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Insights into the Role of Natural Products in the Control of the Honey Bee Gut Parasite (Nosema spp.)

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
The honey bee is an important economic insect due to its role in pollinating many agricultural plants. Unfortunately, bees are susceptible to many pathogens, including pests, parasites, bacteria, and viruses, most of which exert a destructive impact on ...
Hesham R. El-Seedi   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring of Honey Bee Colony Losses: A Special Issue

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
In recent decades, independent national and international research programs have revealed possible reasons for the death of managed honey bee colonies worldwide.
Aleš Gregorc
doaj   +1 more source

Parasite pressures on feral honey bees (Apis mellifera sp.).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Feral honey bee populations have been reported to be in decline due to the spread of Varroa destructor, an ectoparasitic mite that when left uncontrolled leads to virus build-up and colony death.
Catherine E Thompson   +4 more
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Revision of the South African endemic bee genus Redivivoides Michener, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The South African endemic bee genus Redivivoides Michener, 1981 is revised and redefined. The genus comprises seven species, six of which are described here as new: Redivivoides capensis sp. nov. ♀♂, R. eardleyi sp. nov. ♀, R. kamieskroonensis sp. nov. ♀,
Michael Kuhlmann   +3 more
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Getting more than a fair share: nutrition of worker larvae related to social parasitism in the Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Besides activation of ovaries and thelytokous reproduction of Cape workers, larval nutrition is an important aspect in parasitism of the African honey bee.
Calis, J.N.M.   +7 more
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Abundance and Diversity of Insect Visitors to Ground Cover Plants in Organic Orchard With Bee Hives (Apis Mellifera) in Batu, Indonesia

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
This study aims to determine the differences in abundance, richness, diversity, evenness, and dominance of insects on ground cover plants and to visually analyse their visiting patterns in organic orchard with bee hives and without bee hives (Apis ...
Budi Purwantiningsih   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

American Foulbrood Disease and Other Bee Pests in the Caribbean with Specific Emphasis on Jamaica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Caribbean has been plagued by bee pests with each island taking steps to eradicate and or control these pests. In an effort to detennine the status ofAmerican Foulbrood Disease and other bee pests in Jamaica, 390 I hives in 185 randomly selected ...
Smith, Hugh A.
core   +1 more source

Plant protection consequences in Hungary of the withdrawal of systemic active substances from sugar beet seed treatment

open access: yesFrontiers in Agronomy
After decades of development, neonicotinoids were widely used in Hungarian sugar beet production and seeds included thiamethoxam treatment by 2019 increasing protection against early spring pests.
Ildikó Jócsák   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality Evaluation of Bee Products

open access: yes, 2023
Bee products, such as honey, bee pollen, bee bread, royal jelly, propolis, and bee-related insect foods, are widely consumed as natural/functional foods or supplements, owing to their nutritional/bioactive characteristics, which are beneficial to human ...

core   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

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