ol of Va oosis D Jo ge Ma angeli,
.i a.o g.uk
D “e gio Ruinengo, D Maias Maggi, D Natalia Da iani,
and Gusta o Velis ; onito ing and ont ol of A e i an
foul ood D Liesel Gende, D “and a Fuselli and Natalia
Fe nandez ; onito ing and ont ol of Nose osis
D Ga iel “a lo and Ma in Po ini ; esidues in hi e
p odu ts D “and a Medi i ; ee ph siolog and nut iion
D Ga iel “a lo, Melisa Ga ido, Pete Ped o Neg i,
D “and a Medi i, D Natalia Da iani , and pollinaion
Leona do De Feudis and Fio ella Del Piano . A eas in
de elop ent in lude: the stud of p o ioi s in eekeeping
and thei elationship ith ee health and disease tole an e;
the use of ees as en i on ental io onito s in luding the
dete ination of hea
etals and pesti ides; and o pute
si ulaion of hone ee olonies Ma io Migueles .
Refere es
Po ini, M P; “a lo, E G; Medi i, “ K; Ga ido, P M; Po ini, D P;
Da iani, N; Egua as, M J
Nose a e a ae
de elop ent in Apis ellife a: Inluen e of diet and
infe i e ino ulu . Jou al of Api ultu al Resea h
: - .
htp://d .doi.o g/ /
/IBRA. . . .
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