Scientific interests

Social insects, division of labour, aging, general honey bee behavior & ecology, bee health, honey production, climate change
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PhD – Poznań University of Life Sciences; Effect of drones presence on workers performance in the honey bee Apis mellifera

Experience and employment

Laboratory of Apidology, PULS

Teaching

Apidology
Entomology
Beekeeping
Sustainable methods of animal husbandry (bees)
Repetitory course on animal husbandry/biology in English
Ethology (eusociality)
Zoology (invertebrates)

Other

Instructor for the Apidology Section and Co-Instructor of the Behavioral Sciences Section of the Student Science Circle of Animal Breeders and Biologists
Explore your passion for bees – learn the art of beekeeping, plan and run your own research.

Projects

Member of the Management Committee of COST Action
26.09.2023 – 25.09.2027 CA22105 – BEekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the SAFEty of BEEs and HONEY (BeSafeBeeHoney)

Project research manager
Project implemented under the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme for Poland co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, Measure 16: Cooperation. Project No: 00011.DDD.6509.00339.2022.16
The highest quality honey produced in a sustainable environment of a smart hive that guarantees better health of the honey bee colony 2023 –2024

Grant holder; grant founded by National Science Center
2019 – 2020: 2019/03/X/NZ8/01461 Role of night time pollinators in pollination of oilseed rape

Investigator; international project
UE FP7-Project no 311781
LInking farmland Biodiversity to Ecosystem seRvices for effective ecofunctional intensificATION (LIBERATION) 2013/2017
(participation in 2014)

Investigator; grant founded by National Science Center
NCN: 2011 – 2013 N N304 294240 UP Poznań The mechanisms of social evolution in ants: an analysis of the impact of potential fertility on behavior and division of labor 2010/2013

Grant holder; inter-university interdisciplinary research project: Poznań University of Life Sciences – Poznań University of Medical Sciences
3/556/WI/10 Evaluation of flow cytometry for assessment of selected sperm parameters of Apis mellifera L. and Osmia rufa L. bees May-Nov 2010

Publications

Takacs, V., Łangowska, A., Banaszak-Cibicka, W., Sienkiewicz, P., Kloskowski, J., Świtek, S., … & Tryjanowski, P. 2023. . [Chapter 9 Ecological values of ecosystem services. In: Stępniewska M., Mizgajski A. (Editors) Ecosystem services in the management of natural systems (in Polish)] Rozdział 9 Ekologiczne wartości usług ekosystemowych. W: Stępniewska M., Mizgajski A. (red.) Usługi ekosystemowe w zarządzaniu układami przyrodniczymi, 175-196, Bogucki Wyd. Nauk., Poznań.

Langowska A. 2023. Réchauffement climatique : comment la température influence les populations automnales de varroas. La Santé de l’Abeille 313: 59-70

Osterman J., Landaverde-González P., Garratt M.P.D., Gee M., Mandelik Y., Langowska A., Miñarro M., Cole L. J., Eeraerts M., Bevk D., Avrech O., Koltowski Z., Trujillo-Elisea F.I., Paxton R.J., Boreux V., Seymour C. L., Howlett B.G. 2021. On-farm experiences shape farmer knowledge, perceptions of pollinators, and management practices. Global Ecology and Conservation 32, e01949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01949

Smoliński S., Langowska A., Glazaczow A. 2021. Raised seasonal temperatures reinforce autumn Varroa destructor infestation in honey bee colonies. Scientific Reports 11:22256 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01369-1

Langowska A., Zduniak P. 2020. No direct contact needed for drones to shorten workers lifespan in honey bee. Journal of Apicultural Research 59:1, 88-94. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2019.1644939

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Takacs V., Kesy M., Langowska A., Blecharczyk A., Sawinska Z., Sparks T.H., Tryjanowski P. 2019. Manure application improves both bumblebee flower visitation and crop yield in intensive farmland. Basic and Applied Ecology 36, 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2019.03.005

Langowska A.,  Yosef R., Skórka P.,  Tryjanowski P. 2018. Mist-netting of migrating bee-eaters positively influences honey bee colony performance. Journal of Apicultural Science 62,1: 67–78. https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2018-0008

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Twerd L., Fliszkiewicz M., Giejdasz K., Langowska A. 2018. City parks vs natural areas – is it possible to preserve a natural level of bee richness and abundance in a city park? Urban Ecosystems 21,4: 599–613. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-018-0756-8

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Fliszkiewicz M., Langowska A., Żmihorski M. 2018. Body size and wing asymmetry in bees along an urbanization gradient. Apidologie 49,3: 297–306. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-017-0554-y

Langowska A., Zawilak M., Sparks T.H., Glazaczow A., Tomkins P. W., Tryjanowski P. 2017. Long-term effect of temperature on honey yield and honeybee phenology. Int. J. Biometeorol. 61,6: 1125-1132. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1293-x

Fliszkiewicz M., Langowska A., Tryjanowski P. 2013. Effect of manipulated sex ratio on insemination of the red mason bee Osmia bicornis L. under net cage conditions. J. Apic. Sci. 57,2: 73–79, DOI: 10.2478/jas-2013-0018

Rzymski P., Langowska A., Fliszkiewicz M., Poniedziałek B., Karczewski J., Wiktorowicz K. 2012. Flow cytometry as an estimation tool for honey bee sperm viability. Theriogenology 77,8: 1642-1647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.12.009

Szymaś B., Łangowska A., Kazimierczak-Baryczko M. 2012. Histological structure of the midgut of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) fed pollen substitutes fortified with probiotics. J. Apic. Sci. 56,1: 5-12. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10289-012-0001-2

Rosin Z.M., Takacs V., Báldi A., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Dajdok Z., Dolata P.T., Kwieciński Z., Łangowska A., Moroń D., Skórka P., Tobółka M., Tryjanowski P., Wuczyński A. 2011. Ecosystem services as an efficient tool of nature conservation: a view from the Polish farm land. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą, 67,1:3-21. [in Polish with English summary]

Langowska A., Ekner A., Skórka P., Tobolka M., Tryjanowski P. 2010. Nest-site tenacity and dispersal patterns of Vespa crabro colonies located in bird nest-boxes. Sociobiology 56,2: 375-382.

Sparks T. H., Langowska A., Głazaczow A., Wilkaniec Z., Bieńkowska M., Tryjanowski P. 2010. Advances in the timing of spring cleaning by the Honeybee Apis mellifera in Poland. Ecological Entomology 35, 6: 788–791. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01226.x

Szymaś B., Łangowska A., Giejdasz K. 2007. Condition of worker honeybees fed various carbohydrate syrups in laboratory conditions. Nauka Przyr. Technol. 1,2,#40.

Szymaś B., Socha M., Łangowska A. 2007. Honey production in queen-breeding apiary. Nauka Przyr. Technol. 1,4,#49.

Szymaś B., Rogala R., Łangowska A. 2003. Level of aminoacids in the body of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) fed on candy. Sci. Pap. Agric. Univ. Pozn. Anim. Sci. 5: 105-109.

Szymaś B., Rogala R., Łangowska A. 2003. Computer application to biometrical evaluation of the pharyngeal glands of honey bee (Apis mellifera). J. Apic. Res. 42,4: 83–84.

(+ Erratum: Szymaś B., Rogala R., Łangowska A. 2004. Computer application to biometrical evaluation of the pharyngeal glands of honey bee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Apicultural Research (2003) 42:4 (83-84)) J. Apic. Res. 43,1: 31.)

Łangowska A., Szymaś B., Baryczko M. 2003. Laboratory evaluation of proteinaceous feeds for bees containing lactic acid bacteria. Sci. Pap. Agric. Univ. Pozn. Anim. Sci. 5: 53-61.

Szymaś B., Łangowska A. 2002. Effect of abiotic factors on the consumption of carbohydrate and protein nutrient by a bee colony in the summer period. Sci. Pap. Agric. Univ. Pozn. Anim. Sci. 4: 195-201.

Łangowska A., Szymaś B., Przybył A. 2002. Utilisation of the seeds of milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.), Gaertn.) in the nutrition of honey bee. J. Apic. Sci. 46,2: 49-54.

Łangowska A., Szymaś B. 2002. Teleeducation for beekeeping. Biuletyn Naukowy. Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie 19. [in Polish]

Łangowska A., Szymaś B. 2000. Improvement of composition and production technology of pollen substitute for honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Rocz. Nauk. Zootech. 27 (supp/9): 113-118.

Szymaś B., Woźniak A. 2000. Effect of abiotic factors on the consumption of carbohydrate-and-protein nutrient by a bee colony in the spring period. Scientific Papers of Agricultural University of Poznań, Animal Science 2: 145-150.

Szymaś B., Woźniak A., Poprawiak S. 2000. Bee forage plants in Swadzim/near Poznań. Roczniki Akademii Rolniczej w Poznaniu. Zootechnika 52, 223-229 [in Polish]

Łangowska A., Szymaś B. 2000. Improvement of composition and production technology of pollen substitutes for honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Roczniki Naukowe Zootechniki. Suplement 9, 113-118. [in Polish]