Grażyna Topolska Associate Professor Contact Warsaw University of Life Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory of Bee Diseases ul. Ciszewskiego Str. 8 02-786 Warsaw Tel: +48 22 59 361 40 Fax: + 48 22 59 361 16 E-mail: grazyna_topolska@sggw.pl Education The titles and degrees were completed at Warsaw Agricultural University (University of Life Sciences), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 1978 DVM 1.10.1982 - PhD in Veterinary sciences (speciality -bee diseases) 13.05.2009 Habilitation (speciality -bee diseases) Employment Since 10.07.1978 till today -Warsaw University of Life sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Laboratory of Bee Diseases (within changing in time internal structures of the Faculty) on the following positions: 1978-1982 - Assistant (delegated to a three year PhD studies at the same Faculty) 1982-1990 - Senior Assistant (with four-year brake for parental leave) 1990-2012 - Assistant Professor 2012 - Associate Professor of WULS Since 2006 -Head of the Laboratory of Bee Diseases (Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics- presently, Faculty of Veterinary Faculty, WULS) Fields of major scientific research interests Bee diseases Honey bee colony losses Grant support Co- investigator on a 3 year project (1994-1998), entitled Investigation on virus infection in Polish apiaries, funded by Ministry of Science and Education Principal investigator on a 1 year project (2003), entitled The presence of Black queen cell virus (BQCV) in queen rearing apiaries; the use of RT-PCR as a diagnostic tool funded by Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Principal investigator on a 3 year project (2007-2010), entitled The role of virus infection in bee death: adult bees and brood i Polish apiaries, funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education Co-Principal investigator of a project part done at WULS, 4 year project (2008-2012), entitled The evaluation of bee vitality of selected breeding lines in Poland and Europe, funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education Principal investigator on a 1 year project (2011-2012), entitled Monitoring of honey bee colony losses funded by National Centre for Science Participant in COST FA0803 (208-2012) COLOSS -Prevention of Honey Bee Colony Losses (mainly in Monitoring Working Group)
Mc member substitute COST FA 1307 Super-B Sustainable Pollination in Europe (Mainly in Horizon scan for bee threats Working Group) Membership of professional societies Polish Society of Veterinary Research Polish Society of Bee Breeding International Bee Research Association European Bee Research Association Didactics Diseases of bees and silkworms Honeybees as bioindicator of environmental pollution Other professional activities Editor of the pathology section of the Journal of Apicultural Science Member of Scientific Board of Polish Beekeeping Association Publications BOOKS and book chapters 1. Topolska G. (2008) Zakażenia wirusowe czerwiu matecznego oraz matek pszczelich w dziesięciu pasiekach hodowlanych w Polsce [Virus infections of queen brood and queen bees in ten queen rearing apiaries in Poland]. Wydawnictwo SGGW. Warszawa (Rozprawa habilitacyjna). 2. Topolska G. (2009) Causes of mass bee colony losses in Poland 2009: VIIIth International Workshop on Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning "Bees in the Landscape" and International and "Landscape Conservation or why the Bees Disappear from Rural Areas". Szyszko J., Dymitryszyn I., Gałek M. (eds.) WULS-SGGW Press 2009, 29-34. ISBN 978837583-148-1 3. Topolska G., Gajda A., Grzęda U. (2012) Wirusy pszczele i Nosema, ginięcie rodzin pszczelich. W Kierunki rozwoju patologii owadów w Polsce. Red. Iwona Skrzecz, Alicja Sierpińska. IBL Sękocin Stary, 2012 ISBN: 978-83-62830-11-4 4. Topolska G. (2013) Wirusy i nosemozy pszczół. W Encyklopedia pszczelarska. Red. Jerzy Wilde rozdz. pszczół. PWRiL, Warszawa, 2013, ISBN:978-83-09-99028-4 Original scientific papers in peer reviewed journals 1. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (1983) Występowanie witaminy B1 u pszczoły miodnej (Apis mellifica L.) w warunkach fizjologicznych i niektórych stanach patologicznych. Pszczeln. Zesz. Nauk. 27, 41-58. 2. Hartwig A., Klimuszko D., Topolska G. (1990) Badania nad przydatnością soli cholinowej N- glukozylopolifunginy w leczeniu grzybicy wapiennej czerwiu pszczelego. Nowości weterynarii, 2: 106-113. 3. Hartwig A., Topolska G. (1992) Poszukiwanie najskuteczniejszego okresu zastosowania Apitolu. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie_ Skłodowska XLVII(14): 75-78. 4. Hartwig A., Król A., Topolska G (1992). Wartość matek pszczelich wychowywanych w rodzinach otrzymujących pokarm cukrowy z dodatkiem wit.b1. Pszczelnicze Zeszyty Naukowe, 36: 32-40. 5. Hartwig A., Topolska G. (1992) Zastosowanie Apitolu w różnych okresach sezonu pszczelarskiego. Medycyna Weterynaryjna 48 (10): 458-459. 6. Topolska G., Ball B.V., Allen M. (1995) Identyfikacja wirusów u pszczół z dwóch warszawskich pasiek. Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 51 (3): 145-147.
7. Hartwig A., Topolska G. (1995) Przydatność rutynowych badań osypu zimowego. Pszczelnicze Zeszyty Naukowe 1: 71-77. 8. Hartwig A., Topolska G. (1995) Badanie całych osypów zimowych zwiększy wykrywalność chorób pszczół. Życie Weterynaryjne, 5: 166-167. 9. Hartwig A., Topolska G., Krzyżańska A. (1996) The use of Formidol for Varroa disease control in productive apiary. Pszczelnicze Zeszyty Naukowe, (2): 175-178. 10. Topolska G., Hartwig A. Krzyżańska K. (2000) Sacbrood virus in Polish apiaries. Pszczelnicze Zeszyty Naukowe, 44: 149-154. 11. Topolska G., Hartwig A., Krzyżańska K (2001). Improper varroosis treatment as a cause of collapses of honey bee colonies due to acute paralysis and threats connected with this. Proceedings. Conference Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Tolerance in Honeybee Kralupy 17-19.10.2000 r, Dol, pp.191-200. 12. Topolska G., Hartwig A., Krzyżańska K. (2001) Triungulin Larvae of Meloë variegatus Donov (Coleoptera: Meloidae); Morphology, Biology and Incident of Apiary Infestation. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne, 47: 115-117. 13. Bakonyi T., Grabensteiner E., Kołodziejek J., Rusvai M., Topolska G., Ritter W., Nowotny N. (2002) Phylogenic Analysis of Acute Bee Paralysis Virus Strains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 6446-6450. 14. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (2005) Diagnosis of Nosema apis infection by investigations of two kind of samples: dead bees and live bees, J. Apicul. Scien. 49: 71-75. 15. Berényi O., Bakonyi T., Derakhshifar I, Köglberger H., Topolska G., Ritter W., Pechhacker H., Nowotny N. (2007) Phylogenetic Analysis of Deformed Wing Virus Genotypes from Diverse Geographic Origins Indicates Recent Global Distribution of the Virus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 73: 3605-3611. 16. Topolska G., Kasprzak S. (2007) Pierwsze przypadki zarażenia pszczół w Polsce przez Nosema ceranae. Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 3: 1504-1506. 17. Topolska G., Gajda A., Hartwig A. (2008) Polish honey bee colony-loss during the winter of 2007/2008. J. Apic. Sc. 52 (2): 1-10. 18. Tapaszti Z., Forgách, Kővágó C., Topolska G., Nowotny N., Rusvai M., Bakonyi T. (2009) Genetic analysis and phylogenetic comparison of Black queen cell virus genotypes. Veterinary Microbiology 139: 227-234. 19. Topolska G., Krzyżańska K., Hartwig A., Gajda A. (2009) The investigation of bee virus infections in Poland Ann. Warsaw Agricult. Univ. SGGW, Anim. Sci. 63 (2009) 63, 125-134. 20. Topolska G., Gajda A., Pohorecka K., Bober A., Kasprzak S., Skubida M., Semkiw P.,(2010) Winter Colony Losses in Poland. J. Apic. Research. 49 (1): 126-128. 21. van der Zee R., Pisa L., Andonov S., Brodschneider R., Charrière J., Chlebo R., Coffey M. F., Crailsheim K., Dahle B., Gajda A., Gray A., Drazic M.M., Higes M., Kauko L., Kence A., Kence M., Kezic N., Kiprijanovska H., Kralj J., Kristiansen P., Hernandez R.M., Mutinelli F.,.Nguyen B.K, Otten C., Özkırım A., Pernal S.F., Peterson M., Ramsay G., Santrac V., Soroker V., Topolska G., Uzunov A.,.Vejsnæs F, Wei S., Wilkins S.: Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008-2009 and 2009 2010. (2012), J. Apic.Res, 51 (1) 100-114. 22. Van Der Zee, R; Gray, A; Holzmann, C; Pisa, L; Brodschneider, R; Chlebo, R; Coffey, M F; Kence, A; Kristiansen, P; Mutinelli, F; Nguyen, B K; Adjlane, N; Peterson, M; Soroker, V; Topolska, G; Vejsnæs, F; Wilkins, S (2013) Standard survey methods for estimating colony losses and explanatory risk factors in Apis mellifera. In V Dietemann; J D Ellis; P Neumann (Eds) The COLOSS BEEBOOK, Volume I: Standard methods for Apis mellifera research. Journal of Apicultural Research 52(4): http://dx.doi.org/10.3896/ibra.1.52.4.18. 23. Romée van der Zee, Robert Brodschneider, Valters Brusbardis, Jean-Daniel Charrière, Róbert Chlebo, Mary F Coffey, Bjørn Dahle, Marica M Drazic, Lassi Kauko, Justinas Kretavicius, Preben Kristiansen, Franco Mutinelli, Christoph Otten, Magnus Peterson, Aivar Raudmets, Violeta Santrac, Ari Seppälä, Victoria Soroker, Grażyna Topolska, Flemming Vejsnæs and Alison Gray (2014) Results of international
standardised beekeeper surveys of colony losses for winter 2012-2013: analysis of winter loss rates and mixed effects modelling of risk factors for winter loss. Journal of Apicultur Research Vol. 53 (1) pp. 19-34, DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.1.02 24. Marina Doris Meixner, Roy Mathew Francis, Anna Gajda, Per Kryger, Sreten Andonov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Grażyna Topolska, Cecilia Costa, Esmaeil Amiri, Stefan Berg, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Ralph Büchler, Winfried Dyrba, Kalinka Gurgulova, Fani Hatjina, Evgeniya Ivanova, Mateja Janes, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Yves Le Conte, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, George Tsoktouridis, Giacomo Vaccari and Jerzy Wilde (2014)Occurrence of parasites and pathogens in honey bee colonies used in a European genotype-environment interactions experiment. Vol. 53 (2) pp. 215-219 DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.2.04 25. Roy M Francis, Esmaeil Amiri, Marina D Meixner, Per Kryger, Anna Gajda, Sreten Andonov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Grazyna Topolska, Leonidas Charistos, Cecilia Costa, Stefan Berg, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Ralph Büchler, Winfried Dyrba, Fani Hatjina, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Yves Le Conte, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, George Tsoktouridis and Jerzy Wilde (2014). Effect of genotype and environment on parasite and pathogen levels in one apiary - a case study. Vol. 53 (2) pp. 230-232 DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.2.14 Other papers in peer reviewed journals 1. Hartwig A. Topolska G. (1982) Warroza. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne, 27: 2. Hartwig, A. Topolska G., Krzyżańska K. (2000) An incident of an apiary invaded by larvae of Meloë variegatus. Bee World, 81: 142-143. 3. Topolska G. (2001) Varroa destructor (Anderson i Trueman, 2000); zmiana w klasyfikacjii w obrębie rodzaju Varroa (Oudemans,1904). Wiadomości parazytologiczne, 47:151-155. 4. Hartwig A,. Topolska G,. Krzyżańska K. (2002) Nauczanie przedmiotu choroby owadów użytkowych na Wydziale Medycyny Weterynaryjnej SGGW w Warszawie, Biuletyn Naukowy Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, 19: 31-33. 5. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (2003) Choroby pszczół objęte wytycznymi Międzynarodowego Urzędu do spraw Epizootii. Cz. I. Zgnilec amerykański. Życie Weterynaryjne, 78: 88-93. 6. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (2003) Choroby pszczół objęte wytycznymi Międzynarodowego Urzędu do spraw Epizootii. Cz. II. Zgnilec europejski. Życie Weterynaryjne, 78, 150-153. 7. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (2003) Choroby pszczół objęte wytycznymi Międzynarodowego Urzędu do spraw Epizootii. Cz. III. Warroza. Życie Weterynaryjne, 78: 201-206. 8. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (2003) Choroby pszczół objęte wytycznymi Międzynarodowego Urzędu do spraw Epizootii. Cz. IV. Choroba Roztoczowa. Życie Weterynaryjne, 78: 259-262. 9. Topolska G., Hartwig A. (2003) Choroby pszczół objęte wytycznymi Międzynarodowego Urzędu do spraw Epizootii. Cz. V. Nosemoza. Życie Weterynaryjne, 78: 335-338. 10. Kasprzak S., Topolska G. (2007) Budowa, klasyfikacja i metody identyfikacji wirusów pszczoły miodnej. Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 63: 1427-1430. 11. Kasprzak S., Topolska G. (2007) Nosema ceranae (Eucariota:Fungi:Microsporidia)- nowy pasożyt pszczoły miodnej Apis mellifera L. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne, 53 (4): 271-280. 12. Kasprzak S., Topolska G. (2008) Virus infections of the honey bee Apis mellifera associated with varroosis and nosemosis. Medycyna Weterynaryjna 64 (9): 1095-1097 Conference/workshop presentations 1. Topolska G. Hartwig A.: Occurence of vitamin B1 in honey bees depending on physiological and some pathological conditions. 29th Apimondia International Congress, Warsaw, 1983
2. Hartwig A., Topolska G: Suche nach dem erfolgreichsten Termin Für die Anwendung von Apitol [Poszukiwanie najskuteczniejszego okresu zastosowania Apitolu]. I Polsko-Niemieckie Sympozjum Salus Apis Mellifera Postępy w Badaniach nad warrozą Szczecin, 17-19 września, 1992. 3. Hartwig A., Topolska G.: Przydatność rutynowych badań pszczół z osypu zimowego. II Polsko- Niemieckie Sympozjum Ku lepszej pszczole Oberlusel, Niemcy, 19-24 September1994. 4. Hartwig A., Topolska G.: Krzyżańska K.: Bekämpfung der Varroatose mit Formidol [Zwalczanie warrozy Formidolem w pasiece towarowej]. III Polsko-Niemieckie Sympozjum Salus Apis Mellifera Pszczoła miodna i pszczelarstwo w gęsto zaludnionej Europie Olsztyn, 23-27 września 1996. 5. Topolska G., Bakonyi T., Szendroi A., Rusvai M.: Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Bee Paralysis Virus Infection by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Naukowa Konferencja Pszczelarska, Puławy, marzec, 2001. 6. Topolska G., Hartwig A., Krzyżańska K.: Viruses associated with Varroa infestation in Polish apiaries. 38 Int. Apic. Congr., Ljubljana, Slovenia, 24 29 September 2003. 7. Rusvai M., Bakonyi T.,Forgách P., Topolska G.,Nowotny N.: Nucleic acid investigations of two Central European strains of acute bee paralysis virus isolated from honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). 38 Apimondia International Apiultural Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 24 29 September 2003. 8. Topolska G., Hartwig A.: Black Queen Cell Virus in Queen Rearing Apiaries. 1st European Conference of Apidology, Udine (Italy), 19-23 September 2004. 9. Tapaszti Z., Forgach P., Topolska G., Nowotny N., Rusvai M., Bakonyi T.: Phylogenetiic Diversity of Central-European Black Queen Cell Virus Genotypes. 39th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress. Dublin Ireland, August 21-26, 2005. 10. Tapaszti Z., Forgach P., Kovago C., Bakonyi T., Topolska G., Rusvai M.: Investigations on Possible Genetic Recombinations Between Central-European Black Queen Cell Virus Genotypes. 1stCentral European Forum for Microbiology and the Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology. Keszthely, Hungary, 26-28 October 2005. 11. Topolska G.: Black queen cell virus in commercially reared queen bees. 2nd European Conference of Apidology, Prague (Czech Republic) 10-14 September, 2006. 12. Kasprzak S., Topolska G, Hartwig A.: Incidents of chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) in the samples sent from apiaries in 2005. International Apicultural Scientific Conference in centenary of Jan Dzierżon s death, Puławy, kwietnia 2006 r. 13. Topolska G.,(2007) Finland, Mikkeli, University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute, 10-14 June, 2007 14. Topolska G.: Virus infections in Queen brood from Queen rearing apiaries 3rd European Conference of Apidology, Belfast (Ireland) 3-10 September, 2008. 15. Topolska G.: Black queen cell virus (BQCV) as a cause of death of honey bee queen larvae, prepupae and pupae in queen rearing apiaries in Poland. Conference Vaccines: advances in plant and microbial biotechnology, infectious immunity and cancer therapy, Warsaw, 28-29 November 2008 16. Topolska G., Wilde J., Bober A., Semkiw P., Bieńkowska M., Panasiuk B.: Colony losses in Poland in Winter of 2007/2008. 4thCOLOSS Conference Prevention of Honeybee Colony Losses (COST Action FA0803) Zagreb (Croatia) 3-4 March 2009 17. Topolska G., Wilde J., Bober A., Semkiw P., Bieńkowska M., Panasiuk B. (2009) Les pertes de colonies en Pologne au cours de l hiver 2007-2008. Bull. Tech. Apic. No 146, 36(2), 79-80. 18. Topolska G., Gajda A. Presence of Nosema ceranae in honey bee colonies in Poland. COLOSS Work Shop New molecular tools (COST Action FA0803) 19.-21.05.2009 Bern, Switzerland 19. Topolska G., Gajda A. Monitoring of honey bee colony losses in Poland during the winter of 2008/2009. COLOSS Workshop Monitoring (COST Action FA0803) 25-26 May, 2009 Amsterdam, 20. Gajda A., Topolska G., Most probable causes of colony losses during the winter of 2008/2009 in Poland. 5th COLOSS Conference Prevention of Honeybee Colony Losses, 14-15th September 2009. (COST Action FA0803).
21. Topolska G. Gajda A. Monitoring of winter (2008/2009) honey bee colony losses in Poland. 5th COLOSS Conference Prevention of Honeybee Colony Losses, 14-15th September 2009 (COST Action FA0803). 22. Topolska G. Gajda A. Nosema ceranae has been present in Poland since at least 1995. 41th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress., Francja, Montpellier 15 20 September, 2009. 23. Topolska G. Gajda A.. The implementation of the COLOSS questionnaire in Poland. COLOSS Workshop Monitoring and Standarization; Bee Book (COST Action FA0803) 18-20 January 2010, Amsterdam, 24. Topolska G., Gajda A. Laboratory infection of bees with viruses in Poland - some experimental conditions, COLOSS Workshop: Standardized methods for honey bee rearing in hoarding cages (COST Action FA0803) 25.-26 November 2010, Bologna, Italy 25. Topolska G., Gajda A.. Preliminary results of this year s winter losses in Poland COLOSS Workshop Standards on Monitoring and positive feedback loops between scientists an beekeepers (COST Action FA0803) 14-16 June 2010, Soro, Denmark, 26. Topolska G., Gajda A.: Monitoring of winter honeybee colony losses in Poland. 6th COLOSS Conference Prevention of Honey Bee Colony Losses, 5-6. September 2010, Ankara, Turkey. (COST Action FA0803). 27. Gajda A., Topolska G.: The course of Nosema ceranae infection in Poland. 4th European conference of Apidology, 7-9 September 2010, Ankara, Turkey 28. Van der Zee R., Bach K.N., Brodschneider R., Charriere J.D., Chlebo R., Coffey M.F., Dahle B., Drazic M.M., Formato G., Gray A., Higes M., Kauko L., Kence A., Kence M., Kezic N., Kristiansen P., Martin Hernandez R., Multinelli F., Otten C., Otten C., Peterson M., Ozkirim A., Pernal S.F., Pirk C., Pisa L., Ramsay G., Santrac V., Soroker V., Topolska G., Uzunov A., VejsnaesF., Wilkins S., Yalcinkaya A.: Honeybee Colony Losses 2009-10 in 23 countries using mainly the Coloss 2009-10 questionnaire. 4th European conference of Apidology, 7-9 September 2010, Ankara, Turkey 29. Topolska G. Gajda A.: COLOSS Workshop Coloss questionnaire: from question formulation to data analysis A survey of honey bee colony losses during the winter of 2009-2010 in Poland: outcomes and problems (COST Action FA0803) Avignon, 20-21 February 2011 30. Gajda A., Grzęda U., Topolska G.: The course of Nosema ceranae infection in Poland, VII COLOSS Conference (COST Action FA0803), Belgrade 27-28 August 2011 31. Topolska G., Gajda A.: The preliminary results of the survey on colony losses in Poland during the winter of 2010/2011. Coloss workshop Results and Finalising level 1 and 2 questionnaires (COST Action FA0803), Belgrade, 26 August 2011 32. Gajda, U. Grzęda, Topolska G.: The course of Nosema infection in experimental GEI colonies. COLOSS Workshop Honey bee vitality and diversity - Field observations of experimental GEI colonies" (COST Action FA0803) Puławy 26 29 July 2011 33. Topolska G. Gajda A. Grzęda U. Sampling methods during the colony bee losses survey in 2012 the issue for discussion. COLOSS Workshop Coloss Questionnaire 2012 / Beebook (COST Action FA0803) York 6-7 luty 2012. 34. Gajda, A. Topolska G.: Grzęda, U. The investigation of samples from the GEI experiment in Poland for Nosema spp. and viruses.. COLOSS Workshop Analysis of GEI disease data and publication" (COST Action FA0803) Kirchhain 28 June 1 July 2012. 35. Toploska G., Gajda A., Grzęda U. (2012) Experience from the four-year investigation of winter colony losses in Poland. Proceedings, 5th European Conference of Apidology Germany, Halle, 3-7.09.2012, 36. Gajda A., Topolska G., Grzęda U. (2012) The fourth year of research on type C nosemosis course in Poland. 8th COLOSS Conference, Hale, 1-3.09.2012 37. Topolska G., Gajda A., Grzęda U. (2012) The colony losses monitoring In Poland; Winter 2011/2012 results and evaluation of four years survey, Coloss WG 1 Workshop Monitoring of colony losses 2011-2012- temporal and spatial patterns Stróże, Poland, 1-2.10.2012,
38. Topolska,G., Grzęda U., Gajda A. (2013) Honeybee colony losses in Poland; scale and risk factors estimation by survey based on stratified random sampling the first year of investigation. 43rd Apimondia International Apicultural Congress., 29 September-4 October 2013, Kiev, Ukraine 39. Gajda A., Grzęda U., Topolska G. Wilde J., Bieńkowska M., Gerula D., Panasiuk B. (2013), Nosema ceranae has been present in honey bee colonies in Poland at least since 1994 and appears to have ousted Nosema apis. 9th COLOS Conference, Kyiv, 27-28.09. 2013, 40. Topolska G, Grzęda U., Gajda A. (2014).: Towards improved harmonization of surveys on honey bee colony losses. Coloss WG1 Workshop, Estimation of honey bee colony losses Continuity and visibility. Graz, Austria 4-5 February, 41. Rąbalski Ł, Grzęda U., Topolska G., Krejmer M., Szewczyk B. (2014) New findings in genome of Apis mellifera filamentous Virus Nr. 174 (2014) 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology 3-7 August 2014, University of Mainz, Germany, 3-7 August 2014 42. Topolska G., Grzęda U., Gajda A. (2014) Outcomes of the second year of investigation of winter honey bee colony losses in Poland using Coloss Questionnaire and randomised sampling. Proceedings 10th COLOSS Conference, Murcia, Spain 6-8th September, 2014, p. 41. 43. Gajda A., Grzęda U., Topolska G., Czopowicz M. (2014). Nosema ceranae in interactions with Nosema apis and Black Queen Cell Virus. Proceedings, 6th European Conference of Apidology, Murcia, Spain 8-12 September, 2014 44. Topolska G., Gajda A., Grzęda U. (2015) Suggestions to further define the questions in COLOSS questionnaire. COLOSS monitoring workshop Discussing and finalizing the 2015 questionnaire Copenhagen, Denmark 27-28 February 2015 Other publications end events 30 abstracts in conference proceedings in Polish 55 articles in beekeeping journals 59 lectures for beekeepers 20 interviews to mass media