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 and manage plants suitable for bees.
Program
1- Beekeeping in the actuallity. 2 – Biology of honey bee. 3 – Apiary techniques. 4 – Honey bee health, enemies and diseases. 5 – Plants for beekeeping. 6-Pesticides and beekeeping.
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 O’Toole and Anthony Raw – Bees of the world. Blandford, 1991.
Duarte, D., Sançana, A. P., Vasconcelos, T.M. Impacte da aplicação do inseticida EPIK na abelha do mel Apis mellifera L., a médio e a
longo prazo. O Apicultor, 104, 19- 28.
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., Sarah, C. – Bumblebees. Combridge University Press, 1987
Prost, Jean – Pierre – Apicultura. Ed. Bailière, 1977. (4ª edition)
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