Dr. sc. Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl, assist. prof.

From 2005 - Researcher at the Animal Production Department, Beekeeping, Agricultural institute of Slovenia.

Study

1999-2005 – Undergraduate Study, Veterinary faculty, University of Ljubljana

2006-2011 – Doctoral Study, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences University of Maribor

Work

2005 – Assistant at Agricultural institute of Slovenia

2011 – Dr. sc., Agronomy (13.9.2011)

2016 – Research associate

2021 –  Asst. prof., Faculty of Matematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Teaching Beekeeping

• Honey bee nutrition
• Honey bee pathology
• Selection of Carniolan honey bee
• Queen breeding
• Sensory evaluation of honey

• Honey bee biology: lectures for beekeepers, Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association, Lukovica (2011-2017)
• University of Primorska, FAMNIT: Beekeeping (2021 - )

• COLOSS – Honey bee research association (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes)
• BEE WORLD – Member of Editorial board (2018-)
• SAČD – Slovensko akademsko čebelarsko društvo, chair (2017-)
• Member of commission for National Vocational Qualification (2019-)
• ČD Ljubljana Moste-Polje, Member (2008-)
• Slovenski čebelar – Member of Editorial board (2011-2015)

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Prehrana čebel. Ljubljana: Kmečki glas, 2020.

KOZMUS, Peter, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, NAKRST, Mitja. Čebelarjenje za vsakogar. 2. ponatis. Ljubljana: Kmečki glas, 2015. 

KOZMUS, Peter, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, NAKRST, Mitja. Čebelarjenje za vsakogar. Elektronska izd. Ljubljana: Kmečki glas, 2020. https://www.biblos.si/isbn/9789612035037. 

TLAK GAJGER, Ivana, VLAINIĆ, Josipa, ŽAGAR-ŠOŠTARIĆ, Petra, PREŠERN, Janez, BUBNIČ, Jernej, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Effects on some therapeutical, biochemical, and immunological parameters of honey bee (Apis mellifera) exposed to probiotic treatments, in field and laboratory condition. Insects, ISSN 2075-4450, 2020, 11(9), 1-16.

BÜCHLER, Ralph, UZUNOV, Aleksandar, KOVAČIĆ, Marin, PREŠERN, Janez, PIETROPAOLI, Marco, HATJINA, Fani, PAVLOV, Borče, CHARISTOS, Leonidas, FORMATO, Giovanni, GALARZA, Egoitz, GREGORC, Aleš, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, et al. Summer brood interruption as integrated management strategy for effective Varroa control in Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research, ISSN 0021-8839, 2020, vol. 59, no. , 10 str., doi: 10.1080/00218839.2020.1793278. 

RIVERA-GOMIS, Jorge, BUBNIČ, Jernej, RIBARITS, Alexsandra, MOOSBECKHOFER, Rudolf, ALBER, Oliver, KOZMUS, Peter, JANNONI-SEBASTIANINI, Riccardo, HAEFEKER, Walter, KÖGLBERGER, H., SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, GREGORC, Aleš, et al. Good farming practices in apiculture. Revue scientifique et technique - Office international des épizooties, ISSN 0253-1933, 2020, 38(3), 879-890. 

PREŠERN, Janez, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Parameters influencing queen body mass and their importance as determined by machine learning in honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica). Apidologie, ISSN 0044-8435, 2019, 50, 745-757. 

MOŠKRIČ, Ajda, BUBNIČ, Jernej, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, PREŠERN, Janez. Potential positive effects of hop beta acids on parasitic mite Varroa destructor control in honey bee colonies. Journal of hygienic engineering and design, ISSN 1857-8489, 2018, 24, 21-28. 

TLAK GAJGER, Ivana, RIBARIĆ, Jasna, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, VLAINIĆ, Josipa, SIKIRIĆ, Predrag. Stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 in honeybee (Apis mellifera) therapy, to control Nosema ceranae invasions in apiary conditions. Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics, ISSN 0140-7783, 2018, vol. , issue , str. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jvp.12509, doi: 10.1111/jvp.12509. [COBISS.SI-ID 5493608]

GREGORC, Aleš, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Characteristics of honey bee (Apis Mellifera Carnica, Pollman 1879) queens reared in Slovenian commercial breeding stations. Journal of Apicultural Science, ISSN 1643-4439, 2015, vol. 59, no. 2, str. 5-12, ilustr., doi: 10.1515/jas-2015-0016. [COBISS.SI-ID 4854888]

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, GREGORC, Aleš. Characteristics of hypopharyngeal glands in honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica) from a nurse colony. Slovenian veterinary research, ISSN 1580-4003. [English print ed.], 2015, vol. 52, no. 2, str. 67-74, ilustr. http://www.slovetres.si/index.php/SVR/article/view/77. [COBISS.SI-ID 4779368]

TLAK GAJGER, Ivana, RIBARIĆ, Jasna, MATAK, Marina, SVEČNJAK, Lidija, KOZARIĆ, Zvonko, NEJEDLI, Srebrenka, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Zeolite clinoptilolite as a dietary supplement and remedy for honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Veterinární medicína, ISSN 0375-8427, 2015, vol. 60, no. 12, str. 696-705. http://vri.cz/docs/vetmed/60-12-696.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 4941160]

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, GREGORC, Aleš. A preliminary laboratory study on the longevity of A. m. carnica honey bees after feeding with candies containing HMF. Journal of Apicultural Research, ISSN 0021-8839, 2014, vol. 53, no. 4, str. 422-423, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 4546408]

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, NAKRST, Mitja, ŽVOKELJ, Lucija, GREGORC, Aleš. The acaricidal effect of flumethrin, oxalic acid and amitraz against varroa destructor in honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) colonies. Acta veterinaria Brno, ISSN 0001-7213, 2011, vol. 80, str. 51-56. [COBISS.SI-ID 3588456]

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, GREGORC, Aleš. Heat shock proteins and cell death in situ localisation in hypopharyngeal glands of honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica) workers after imidacloprid or coumaphos treatment. Apidologie, ISSN 0044-8435, 2010, letn. 41, št. 1, str. 73-86, graf. prikazi, ilustr., tabele, doi: 10.1051/apido/2009051. [COBISS.SI-ID 3171432]

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, KMECL, Veronika, GREGORC, Aleš. Exposure to pesticides at sublethal level and their distribution within a honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, ISSN 0007-4861, 2010, no. 2, str. 125-128. https://link.springer.com/journal/128, doi: 10.1007/s00128-010-0069-y. [COBISS.SI-ID 3360616]

SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, VELIKONJA BOLTA, Špela, BAŠA ČESNIK, Helena, GREGORC, Aleš. Residues of pesticides in honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica) bee bread and in pollen loads from treated apple orchards. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, ISSN 0007-4861, 2009, vol. 83, no. 3, str. 374-377, doi: 10.1007/s00128-9762-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 3020392]

GREGORC, Aleš, LOKAR, Vesna, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Testing of the isolation of the Rog-Ponikve mating station for Carniolan (Apis mellifera carnica) honey bee qeens. Journal of Apicultural Research, ISSN 0021-8839, 2008, letn. 47, no. 2, str. 138-142, graf. prikazi. [COBISS.SI-ID 2691688]

GREGORC, Aleš, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Combating Varroa destructor in honeybee colonies using flumethrin or fluvalinate. Acta veterinaria Brno, ISSN 0001-7213, 2007, vol. 76, str. 309-314. https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=67170&lang=slv. [COBISS.SI-ID 2423912]

GREGORC, Aleš, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana. Toxicological and immunohistochemical testing of honeybees after oxalic and rotenone treatments. Apidologie, ISSN 0044-8435, 2007, letn. 38, št. 3, str. 296-305. [COBISS.SI-ID 2423656]

HATJINA, Fani, BIEŃKOWSKA, Małgorzata, CHARISTOS, Leonidas, CHLEBO, Robert, COSTA, Cecilia, DRAŽIĆ, Maja, FILIPI, Janja, GREGORC, Aleš, IVANOVA, Evgeniya, KEZIĆ, Nikola, KOPERNICKY, Jan, KRYGER, Per, LODESANI, Marco, LOKAR, Vesna, MLADENOVIĆ, Mića, PANASIUK, Beata, PETROV, Plamen P, RAŠIĆ, Slađan, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, VEJSNÆS, Flemming, WILDE, Jerzy. A review of methods used in some European countries for assessing the quality of honey bee queens through their physical characters and the performance of their colonies = Revisión de los métodos usados en algunos países europeos para la evaluación de la calidad de las abejas reinas a través de sus caracteres físicos y el desarrollo de sus colonias. Journal of Apicultural Research, ISSN 0021-8839, 2014, vol. 53, no. 3, str. 337-363. [COBISS.SI-ID 4491880]