Humanitarian demining is a worldwide effort and the range of climates environments prevent any one detection method being suitable for all sites, so more tools are required safe efficient explosives sensing. Landmines emit chemical flux over time, honeybees can collect trace residues (as particles or as vapour) on their body hairs. This capability was exploited using passive allowing to freely ...

At least two parasitic mites have moved from Asian species of honeybees to infest Apis mellifera. Of these two, Varroa destructor is more widespread globally while Tropilaelaps mercedesae has remained largely in Asia. Tropilaelaps mites are most problematic when A. mellifera is managed outside its native range in contact with Asian species of Apis. In areas where this occurs, beekeepers of A. m...

BACKGROUND The incidence and spectrum of acute poisonings in South Africa are unknown. Poisoning data can be derived from sources such as hospital admission records and poison information centre (PIC) records. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to examine the extent of the problem and to identify trends and toxicovigilance issues using PIC data. METHODS A survey was conducted based on Tyge...