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HU Credits:
5
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
agroecology & plant health
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Yossi Slabezki
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Mr. Yoseph Slavetzki
Course/Module description:
The course focuses on beekeeping year round, including handling, monitoring and evaluation of hive health. In addition emphasis is given to crop pollination by honeybees, Genetic breeding of honey bees and apiary products. The course includes inspection and treatment of the honeybee colonies on campus throughout the semester, lab study of bee pests and diseases and tours visiting apiaries
Course/Module aims:
To provide an applied and basic approach to beekeeping in Israel and abroad, taking into consideration the complex interacting factors involved in colony collapse worldwide.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
▪ A comprehensive understanding of bee keeping, with an emphasis for research.
▪ The ability to diagnose and treat pests and diseases in the laboratory, hive and apiary.
▪ Evaluate and compare honeybee colonies for pollination and breeding.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lectures, labs, handling and sequential monitoring of hives on campus and visiting commercial apiaries.
Course/Module Content:
Development of modern commercial beekeeping.
Beekeeping around the world.
Honey bees as social insects.
The annual life cycle of the honey bee colony.
Beekeeper activities during the year.
Honey bee nutrition and grazing.
Pest and diseases.
Queen rearing, breeding and honey bee races.
Crop pollination.
Extracting and handling of honey.
Tour in the south visiting a large commercial apiary and a breeding apiary.
Tour in the north, with emphasis on pollination of crops, transport of hives, computing and modern extracting systems.
Apiary products.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
Ball 1991, Honey Bee Pathology, Academic Press.
Crane E. 1990, Bees and Beekeeping, Heinemann Newness.
Graham J. M. 1992, The Hive and the Honey Bee, Dadant & Sons.
Morse R. A. and T. Hoper 1985, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping, Dutton, Inc.
Morse R. A.and K. Flottum 1997, Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases, Published by the A. I. Root company Medina, Ohio, U.S.A.
Rinderer T. E. 1986, Bee Genetics and Breeding, Academic Press, London.
Webster T. C. and Delaplane K. S. 2001, Mites of the Honey Bee, Dadant & Sons. Hamilton, Illinois.
כתבי עת:
• ילקוט המכוורת.
• Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World
• Apidologie.
• Bee Culture.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 60 %
Presentation 15 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 15 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 10 %
Teaching assistant evaluation
Additional information:
The course is limited to 30 students
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