Bartlett Lewis J
Center for the Ecology of Infectious Disease, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2022 Mar 10;17:263-272. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.003. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Demand for better control of certain parasites in managed western honey bees ( L.) remains apparent amongst beekeepers in both Europe and North America, and is of widespread public, scientific, and agricultural concern. Academically, interest from numerous fields including veterinary sciences has led to many exemplary reviews of the parasites of honey bees and the treatment options available. However, summaries of current research frontiers in treating both novel and long-known parasites of managed honey bees are lacking. This review complements the currently comprehensive body of literature summarizing the effectiveness of parasite control in managed honey bees by outlining where significant gaps in development, implementation, and uptake lie, including integration into IPM frameworks and separation of cultural, biological, and chemical controls. In particular, I distinguish where challenges in identifying appropriate controls exist in the lab compared to where we encounter hurdles in technology transfer due to regulatory, economic, or cultural contexts. I overview how exciting frontiers in honey bee parasite control research are clearly demonstrated by the abundance of recent publications on novel control approaches, but also caution that temperance must be levied on the applied end of the research engine in believing that what can be achieved in a laboratory research environment can be quickly and effectively marketed for deployment in the field.
在欧洲和北美的养蜂人中，对更好地控制西方蜜蜂（Apis mellifera L.）体内某些寄生虫的需求仍然很明显，这也是公众、科学界和农业领域广泛关注的问题。在学术上，包括兽医学在内的众多领域的关注引发了许多关于蜜蜂寄生虫及可用治疗方法的优秀综述。然而，目前缺乏对治疗西方蜜蜂新出现的和长期已知的寄生虫的当前研究前沿的总结。本综述通过概述在寄生虫控制的发展、实施和应用方面存在的重大差距，包括纳入综合植保框架以及区分文化、生物和化学控制，对目前总结西方蜜蜂寄生虫控制有效性的全面文献进行补充。特别是，我区分了在实验室中确定合适控制方法时存在的挑战，以及由于监管、经济或文化背景在技术转移过程中遇到障碍的地方。我概述了关于新控制方法的大量近期出版物如何清楚地展示了蜜蜂寄生虫控制研究中令人兴奋的前沿领域，但同时也提醒，在研究成果应用阶段必须保持克制，不能认为在实验室研究环境中能够实现的目标可以迅速有效地推向市场并应用于实际生产。
