El Agrebi Noëmie, Steinhauer Nathalie, Renault Véronique, de Graaf Dirk C, Saegerman Claude
Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk analysis applied to Veterinary sciences (UREAR-ULiège), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège (Sart-Tilman), Belgium.
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Mar;69(2):579-590. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14023. Epub 2021 Feb 21.
Understanding amateur beekeepers' perception of risks affecting bee health and mortality is essential to analyse the reasons for adopting or rejecting good management practices. A perception survey on how beekeepers perceive and manage factors related to climate change, Varroa infestation, management practices, and pesticide exposure was designed and launched online. This unpreceded sociological survey involved 355 beekeepers spread all over Belgium. A two-sample t test with unequal variances comparing beekeepers with colony loss rates below or exceeding the acceptable level, that is <10% and ≥10%, indicates that beekeepers (N = 213) with colony loss rates <10% generally have greater average levels of perceived risks and the benefits of action that lead to increased motivation to act in better ways. The results of this survey highlight the importance of looking beyond socio-economic determinants in any risk mitigation strategy associated with bee mortality when dealing with amateur beekeepers.
了解业余养蜂人对影响蜜蜂健康和死亡率的风险的认知，对于分析他们采用或拒绝良好管理实践的原因至关重要。我们设计并在网上开展了一项关于养蜂人如何认知和管理与气候变化、蜂螨侵扰、管理实践及农药暴露相关因素的认知调查。这项史无前例的社会学调查涵盖了比利时各地的355名养蜂人。通过对蜂群损失率低于或超过可接受水平（即<10%和≥10%）的养蜂人进行方差不等的双样本t检验，结果表明，蜂群损失率<10%的养蜂人（N = 213）通常具有更高的平均感知风险水平以及采取行动的益处，这促使他们更有动力以更好的方式行动。该调查结果凸显了在应对业余养蜂人时，在任何与蜜蜂死亡率相关的风险缓解策略中，超越社会经济决定因素的重要性。
