Base Knowledge
Biology and Ecology
Teaching Methodologies
Classes will be taught theoretical exposition and field work and laboratory work will be conducted. Students will be oriented literature and oral presentations in Portuguese and English.
Learning Results
1 – Know the general biology of bees; 2 – Identifies and controls the main enemies of bees; 3 – Manage bees colonies according to the different production; 4 – Identifies edible fungi associated with forest ecosystems. 5. Establishes measures to manage natural areas in order to maintain and improve the sustainability of forest products
Program
1- Beekeeping in the actuallity. 2 – Biology of honey bee 3. Apiary techiques; 4. Honey bee health, enemies and diseases; 5. Melliferous flora 6 . Pesticide effects
Curricular Unit Teachers
Teresa Maria Pinto Coelho Amado e VasconcelosGrading Methods
Approval
1 - Frequency:
Written test (66%) and Practical Assay (34%)
Students are approved in the CU when they cumulatively reach the following conditions: (i) the final classification in the written test and in the works presented is >9.5 values and (ii) they obtain a mark in the written test >7.5 values.
2 - Exams
Written test.
Note: The classification of the Practical Assays developed in classroom are contemplate in Normal Exam.
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Bernard Heinrich – Bumblebee Economics. Harvard University Press, 1979.
Brenard Mobus and Larry Connor – The varroa handbook. Northern Bee Books, 1988.
Christopher OToole and Anthony Raw – Bees of the world. Blandford, 1991.
Free, J.B. – Bees and mankind. George Allen &Unwin, London, 1992.
Gould, J. and Gould, C. – The honey bee. Scientific American Library, 1988.
Olive, E. prys and Sarah ª Cobert – Bumblebees. Combridge University Press, 1987
Prost, Jean – Pierre – Apicultura. Ed. Bailière, 1977. (4ª edition)
Rodrigues, J.L. 2005. Guia de setas ibericas. Fondo Natural. http://pt.scribd.com/doc/62353841/Guia-de-Setas-Ibericas)
Vasconcelos T., Branco, M., 2007. A Apicultura nos montados de Sobro e de Azinho. Árvores e Florestas de Portugal. Edição conjunta da Fundação Luso Americana, Jornal Público e Liga para a Protecção da Natureza