General Information

• Project Title:

  Health improvement of honey bee colonies by inducing natural defense mechanisms
• Project Title in the Original Language:

  Zlepšení zdravotního stavu včelstev pomocí indukce přirozených obranných mechanismů
• Project No.:

  QK1910356
• Provider:

  MZE - Ministry of Agriculture (MZe)
• Programme:

  QK - Program for Supporting Applied Research of the Ministry of Agriculture for the Period 2017 - 2025, ZEMĚ (2017 - 2025)
• Start of the Project:

  01. January 2019
• End of the Project:

  31. December 2023

The Goals of the Solution

• The Goals of the Solution:

  The aims of the project are focused on usage of modern transcriptomics/protemoics approaches in order to detected specific genes/proteins expressions connected to immune reaction of honey bee to external stimuli. Immune and detoxification mechanism will be stimulated by natural substances contained in pollen.

  1. Development of a diagnostic kit based on the detection of specific genes and proteins for the detection of xenobiotic substances in a honey bee
  2. Identification of natural substances/inductors suitable for improving the detoxification mechanism, i.e. substances improving bee health
  3. Verification of immune and detoxification mechanism enhancement with regard to bee colonies vitality
  4. The development of technology for the application of inductors into honey bee feed
• Keywords:

  honey bee; nutrition; immunity; cytochrome P450; xenobiotics

Beneficiary

• Beneficiary:

  University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice / Faculty of Agriculture and Technology
• Researcher:

  prof. Ing. Vladislav Čurn, Ph.D.
• Other Researchers:

  Ing. Karel Beneš, Ph.D.
  Ing. Jitka Rutkayová, Ph.D.

Other Project Participants

• Other Project Participant:

  Lock Bohemia s.r.o.

• Researcher:

  Ing. Jan Novotný

• Other Project Participant:

  Retorta s.r.o.

• Researcher:

  doc. Ing. Vladimím Marťha, DrSc.

• Other Researchers:

  Ing. Michael Rost, Ph.D.