Value of honey bee pollination to the Australian economy
Since the mid-1980s, economists have made numerous attempts at estimating the value of honey bee pollination to the Australian economy. The exercise is not straightforward,...
43 pages
Published: 1 May 2004
Author(s): Goodman, Russell, McKee, Ben, Kaczynski, Peter
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This publication is an abridged edition of the comprehensive companion RIRDC report entitled ‘European Foulbrood – investigating control measures’. This abridged edition presents outcomes of investigations concerning the application of OTC to honey bee colonies, degradation of OTC in honey extracted from treated hives and efficacy of lower doses of OTC to control European foulbrood. Studies on Melissococcus pluton, the causal organism of the disease are also reported.