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Application of artificial larvae rearing method in Croatia

The larval test will be included into a PhD thesis of a young researcher, as a part of her experimental design. The Faculty of agriculture in Zagreb currently has 100 hives situated on an experimental apiary, which are used for the purpose of teaching and training of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. The artificial rearing of honey bee larvae has not yet been applied in our studies, but we plan to include it in our research and teaching. The fields of our interests on that subject are related to the effects of nutrition and rearing environment, as well as the influence of pests and pathogens. Our intention is to provide the students an opportunity to explore this novel and advanced method and to answer certain practical questions, which will contribute to the improvement of our beekeeping extension program. To be able to carry out the above mentioned activities, there is a need to acquire basic knowledge of the artificial larvae rearing method.

larval test; experimental apiary; research; teaching

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