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TY - JOUR
T1 - A One-Health Model for Reversing Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Decline
AU - Donkersley, Philip
AU - Elsner-Adams, Emily
AU - Maderson , Siobhan
PY - 2020/8/27
Y1 - 2020/8/27
N2 - Global insect decline impacts ecosystem resilience; pollinators such as honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) have suffered extensive losses over the last decade, threatening food security. Research has focused discretely on in-hive threats (e.g., Nosema and Varroa destructor) and broader external causes of decline (e.g., agrochemicals, habitat loss). This has notably failed to translate into successful reversal of bee declines. Working at the interdisciplinary nexus of entomological, social and ecological research, we posit that veterinary research needs to adopt a “One-Health” approach to address the scope of crises facing pollinators. We demonstrate that reversing declines will require [1] integration of hive-specific solutions, [2] a reappraisal of engagement with the many stakeholders whose actions affect bee health, and [3] recontextualising both of these within landscape scale efforts. Other publications within this special issue explore novel technologies, emergent diseases and management approaches; our aim is to place these within the “One-Health” context as a pathway to securing honeybee health. Governmental policy reform offers a particularly timely pathway to achieving this goal. Acknowledging that healthy honeybees need an interdisciplinary approach to their management will enhance the contributions of veterinary research in delivering systemic improvements in bee health.
AB - Global insect decline impacts ecosystem resilience; pollinators such as honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) have suffered extensive losses over the last decade, threatening food security. Research has focused discretely on in-hive threats (e.g., Nosema and Varroa destructor) and broader external causes of decline (e.g., agrochemicals, habitat loss). This has notably failed to translate into successful reversal of bee declines. Working at the interdisciplinary nexus of entomological, social and ecological research, we posit that veterinary research needs to adopt a “One-Health” approach to address the scope of crises facing pollinators. We demonstrate that reversing declines will require [1] integration of hive-specific solutions, [2] a reappraisal of engagement with the many stakeholders whose actions affect bee health, and [3] recontextualising both of these within landscape scale efforts. Other publications within this special issue explore novel technologies, emergent diseases and management approaches; our aim is to place these within the “One-Health” context as a pathway to securing honeybee health. Governmental policy reform offers a particularly timely pathway to achieving this goal. Acknowledging that healthy honeybees need an interdisciplinary approach to their management will enhance the contributions of veterinary research in delivering systemic improvements in bee health.
KW - honeybee
KW - Apis mellifera
KW - One-Health
KW - nexus
KW - landscape
KW - beekeeper
KW - pathogens
U2 - 10.3390/vetsci7030119
DO - 10.3390/vetsci7030119
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
JO - Veterinary Sciences
JF - Veterinary Sciences
IS - 3
M1 - 119
ER -