A high‐throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the argentine ant
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.A high‐throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the Argentine ant. The dual feeder detects dispreference for food with low levels of an aversive compound (quinine) and preference for foods with higher levels of phagostimulants (sucrose).
Thomas Wagner +2 more
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Authenticity of Ecuadorian Commercial Honeys [PDF]
, 2015 Control of honey frauds is needed in Ecuador to protect bee keepers and consumers because simple syrups and new syrups with eucalyptus are sold as genuine honeys.
Finotello, Claudia +3 more
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LEVANTAMENTO DA FLORA MELÍFERA DE INTERESSE APÍCOLA NO MUNICÍPIO DE PETROLINA-PE
Revista Caatinga, 2006 This study had the objective of surveying the apicultural potential in the municipality of Petrolina flora (9o9'S; 40o22'W), aiming at identifying the nectariferous or polliniferous species visited by Apis mellifera.
Rafael Francisco Santos +2 more
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A Survey of Bee Species Found Pollinating Watermelons in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Using a combination of flower traps and visual observations, we surveyed three watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) fields in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to determine what bees inhabit this crop in this region.
C. S. Henne +2 more
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POLLEN SOURCES USED BY Apis mellifera LATREILLE IN THE SEMIARID REGION
Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2015 This study aimed at identifying the pollen sources used by Apis mellifera L. in the municipality of Itaberaba, State of Bahia. Pollen samples were obtained through collectors installed at the entrance of ten A.
Shirley Nascimento Costa +3 more
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The mating behaviour of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)
Journal of Entomology Series A, General Entomology, 1971 SYNOPSISAn account is given of the mating responses of free‐flying drones towards a queen, and of the pheromones controlling these responses.
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Effects of Bt cabbage pollen on the honeybee Apis mellifera L [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 AbstractHoneybees may be exposed to insecticidal proteins from transgenic plants via pollen during their foraging activity. Assessing effects of such exposures on honeybees is an essential part of the risk assessment process for transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cabbage.
Zhiyuan Fang, Dengxia Yi, Limei Yang
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Immune priming of honey bees protects against a major microsporidian pathogen
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.We immune‐primed honey bees at two developmental stages in the laboratory and the field with heat‐killed Nosema ceranae spores. When subsequently fed live spores, immune‐primed adults had lower infection levels. Abstract BACKGROUND Honey bees face significant threats from pathogens like Nosema ceranae, a microsporidian parasite that contributes to ...
James C. Nieh +6 more
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First detection of Paenibacillus larvae the causative agent of American Foulbrood in a Ugandan honeybee colony [PDF]
, 2016 Paenibacillus larvae is a highly contagious and often lethal widely distributed pathogen of honeybees, Apis mellifera but has not been reported in eastern Africa to date. We investigated the presence of P.
Akol, Anne M +4 more
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Notes on Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in an apiary in the state of Rio de Janeiro
EntomoBrasilis, 2019 . We record, for the first time, the presence of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in the Rio de Janeiro state, in an apiary constituted by 36 honeybee hives Apis mellifera L. No eggs or larvae of A. tumida were found, only adults.
Sérgio Nogueira Pereira +9 more
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