TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stevanović, Jevrosima
AU  - Stanimirović, Zoran
AU  - Simeunović, Predrag
AU  - Lakić, Nada
AU  - Radović, Ivica
AU  - Soković, Marina
AU  - Griensven, Leo J L D VAN
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000100219&lng=en&tlng=en
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3067
AB  - This study was done to discover any beneficial effect of a medicinal mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis extract on the honey bee. Firstly, a laboratory experiment was conducted on 640 bees reared in 32 single-use plastic rearing cups. A. brasiliensis extract proved safe in all doses tested (50, 100 and 150 mg/kg/day) irrespective of feeding mode (sugar syrup or candy). Secondly, a three-year field experiment was conducted on 26 colonies treated with a single dose of A. brasiliensis extract (100 mg/kg/day) added to syrup. Each year the colonies were treated once in autumn and twice in spring. The treatments significantly increased colony strength parameters: brood rearing improvement and adult population growth were noticed more often than the increase in honey production and pollen reserves. These positive effects were mainly observed in April. In conclusion, A. brasiliensis extract is safe for the bees and helps maintaining strong colonies, especially in spring.
T2  - Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
T1  - The effect of Agaricus brasiliensis extract supplementation on honey bee colonies.
IS  - 1
VL  - 90
DO  - 10.1590/0001-3765201820150182
SP  - 219
EP  - 229
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stevanović, Jevrosima and Stanimirović, Zoran and Simeunović, Predrag and Lakić, Nada and Radović, Ivica and Soković, Marina and Griensven, Leo J L D VAN",
year = "2018",
abstract = "This study was done to discover any beneficial effect of a medicinal mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis extract on the honey bee. Firstly, a laboratory experiment was conducted on 640 bees reared in 32 single-use plastic rearing cups. A. brasiliensis extract proved safe in all doses tested (50, 100 and 150 mg/kg/day) irrespective of feeding mode (sugar syrup or candy). Secondly, a three-year field experiment was conducted on 26 colonies treated with a single dose of A. brasiliensis extract (100 mg/kg/day) added to syrup. Each year the colonies were treated once in autumn and twice in spring. The treatments significantly increased colony strength parameters: brood rearing improvement and adult population growth were noticed more often than the increase in honey production and pollen reserves. These positive effects were mainly observed in April. In conclusion, A. brasiliensis extract is safe for the bees and helps maintaining strong colonies, especially in spring.",
journal = "Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias",
title = "The effect of Agaricus brasiliensis extract supplementation on honey bee colonies.",
number = "1",
volume = "90",
doi = "10.1590/0001-3765201820150182",
pages = "219-229"
}

Stevanović, J., Stanimirović, Z., Simeunović, P., Lakić, N., Radović, I., Soković, M.,& Griensven, L. J. L. D. V.. (2018). The effect of Agaricus brasiliensis extract supplementation on honey bee colonies.. in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 90(1), 219-229.
https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201820150182

Stevanović J, Stanimirović Z, Simeunović P, Lakić N, Radović I, Soković M, Griensven LJLDV. The effect of Agaricus brasiliensis extract supplementation on honey bee colonies.. in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias. 2018;90(1):219-229.
doi:10.1590/0001-3765201820150182 .

Stevanović, Jevrosima, Stanimirović, Zoran, Simeunović, Predrag, Lakić, Nada, Radović, Ivica, Soković, Marina, Griensven, Leo J L D VAN, "The effect of Agaricus brasiliensis extract supplementation on honey bee colonies." in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 90, no. 1 (2018):219-229,
https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201820150182 . .