COLOSS Project, 2009

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In Europe, China and the USA, beekeepers are being regularly confronted with severe inexplicable and sudden colony losses (> 400 million € per year, excl. pollination value), with colonies exhibiting diverse symptoms (CCD = Colony Collapse Disorder). This major pollinator decline may lead to even more serious economic and ecological consequences than already experienced (severe pollination deficits in major crops) because beekeepers and veterinary authorities are unaware of the underlying factors and cannot implement effective mitigating measuers. Efforts by individual countries to reveal the drivers of colony losses are doomed due to the high number of interacting factors.

An international COST network is urgently required. COLOSS will identify the factors at the individual honeybee and colony levels causing severe colony losses and investigate synergistic effects between them. This will enable the development and dissemination of emergency measures and sustainable management strategies to prevent large scale losses.

For this purpose, leading scientist, beekeepers and industry from 22 COST countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Egypt, Puerto Rico and the USA will collaborate with complementary approaches, thereby providing the crucial R&D link for the success of this Action. This worldwide integrated approach will mitigate the detrimental impact of honeybee colony losses for beekeepers, agriculture and natural biodiversity.

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List of COLOSS Partners

Allier, Fabrice / France
Andonov, Sreten / former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Arnold, Gérard / France
Bataieneh, Ahmed / Jordan
Behrens, Dieter / Germany
Bekesi, Laszlo / Hungary
Ben-Chanoch, Eyal / USA
Berg, Stefan / Germany: WG 2 (+ 4)
Beinkowska, Malgorzata / Poland
Blacquière, Tjeerd / Netherlands: EC
Bober, Andrzej / Poland: WG 2 (+ 3)
Bogo, Gherardo / Italy
Bouga, Maria / Greece: WG 4 (+ 3)
Bressan, Gianluigi / Italy: WG2 (?)
Brodschneider, Robert / Austria
Brown, Mike / UK
Büchler, Ralph / Germany
Ceksteryte, Violeta / Italy
Charrière, Jean-Daniel / Switzerland
Chauzat, Marie-Pierre / France: WG 3 (+ 1)
Chejanovsky, Nor / Israel
Chen, Lihong / PR China
Chlebo, Robert / Slovakia
Coates, David / COST reporter
Coffey, Mary / Ireland
Colin, Marc Edouard / France
Costa, Cecilia / Italy: EC; WG 4 organisation (+ WG 2)
Crailsheim, Karl / Austria: Action Vice Chair, WG 3 organisation (+ WG 2)
Crewe, Robin / South Africa
Currie, Rob / Canada
Dahle, Bjorn / Norway: WG 1 (+ 4)
Dall'Olio, Raffaele / Italy
Dainat, Benjamin / Switzerland
Dariusz, Gerula / Poland
Dauzet, Philippe / France
Dietemann, Vincent / Switzerland
Dyrba, Winfried / Germany
Ellis, James D. / USA: EC
Emmanouli, Christina / Greece
Emmanouli, Nikolaos / Greece
Evans, Jay / USA: WG 2 (and interested in WG 1)
Eyer, Michael / Switzerland, WG 2
Felicioli, Antonio / Italy
Formato, Giovanni / Italy
Forsgren, Eva / Sweden
Fries, Ingemar / Sweden: EC
Fuxing, Zhang / China
Gajda, Anna / Poland: Wg 1 (+ 2)
Garrido, Claudia / Germany
Genersch, Elke / Germany
Giray, Tugrul / Puerto Rico
Gisler, Simon / Switzerland
Gjessing, Trond / Norway
Gregorc, Aleŝ / Slovenia: EC, WG 3 organisation
Haddad, Nizar / Jordan
Hartmann, Ulrike / Switzerland, Swiss Bee Research Centre, Berne
Harz, Marika / Germany: WG 2 (+ ?)
Hassan, Adel Rushdy / Egypt: WG 2 (+ 1)
Hatjina, Fani / Greece: EC, WG 4 (+ 3)
Haubruge, Eric / Belgium
Higes, Mariano / Spain
Holst, Niels / Denmark
Ivanova, Neshova Evgeniya / Bulgaria: WG 4 (+ 3)
Ivgin Tunca, Rahsan / Turkey
Jensen, Annette Bruun / Denmark
Joergensen, Asger / Denmark
Ken, Tan / PR China
Kence, Aykut / Turkey
Kence, Meral / Turkey: WG 4 (+3)
Kezic, Nikola / Croatia
Kiprijanovska, Hrisula / former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Kokkinis, Michalis / Greece
Koltowski, Zbigniew / Poland
Kopernicky, Jan / Slovakia
Kopernicky, Marian / Slovakia
Korpela, Seppo / Finland: WG 2 (+ 1)
Kralj, Jasna / Slovenia: WG 3 (+ 2)
Kristiansen, Preben / Sweden: WG 1 (+ 4)
Kryger, Per / Denmark, WG 4
[Kulawik, Bernd / Switzerland - Webmaster]
Lattorf, Michael / Germany
Le Conte, Yves / France: EC, WG 1 organisation (+ WG 4)
Lee, Seunghwan / South Korea
Leoncini, Isabelle / France
Locke, Barbara / Sweden
Lodesani, Marco / Italy: EC, WG 2 organisation (+ WG 4)
Marinelli, Enzo / Italy
Martel, Anne-Claire / France: WP 3
Martin-Hernández, Raquel / Spain: WG 2 (+ 1)
Meana Manes, Aranzazu / Spain: WG 2 (+ 1)
Medrzycki, Piotr / Italy: WG 3 (+ 1)
Meikle, William / USA
Meixner, Marina / Germany: EC, WG 4 organisation
Mignon, Jacques / Belgium
Miranda, Joachim de / UK: WG 2 (+ 1)
Mladenovic, Mica / Serbia: WG 4 (+ 3)
Mollet, Thomas / France
Moosbeckhofer, Rudolf / Austria
Moritz, R. F. A. / Germany: WG 4 (+ 2)
Murilhas, Antonio / Portugal: WG 4 (+ 1)
Mutinelli, Franco / Italy
Nanetti, Antonio / Italy
Navajas, Maria / France
Neumann, Peter / Switzerland: Action Chair, WG 2 organisation
Nguyen, Bach Kim / Belgium: WG 1 (+ 2)
Ozkirim, Asli / Turkey: EC
Panasiuk, Beata / Poland: WG 4 (+ 3)
Paxton, Robert / UK: WG 2 (+ 4)
Pettis, Jeff / USA
Pirk, C. W. W. / South Africa
Pohorecka, Krystyna / Poland, WG 2 (+ 3)
Rademacher, Eva / Germany: WG 2 (+ ?)
Révay, Tamas / Hungary
Ribière Chabert, Magali / France, WG 2 (+ 1)
Ritter, Wolfgang / Germany: EC, WG 1 organisation
Rortais, Agnes / France
Rosenkranz, Peter / Germany
Russenova, Nikolina / Bulgaria
Sammataro, Diana / USA
Santrac, Violeta / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Schuermann, Annette / Germany
Sela, Ilan / Israel
Semkiw, Pietr / Poland: WG 3 (+ 2)
Shi, Wei / PR China: WG 4 (+ 2)
Soroker, Victoria / Israel
Stanisavljevic, Ljubisa / Serbia: WG 4 (+ 3)
Steeger, Thomas / U.S.A.
Suard, Thierry / Switzerland
Szalai, Daniel / Hungary
Szalai Matray, Enikö / Hungary
Titera, Dalibor / Czech Republic
Tomljanovic, Zlatko / Croatia: MC
Topolska, Grazyna / Poland: WG 1 (+ 2)
Tosi, Simone / Bologna, Italy
Trouiller, Jérôme / France
Uzunov, Aleksandar / former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: WG 4 (+ 3)
Vaissiere, Bernard / France
van der Steen, Sjef / Netherlands
van der Zee, Romée / Netherlands: WG 1 (+ 3)
Vejsnæs, Flemming / WC 1, Denmark
Wallack, Andrea / USA
Watkins, Max / UK
Wilde, Jerzy / Poland: WG 4 (+ 2)
Wilkins, Selwyn / UK
Yañez Amayo, Victor Orlando / UK: WG 2 (+ 1)
Yarden, Gal / Israel