In this podcast we are joined by Prof. Peter Neumann, the Vinetum professor of the Institute of Bee Health at the University of Bern. His reaserach covers all aspects of all aspects of bee health with focus on behavioural, evolutionary and molecular ecology of honey bees and their pathogens. Peter has been the adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, researching  ectoparasitic mites Tropilaelaps spp. and Varroa spp.  Peter has also been Chair of the research consortium “European honey bees surviving Varroa destructor by means of natural selection” that is comprised of eight research institutes from Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands; Management. He is also president of the COLOSS association (www.coloss.org) (prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) that is currently comprised of >1500 members from >100 countries.