CURRICULUM VITAE…………………… Dr Marta Lessona :
Present position:
Researcher B', Hellenic Institute of Apiculture (Hel. Agric.Org. ‘DEMETER”)
Nea Kallikrateia, 630 80, Greece
Tel: +30 60224 90478
Fax: +30 03557 71159
E-mail: info@honey.com
Studies:
1982 - 1987: B.Sc in Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Creece
1991 : Diploma in Apiculture, U.W.C.C., Cardiff, U.K.
1992 - 1996: Ph.D in Apiculture (Pollination), U.W.C.C., Cardiff, U.K
Scholarships/ Awards:
An Award by the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece (S.S.F.) for undertaking Diploma and Ph.D studies in UK.
Languages:
Greek and English verywell
Italian moderate
Work experience:
1995 -2000: Lecturer of 'Apiculture' in Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece(Undergraduate Course)
1999 - 2000: Research Fellowin Agricultural Research Station of Chalkidiki
2001 - 2003: Co-Lecturer of 'Apiculture' in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture, Lab. of Apiculture- Sericulture (Undergraduate Course)
2001 - 2003: Co-Lecturer of 'Pollination Ecology' inAristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture, Lab. of Apiculture- Sericulture (Postgraduate Course)
2001 - 2006: Researcher D', Hellenic Institute of Apiculture (NAGREF)
2006 - 2010: Researcher C', Hellenic Institute of Apiculture (NAGREF)
2009-2010: Director of Hellenic Institute of Apiculture (NAGREF)
2010- : Researcher B', Hellenic Institute of Apiculture (NAGREF)
Member of Bodies:
Member of I.B.R.A. Council ()
Member of ICPBR- Pollination Group
Associate Editor in Journal of Apicultural Research
Associate Editor in Uludag Bee Journal
Management Committee and Executive Committee member of Cost Action FA0803.
Key Research Areas:
Bee Physiology-Environmental Risk Assessment
Bee Pathology
Honey bee queens quality
Other Interests:
Bee Bio-diversity
Pollination
Publications:
Thesis:
1. “Temporary confinement of honey bees: a method to increase pollination of field beans (Vicia faba alfred)” Diploma Thesis, U.W.C.C., UK (1991), 52p.
2. “The use of temporary confinement and pollen transfer devices to increase pollination potential of honey bees” Ph.D Thesis, U.W.C.C., UK (1996), 208p.
Books/ Chapters in Books:
3. Hatjina F. (1998a) Biology of the honey bee (Chapter 1) in Thrasyvoulou A.: 'Practical Beekeeping: Problems, causes and solutions' (Ed) N. Pappas, Melissokomiki Epitheorisi, Messimeri. Greece, pp.11-43
4. Hatjina F. (1998b) Characteristics of insect pollinators (Chapter 3) in Thrasyvoulou A, Tsirakoglou V., Hatjina F.: 'Crop Pollination' , Textbook for Undergraduate students in Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture
5. Hatjina F.; Tsirakoglou V.; Thrasyvoulou A. (2002) 'Pollination Ecology', Textbook for Postgraduate students in Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture .
6. F. Hatjina (2012)Queen quality control. ΒΕΕΒΟΟΚ, Section 2.4 of chapter 24 (COLOSS outcome on Standardization of methodology)
Publications in Scientific Journals:
7. Tsirakoglou, V; Thrasyvoulou, A; Hatjina, F (1997)Techniques to increase the attractiveness of kiwi flowers to honey bees. Acta Horticulturae 444: 439-443
8. Hatjina F. (1998)Hive-entrance fittings as a simple and cost-effective way to increase cross-pollination by honey bees. Bee World 72(2): 71-80
9. Hatjina, F.; Free, JB; Paxton, RJ (1998)Hive-entrance pollen transfer devices to increase the cross-pollination potential of honey bees. I. Examination of six materials. Journal of Apicultural Research 37(4): 231-237
10. Hatjina, F.; Free, JB; Paxton, RJ (1999) Hive-entrance pollen transfer devices to increase the cross-pollination potential of honey bees. II. Examination of three materials and pollen viability. Journal of Apicultural Research 38(1-2): 3-9
11. Tsirakoglou V.; Hatjina F. ; Bladenopoulos K.; Thrasyvoulou A.(1999) A study of improving honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pollination efficiency. Geotechnical Scientific Issues, 3/1999, volume 10, series 1: 310-317
12. Tsellios D., Palassopoulou M., Kostarelou M., Hatjina F., Manikis I., Thrasyvoulou A. (2001) Identification of sugars in unifloral types of Greek honeys. Agricultural research 24(2): 73-80
13. Hatjina F, A. Gregorc, Ch. Papaefthimiou, N. Pappas, S. Zacharioudakis, A. Thrasyvoulou and G.Theophilidis (2004). Differences in the morphology of prothoracic and propodeal spiracles in three strains of Apis mellifera. Possible relation to resistance against Acarapis woodi . Journal of Apicultural Research 43(3): 101-109
14. F. Hatjina, L. Haristos (2005) Indirect effects of oxalic acid administered by trickling method on honey bee brood. Journal of Apicultural Research 44(4): 172-174
15. Y. Ben-Dov; S. Gounari, M.B. Kaydan; F Hatjina (2006). Phenacoccus yerushalmi BenDov newly recorded from Greece and Turkey (Hem., Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae) Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 111(1), 2006
16. Klee, J., Besana, A. M., Genersch, E., Gisder, S., Nanetti, A., Tam, D. Q., Chinh, T. X., Puerta, F., Ruz, J. M., Kryger, P., Message, D., Hatjina, F., Korpela, S.,Fries, I. & Paxton, R. J. (2007). Widespread dispersal of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 96, 1-10
17. Marta Lessona, Maria Bouga (2009) Portrait of Marchalina hellenica Gennadius (Hemiptera: Margarodidae), the main producing insect of pine honeydew- Biology, genetic variability and honey production. Uludag Bee Journal , November 2009, p. 162-167,
18. F. Hatjina, M. Bouga, A. Karatasou, A. Kontothanasi, L. Charistos, C. Emmanouil, N. Emmanouil, AD. Maistros (2010) Pilot survey of honey bee colony losses in Greece (2007 & 2008)Journal of Apicultural Research –Special Edition 49(1): 116-118
19. MD. Meixner, C. Costa, P. Kryger, F. Hatjina, M. Bouga, E. Ivanova, R. Büchler (2010) The role of genetic diversity and vitality in colony losses Journal of Apicultural Research –Special Edition 49(1) :85-92
20. Bouga M., Evangelou V., Lykoudis D., Cakmak I. and Hatjina F (2011).Genetic Structure of Marchalina hellenica (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) Populations from Turkey: Preliminary mtDNA Sequencing Data.Biochemical Genetics 49 (11): 683-694.DOI 10.1007/s10528-011-9442-8
21. F. Hatjina, G. Tsoktouridis, M. Bouga, Charistos, V. Evangelou, D. Avtzis, I. Meeus, M. Brunain, G. Smagghe, Dirk C. de Graaf (2011). Polar tube protein gene diversity among Nosema ceranae strains derived from a Greek honey bee health study. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 108: 131–134. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2011.07.003
22. F. Hatjina (2012)Greek Honey Bee Queen Quality Certification. Bee World, 89: 18-20
23. Cecilia Costa, Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Dragan Bubalo, Leonidas Charistos, Yves Le Conte, Maja Drazic, Winfried Dyrba, Janja Fillipi, Marta Lessona, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hirsula Kiprjanovska, Michalis Kokinis, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Marco Lodesani, Marina Meixner, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, Plamen Petrov, Eugenia Oliveri, Lauri Ruottinen, Aleksandar Uzunov, Giacomo Vaccari, Jerzy Wilde (2012) A Europe-wide experiment for assessing the impact of genotype-environment interactions on the vitality of honey bee colonies: methodology. Journal of Apicultural Science,56(1), 147-158
24. Evgeniya Ivanova, Maria Bouga, Teodora Staykova, Mica Mladenovic, Sladjan Rasic, Leonidas Charistos, Marta Lessona, Plamen Petrov (2012) Study on genetic variability of honey bees from Balkan Peninsula based on alloenzymic data Journal of Apicultural Research 51(4): 329-335
25. Hatjina F., Papaefthimiou C., Charistos L., Dogaroglu T., Bouga M., Emmanouil C., Arnold G.(2013) Sublethal doses of imidacloprid decreased size of hypopharyngeal glands and respiratory rhythm of honeybees in vivo. Apidologie DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0199-4
26. Hatjina ., BieńkowskaM.,Charistos L.,Chlebo R., Costa C., Dražić M., Filipi J., Gregorc A., Ivanova N. E., Kezic N., Kopernicky J., Kryger P., Lodesani M., Lokar V., Mladenovic M., Panasiuk B., PetrovP.P., Rašić S., Smodis Skerl M. I.,Vejsnæs F., Wilde J. (2013) Examples of different methodology used to access the quality characteristics of honey bee queens. Journal of Apicultural Research (accepted)
27. Ömür G. Çelemli, Marta Lessona, Aslı Özkırım, Leonidas Charistos, and Aygün YalçınkayaSchiesser (201?) More insight into the chemical composition of Greek propolis; Differences and similarities with Turkish propolis (accepted)
28. Charistos L., F. Hatjina, M. Bouga, M. Mladenovic, A-D. Maistros (201?) Study on Genetic Structure of Greek Honey Bee A.mellifera L. based on Geometric Morphometrics approach. Journal of Apicultural Science (accepted)
29. F. Hatjina, K. M. Kasiotis, L. Charistos, K. Machera, N. Emmanouil (201?) Honey bee colony performance and imidacloprid residual analysis in cotton fields. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (submitted)
30. Ralph Büchler, Sreten Andonov, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Cost, Maja Drazic, Marta Lessona, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Aleksandar Uzunov,Jerzy Wilde (201?) The influence of genetic origin and local adaptation on the survival of Apis mellifera L. colonies in Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research (in preparation)
31. Marta Lessona, Cecilia Costa, Ralph Büchler, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Leonidas Charistos, Maja Drazic, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hirsula Kiprjanovska, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Marina Meixner, Beata Panasiuk, Plamen Petrov, Lauri Ruottinen, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (201?)Population dynamics of European honey bee genotypes under different environmental conditions. Journal of Apicultural Research (in preparation)
32. Aleksandar Uzunov, Sreten Andonov, Ralph Büchler, Janja Fillipi, Marta Lessona, Evgenya Ivanova, Hrisula Kiprjanovska, Yves Le Cont, Bienkowska Malgorzata, Plamen Petrov, Beata Panasiuk, Jerzy Wilde (201?)Behavioural traits of European honey bee genotypes under different environmental conditions. Journal of Apicultural Research (in preparation)
33. Marina Meixner,., Marta Lessona… et al (201?) GEI experiment and diseases prevalence Journal of Apicultural Research (in preparation)
34. Per Kryger…., Marta Lessona,….et al (201?) GEI experiment and genetic diversity Journal of Apicultural Research (in preparation)
35. Asli Ozkirim, Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos (201?) Endosymbionts in honey bee gut after prolonged winter (in preparation)
36. Aslı Özkırım, Marta Lessona, Ömür Gençay Çelemli, Aygün Yalçınkaya (201?) Efficacy of Greek and Turkish Propolis in the control of American Foulbrood (in preparation)
37. Marta Lessona; Robert Paxton; Tom Murray; Martin Fellendorf; Claudia Mohra (201?) Variations in abundance of bee species and their provision of pollination services on the ecosystem of NE Greece (in preparation)
38. K. Kyriakopoulou, C Emmanouil, K Machera, M Bouga, F. Hatjina (201?) Identification of DNA damage in honey bee haemolymph cells (in preparation)
39. F Hatjina, L Charistos, M Mpokari, D. Arapoglou (201?) Use of oxaslic acid under brood right condition and determination of residues in honey bee products (in preparation)
Presentations in Scientific Conferences- Work groups:
40. Hatjina, F.; Paxton, RJ; Free, JB (1993) Hive entrance bristles affect bee-to-bee pollen transfer. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pollination in the Tropics, Bangalore, India: p. 83-85
41. Tsirakoglou, V; Thrasyvoulou, A; Hatjina, F (1997)Techniques to increase the attractiveness of kiwi flowers to honey bees. In Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Kiwifruit, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19-22 September 1995: Acta Horticulturae 444: 439-443
42. Papachristoforou A., Kampouraki M., Gounari S., Hatjina F., Bladenopoulos K., Thasyvoulou A. (2001) Honey origin determination by pollen identification. Proceedings of the 20th Congress of Hellenic Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Cyprus, 2001, pp. 343-345
43. Hatjina F., Baylac M.,Haristos L.,Garnery L.,Arnold G., Tsellios D. (2002) Wing differentiation among Greek populations of honey bee (Apis mellifera): a geometric morphometrics analysis. Poster in the 7th European Entomological Congress, Thessaloniki, October 7-13, 2002
44. Tsellios D., Kostarelou M. & Hatjina F. (2002)Reinfestation study of honeybees by Varroa mites due to robbing and drifting. Abstracts of the 7th European Entomological Congress, Thessaloniki, October 7-13, 2002
45. Gounari S., Thrasyvoulou A., Hatjina F., Zografou K. (2002) Ovulation behaviour of Marchalina hellenica. Abstracts of the 7th European Entomological Congress, Thessaloniki, October 7-13, 2002
46. Hatjina F., Gounari S., Thrasyvoulou A., Kalapanida M., Tsellios D. (2002) Honeydew producing insects of pine trees. Proceedings of the 1st Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Athens, November 2002, p. 95
47. Gounari S., Thrasyvoulou A., Hatjina F.(2002) Marchalina hellenica, the honeydew producing insect of pine tree. Proceedings of the 1st Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Athens, November 2002, p. 205-208
48. F. Hatjina, S. Zacharioudakis, A. Gregorc, N. Pappas, G. Theophilidis (2003) Adhesion mechanisms of Varroa destructor onto Apis mellifera macedonica. Poster 293 in APIMONDIA 2003, Ljubljana (Book of Abstracts, p. 628)
49. L. Haristos, F. Hatjina, S. Gounari, D. Tsellios (2003) A method for determining the infestation level of Nosema apis in different areas of Greece. Poster 283 in APIMONDIA 2003, Ljubljana (Book of Abstracts, p. 608)
50. Hatjina F. (2004) The effect of p-Dichlorobenzene on honey bees ability to detect sugar concentrations in nectar. Proceedings of the 2nd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Athens, May 21-23 (2004), p. 118-122.
51. F. Hatjina, L. Haristos, M. Bouga (2004) Geometric morphometrics analysis of honey bee populations from Greek mainland, Ionian islands and Crete island. Poster in Proceedings of the First European Conference of Apidology, Udine, 19-23 September, 2004 (p. 44)
52. M. Bouga,F. Hatjina (2005) Genetic variability in Greek honey bee (A. mellifera L.) populations using geometric morphometrics analysis. In Proccedings of the Balkan Scientific Conference of Biology, Plovdiv 19-21 May 2005, Bulgaria (in press)
53. R J. Paxton, F. Hatjina (2005) The role of social bees in provision of the ecosystem service of pollination in NE Greece. 3rd European Congress on Social Insects, 22-27 August, St Petersburg, Russia.
54. F. Hatjina, R. Paxton, M. Felendorf, C. Mohra, T. Murray, N. Vallianos, Th. Karipiadis (2005) Bio-diversity of bees in intensive and non-intensive cultivated areas. 11th Hellenic Entomological Congress, 11-14 October 2005, Karditsa, Greece.
55. F. Hatjina,L. Haristos, R. Paxton, V. Karipidou, K. Kritikopoulou, A. Mamouzi, V. Tsirakoglou (2006) Almond pollination and the use of hive entrance pollen transfer devices. Proceedings of the Second European Conference of Apidology, 10-14 September 2006, Prague, (p.2).
56. Bouga Μ., Hatjina F., Emmanouel N. (2006) National certification system of honey bee queens in Greece. Proceedings of the Second European Conference of Apidology, 10-14 September 2006, Prague, (p. 61).
57. Hatjina F., Paxton R. (2007). Comparative evaluation of bee biodiversity between intensive and non-intensive cultivated areas and the role of bee species on pollination services. Proceedings of the 3rd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Thessaloniki, April 21-22 (2007), p. 22-23.
58. Hatjina F., Haristos L., Lambrinakos S., Petropoulos P., Apostoloudis N., Gerohimou St. (2007) Direct and indirect effects of oxalic acid administered by trickling method on honey bee colonies Proceedings of the 3rd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Thessaloniki, April 21-22 (2007), p. 42-43.
59. Hatjina F. (2008) Results of the colony losses survey 2006-2007 in Greece. Second meeting of the working group “Prevention of honeybee Colony Losses”. April 2008, Athens-Greece.
60. Hatjina F., L. Haristos, M. Bouga, M. Kostarelou and N. Emmanouel (2008) Quality characterisitics of produced honey bee queens in Greece. Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Apidology, 8-11 September 2008, Belfast UK, (p .50-51).
61. Hatjina F (2008) ‘Hymenoptera-Insect identification’ The Environment and Alergic-Immune Disorder in the Balcan Area’. 5th Balcan Congress of Allergology & Clinical Immunology , Thessaloniki 17-20 October, 2008.
62. C.Emmanouil, M. Bouga, F. Hatjina, N. Emmanouel (2008)A novel technique for quantification of DNA damage in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Poster in Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Apidology, Belfast, 8-11 September, 2008 (p. 31)
63. HatjinaF. (2009)Effects of genetically modified plants (GMOs), nicotinoids and air pollution on honey bees. XVII Naučno Savetovanje sa Medunarodnim Učešče(invited talk)
64. F. Hatjina; M. Bouga; C. Emmanouil; N. Emmanouil (2009) Colony Losses in Greece : Review of the situation from 2003 to 2009. Proceedings of the 4th COLOSS Conference, Zagreb, March 3-4-, 2009. p. 19
65. M. Bouga, F. Hatjina, L. Charistos (2009) Colony losses and genetic diversity of honey bees in Greece. Proceedings of the 5th COLOSS Conference, Montpellier, 14-15 September, 2009. p. 26
66. F. Hatjina; A. Ozkirim (2009) Comparisonbetweenanatomical/ physicalcharacteristicsofqueensandtheperformanceoftheirsistersduringthenextproductiveperiod. Proceedings of the 5th COLOSS Conference, Montpellier, 14-15 September, 2009. p. 34
67. Ralph Büchler,Ina Heidinger, Marina Meixner, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Didier Crauser, Cecilia Costa, Marta Lessona, Meral Kence, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per KrygerAntonio Murilhas, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2009) European test on genotype - environment interactions. Proceedings of the 5th COLOSS Conference, Montpellier, 14-15 September, 2009. p. 9
68. F. Hatjina, G. Tsoktouridis, M. Bouga, V. Evangelou, D. Avtzis, L. Charistos (2009) Nosema ceranae (Microspora, Nosematidae), a new pathogen of the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Hellenic Entomological Congress, Alexandroupolis, November 2009.
69. Marta Lessona (2009) Estimating brood area and bee population in a honey bee colony- control for Varroa infestations Proceedings of the COLOSS Workshop Standardization of Methods II: Vitality Testing- Kirchhain, Germany, 28.06-02.07.2009, p. 9
70. Korpela Seppo, Hatjina Fani, Bouga Maria & Charistos Leonidas (2009). Adaptation and performance of Greek honeybees resistant to Acarapis woodi in Finland. Proceedings of the COLOSS Workshop Standardization of Methods II: Vitality Testing- Kirchhain, Germany, 28.06-02.07.2009, p. 10
71. Ralph Büchler,Ina Heidinger, Marina Meixner, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Didier Crauser, Cecilia Costa, Marta Lessona, Meral Kence, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per KrygerAntonio Murilhas, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2009) European test on genotype - environment interactions. Proceedings of the 5th COLOSS Conference, Montpellier, 14-15 September, 2009. p. 9
72. M. Bouga, Mica Bladenovic, Leonidas Charistos, Sladjan Rasic, Marta Lessona (2009) Molecular markers discriminating Greek from Serbian honey bees. Apimondia Congress, Montpellier, 15-20 September 2009.
73. Marina D. Meixner, Per Kryger, Cecilia Costa, Maria Bouga, Marta Lessona, Jurek Wilde, Aleksandar Uzunov, Nikola Kezic, Wei Shi, Meral Kence, Ralph Büchler(2010)Towards the development of international standard recommendations for breeding honey bees including characters of colony vitality . Proceedings of the COLOSS Workshop: Monitoring and Stardardization (Bee Book)- Amsterdam, January 18-20, 2010, P. 21
74. Charistos Leonidas, Hatjina Fani*, Kokkinis Michalis, Bouga Maria (2010). Experimental set up and first evaluation of the genotype/environmental interactions experiment in Greece. Proceeding of the COLOSS Workshop in Standardized protocols for honey bee vitality and diversity. Athens, February 26-27, 2010, p. 5
75. Rasic Sladjan, Charistos Leonidas, Mladenovic Mica, Hatjina Fani, Bouga Maria (2010) Relationship between genetic origin of honey bee queens and their performance. Proceeding of the COLOSS Workshop ‘Standardized protocols for honey bee vitality and diversity’. Athens, February 26-27, 2010, p. 14
76. Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos (2010) Artificial larval rearing as a tool for evaluating the effects of imidacloprid on honey bees under laboratory conditions. Proceeding of the COLOSS Workshop ‘Method standardization for larval tests’ Graz, June 7-9, 2010, p. 12
77. Charistos Leonidas, Hatjina Fani (2010) Over-wintering of honey bee colonies using different artificial diets. Proceedings of the 6th COLOSS Conference, Ankara, 4-5 September, 2010. p. 31.
78. Ralph Büchler,Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Cecilia Costa, Marta Lessona, Charistos Leonidas, Kokkinis Michalis, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Maja Drazic, Seppo Korpela, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2010). Preliminary evaluations of the Coloss genotype-environment interaction experiment (2010). COLOSS Workshop ‘Standardized protocols for honey bee vitality and diversity’, June 16-18, 2010, Copenhagen,
79. Cecilia Costa, Ralph Büchler, Marina Meixner, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk,Marta Lessona, Charistos Leonidas, Kokkinis Michalis, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Maja Drazic, Seppo Korpela, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2010) Ongoing evaluations of the Coloss WG 4 genotype-environment interaction experiment. Proceedings of the VIth COLOSS Conference- Ankara, Turkey- 5-6- September 2010, p. 25
80. Evgeniya Ivanova*, Maria Bouga, Plamen Petrov, Mica Mladenovic, Sladjan Rasic, Leonidas Charistos, Marta Lessona (2010) Preliminary results from a study on Balkan honey bees’ genetic variability using isoenzymic approach. Proceedings of the Forth European Conference of Apidology, Ankara, 7-9 September, 2010
81. Hatjina Fani (2010)Certification system for the quality of honey bee queens in Greece. Proceeding of the 2nd International Mugla Beekeeping and pine honey Congress, Mugla- Turkey, 5-8 October, 2010, p. 79 (invited talk)
82. Hatjina Fani (2010)Health Status and Control of honey bee colonies in Greece. Proceeding of the 2nd International Mugla Beekeeping and pine honey Congress, Mugla- Turkey, 5-8 October, 2010, p. 99.(invited talk)
83. Marta Lessona, Taylan Dogaroglu(2010) Imidacloprid effect on honey bees under laboratory conditions using hoarding cages. Proceeding of theCOLOSS Work Shop ‘Standardized methods for honey bee rearing in hoarding cages’, 25.-26 November, Bologna Italy, pp. 17.
84. Hatjina Fani (2010) The quality of honey bee queens in Greece. Annual meeting of ANERCEA, Roquebrune- France, 9-10 February 2011, Info Reines 94: 4-5
85. Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Hermann Pechhacker, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2011) First results of the international genotype-environment interaction experiment. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop "Honey bee vitality and diversity - status of the GEI experiment and the subspecies discrimination methods comparison" , 1-3 March 2011, Plovdiv- Bulgaria, pp.9-10.
86. Leonidas Charistos, Mića Mladenović,Marta Lessona (2011) Performance comparison between four different Greek honey bee lines. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop "Honey bee vitality and diversity - status of the GEI experiment and the subspecies discrimination methods comparison" , 1-3 March 2011, Plovdiv- Bulgaria, pp. 21.
87. Evgeniya Ivanova, Maria Bouga, Teodora Staykova, Mica Mladenovic, Sladjan Rasic, Leonidas Charistos, Plamen Petrov, Ivan Stoyanov, Marta Lessona (2011) Study on Balkan honey bees’ genetic variability based on alloenzymic analysis. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop WG4 "Honey bee vitality and diversity - Field observations of experimental GEI colonies" 26. - 29. 07. 2011, Puławy, Poland, pp.20.
88. Meixner Marina, Bouga Maria, Charistos Leonidas, Kryger Per, Evgeniya Ivanova, Marta Lessona (2011) Genetic variability of honey bee origins used in the GEI experiment using geometric morphometrics approach. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop WG4 "Honey bee vitality and diversity - Field observations of experimental GEI colonies" 26. - 29. 07. 2011, Puławy, Poland, pp.22.
89. Ralph Büchler Meixner, Marina, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, Marta Lessona,Leonidas Charistos, Maria Bouga, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Hermann Pechhacker, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2011) Preliminary results of the international genotype-environment interaction experiment of WG 4. Proceedings of 7th COLOSS Conference, 27th-28th August 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, pp.
90. Marina Meixner,Sreten Andonov, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska,Maria Bouga, Ralph Büchler, Leonidas Charistos,Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, N. Emmanouil, Roy Francis, Marta Lessona,, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, Plamen Petrov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2011) Effects of genotype and environment for disease relevance – preliminary results from the genotype-environment experiment of WG4. Proceedings of 7th COLOSS Conference, 27th-28th August 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, pp.
91. Konstantinos M. Kasiotis, Leonidas Charistos, Nikos Emmanouil, Marta Lessona (2011) Imidacloprid residues on honeybee, honey and pollen from colonies placed on cotton fields. Proceedings of 7th COLOSS Conference, 27th-28th August 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, pp.
92. Dirk C. de Graaf , Marleen Brunain , Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus, Maria Bouga , Marta Lessona (2011) Study of the polymorphism of a Nosema ceranae polar tube protein gene in relation to genotyping of the species. APIMONDIA, Buenos Aires, September 2011.
93. F. Hatjina, L. Charistos, K. Kasiotis, M. Bokari, K. Elaiopoulos, K. Machera, N. Emmanouil (2011) Honey bees as bio-indicators of pesticide and environmental pollutants. Proceedings of the 14th Hellenic Entomological Congress, Nauphlio, 11-14 October 2011, pp.
94. M. Bokari, D. Arapoglou, L. Charistos, F. Hatjina (2011)Determination of oxalic acid concentrations in honey bee products, honey and royal jelly. Proceedings of the 14th Hellenic Entomological Congress, Nauphlio, 11-14 October 2011, pp.
95. K. Kiriakopoulou, Ch. Emmanouil, K. Machera, M. Bouga, F.Hatjina (2011) A protocol to determine DNA damage on haemolymph cells of the honey bee. Proceedings of the 14th Hellenic Entomological Congress, Nauphlio, 11-14 October 2011, pp.
96. Aleksandar Uzunov, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Ralph Büchler, Marta Lessona, Nikola Kezic, Beata Panasiuk (2012) Analysis of honey bee ethology respond as a consequence of genotype-environment interaction in the international experiment of COLOSS WG 4. COLOSS Workshop WG4-Bee Book and data analyses of GEI experiment, 23-27January, Jokioinen, Finland
97. Fani Hatjina, Leonidas Charistos (2012) Survival of honey bee colonies of the GEI experiment in Greece as a result of Varroa prevalence. COLOSS Workshop WG4-Bee Book and data analyses of GEI experiment, 23-27January, Jokioinen, Finland
98. Hatjina Fani (2012) Laboratory evidence of the effects of imidacloprid on honey bee physiology.Workshop by Hellenic Scientific Society of Apiculture- Sericulture, Athens, 18 February 2012
99. Hatjina Fani, Charistos Leonidas (2012) Direct and indirect effects of imidacloprid on colony development.Workshop by Hellenic Scientific Society of Apiculture- Sericulture, Athens, 18 February 2012
100. Ralph Büchler, Beata Panasiuk, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Seppo Korpela, Sreten Andonov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Cecilia Costa, Marta Lessona, Plamen Petrov, Yves Le Conte, Nikola Kezic, Maja Drazic, Jerzy Wilde (2012). Survivability of European honey bee colonies with regard to genotype and environmental adaption. COLOSS Work Shop WG4 "Honey bee vitality and diversity –Survival test: final results and paper preparing"12 - 13. 04. 2012, Puławy, Poland
101. Cecilia Costa, Sreten Andonov, Ralph Büchler, Maja Drazic, Marta Lessona, Yves Le Conte, Beata Panasiuk, Aleksandar Uzunov (2012) Classification and description of the environments in which the GEI experiment was performed. COLOSS Work Shop WG4 "Honey bee vitality and diversity –Survival test: final results and paper preparing"12 - 13. 04. 2012, Puławy, Poland
102. Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, Maria Bouga, Marta Lessona,Leonidas Charistos, Plamen Petrov, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Hermann Pechhacker, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2012). Effects of genotype and environmental factors on the survivability and productivity of European honey bee colonies. SICAMM conference, Switzerland 31 Aug –4 Sept, 2012
103. Marta Lessona, Alexandros Papachristoforou, Leonidas Charistos, Maria Bouga, Gerard Arnold (2012) Monitoring the effect of imidacloprid under semi-field conditions using electronic bee counters. 5th European Conference of Apidology, 4-6th September 2012, Halle an der Saale, Germany
104.Cecilia Costa, Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Dragan Bubalo, Leonidas Charistos, Yves Le Conte, Maja Drazic, Winfried Dyrba, Janja Fillipi, Marta Lessona, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Michalis Kokinis, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Marco Lodesani, Marina Meixner, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, Plamen Petrov, Eugenia Oliveri, Lauri Ruottinen, Aleksandar Uzunov, Giacomo Vaccari, Jerzy Wilde (2012). Results of the Europe-wide genotype – environment interactions experiment. 8th COLOSS Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), 2-3 Sept. 2012,Germany
105.Meixner Marina, Leonidas Charistos, Marta Lessona, Bouga Maria, Kryger Per, Evgeniya Ivanova (2012). Genetic variability of honey bee origins used in the GEI experiment: geometric morphometry analysis. 8th COLOSS Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), 2-3 Sept. 2012, Germany
106. HatjinaFani (2012) The effects of imidacloprid on honey bees- synergism with N osema.Conference on “Beekeeping and orange cultivations-together for a common future”. Chania- Crete, September 11th, 2012
107. Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos (2012). The impact of different nutrients on colony development and Nosema prevalence. COLOSS Workshop WG 3 “Honey bee nutrition”, October 22- 23, 2012, Bled - Slovenia
108. Małgorzata Bienkowska, Sreten Andonov, Ralph Büchler, Cecilia Costa, Janja Filipi, Marta Lessona, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Yves Le Conte, Beata Panasiuk, Aleksander Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2012). New breeding strategies - in order to protect honey bee populations. COLOSS Workshop” Revision of manuscripts and plans for sustainable breeding” - Palermo, Italy, 5-9.11, 2012.
109. Marta Lessona (2012). Nutrition and vitamins and the effect on colony development and Nosema. Proceeding of the 3rd International Mugla Beekeeping and pine honey Congress, Mugla- Turkey, 1-5 Nov, 2012,(invited talk)
Act as referee:
BARD proposal No IS-3025-98 (1998):
Referee A, Journal of Apicultural Research (1998)
Referee B, Journal of Apicultural Research (2002)
Uludag Bee Journal (2004)
Referee A, Journal of Apicultural Research (2005)
Referee A, Journal of Apicultural Research (2006)
Referee Β, Apidologie (2006),
Referee Β, Italian Journal of Animal Science (2007)
Referee A, Uludag Bee Journal (2008)
Referee A, Journal of Apicultural Research (2009)
Referee A, Uludag Bee Journal (2009)
Referee A, The Rufford Small Grants Foundation (2009)
Referee A, Uludag Bee Journal (2009)
Referee A, Uludag Bee Journal (2011)
Referee A, Uludag Bee Journal (2011)
Referee A, Journal of ApiProduct and ApiMedical Science (2011)
Referee A, African Journal of Agricultural Science (2011)
Referee B. Biologia (2011)
Referee A, Uludag Bee Journal (2012)
Current projects:
Leader in:
1. 'Bio-diversity of bee pollinators' [General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece (90%); Charantonis D.- Biological Control (SMEs) (10%), 2004-2005]
2. ‘Strategic plan to control Varroa’ [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2004-2005]
3. ‘Use of Oxalic acid against Varroa’ [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2005-2007]
4. ‘Identification of honey bee queens- quality control’ [ EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2005-2007]
5. ‘Effects of genetically modified plants (GMOs), nicotinoids and air pollution on honey bees’ [ EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2008-2010]
6. ‘Monitoring flight activity of honeybees under pesticide and pollution pressure, using electronic bee counters attached at the entrances of beehives’ [Platon project 2009-2011, Bilateral collaboration Greece –France]
Participant in:
7. ‘Investigation of genetic structure of honey bee population of Greece’ [GSRT- Greece +EU, Bilateral collaboration Greece- France, Hellenic Inst. of Apiculture– CR1, CNRS, 2001-2002)
8. ‘Factors affecting honeydew production in pine trees’ [ EC & Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Dir.1221/97 of EC, 2000-2002]
9. 'Study of bee flora of Peloponnese' [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Dir.1221/97 of EC, 2002-2003]
10. 'Bio-ecological study of honeydew producing insects on fir trees' [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Dir.1221/97 of EC, 2002-2003]
11. 'Assessment of the toxicity of agrochemicals on the honeybee using a combination of electrophysiological and histological methods exclusively adapted on the heart and the intestine of two races, Apis mellifera carnica, the Slovenian honey bee, and Apis mellifera macedonica, the Greek honey bee' [General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece, Greek-Slovenian Bilateral Co-operation, 2003-2004]
