Bavarian state Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture, Department of honeybee research and beekeeping, D-97209 Veitshöchheim (⇒ Homepage) Key issue: Influence of climatic factors and food import on the vitality of bee colonies (Dr. Stefan Berg)
Dienstleistungszentrum ländlicher Raum Westerwald-Osteifel, Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei, D-56727 Mayen (⇒ Homepage) Key issue: Influence of climatic factors and food import on the vitality of bee colonies (Dr. Christoph Otten)
Honeybee Research Center Oberursel, D-61440 Oberursel (⇒ Homepage) Key issue: Effects of crop protection products on the behaviour of bees (Prof. Dr. Bernd Grünewald)
Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle/Saale (⇒ Homepage) Key issue: Capturing the transmission of bee pathogens between bee colonies (Prof. Dr. Robin Moritz, Molecular Ecology; Prof. Dr. Robert Paxton, Allgemeine Zoologie)
Apicultural State Institute, University of Hohenheim, D-70599 Stuttgart (⇒ Homepage) Key issues: Biological Varroa-control based on female Varroa sex pheromone (Dr. Peter Rosenkranz) Capture and reduction in the import to the hive of plant protection substances (Dr. Klaus Wallner)
Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen, Bieneninstitut Kirchhain, D-35274 Kirchhain (⇒ Homepage) Key issue: Interaction between immune defence and environmental factors (Dr. Ralph Büchler)
Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (LAVES) Institute for Apiculture Celle, 29221 D-Celle (⇒ Homepage) Key issue: Establishment of a reference model ‘FIT BEE’-location and of a specialised data information service (Dr. Werner v.d. Ohe)
