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Nocturnal pollination of Parkia velutina by Megalopta bees in Amazonia and its possible significance in the evolution of chiropterophily. [PDF]

, 2000
Canopy observations of the rain forest tree Parkia velutina (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Amazonian Brazil indicate that it is pollinated by night-flying bees.
Hopkins, M. J. G., Sothers, C. A., H. C. Fortune Hopkins, Fortune Hopkins, H. C., Hopkins, M. J.G., A., Sothers, Cynthia, Fortune-Hopkins, Helen C., C. A. Sothers, M. J. G. Hopkins   +8 more
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Giving Unknown Bees a Name

, 2021
Bees and other pollinators play an essential role in supporting the plants on which life on earth depends. For a variety of reasons bee numbers and diversity are in decline. To help us determine the extent of the problem we developed the Spotabee project
Dunkley, Ria
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A strong immune response in young adult honeybees masks their increased susceptibility to infection compared to older bees [PDF]

, 2012
Honeybees, Apis mellifera, show age-related division of labor in which young adults perform maintenance ("housekeeping") tasks inside the colony before switching to outside foraging at approximately 23 days old. Disease resistance is an important feature
James C Bull, Bull James C., Laura A. Baxter, Baxter Laura A., Judith K. Pell (107694), Laura A Baxter, Osborne Juliet L., Ryabov, Eugene V., Prince Gill, Judith K. Pell¤b, Juliet L Osborne, Osborne, Juliet L., Judith K Pell, Cunjin Zhang, Prince, Gillian, Dave Chandler (107700), Zhang, C., Laura A. Baxter (107691), Ryabov, E. V., Zhang Cunjin, Dave Ch, Chandler Dave, Baxter, L. A., Juliet L. Osborne¤c, James C. Bull (107677), Pell Judith K., Ryabov Eugene V., Baxter, Laura, James Bull, Chandler, Dave, Eugene V. Ryabov (107680), Mead, A. (Andrew), Zhang, Cunjin, Eugene V Ryabov, Andrew Mead, Cunjin Zhang (107690), James C. Bull, Mead Andrew, Chandler, D., Gill Prince, Bull, James C., Prince, G., Pell, Judith K., Dave Chandler, Pell, J. K., Osborne, J. L., Juliet L. Osborne (107697), Andrew Mead (107686), Mead, A., Bull, J. C., Eugene V. Ryabov, Gill Prince (107683), Mead, Andrew, Pell, Judith   +53 more
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Big bees do a better job : intraspecific size variation influences pollination effectiveness [PDF]

, 2014
Funding: School of Biology, University of St AndrewsBumblebees (Bombus spp.) are efficient pollinators of many flowering plants, yet the pollen deposition performance of individual bees has not been investigated.
Finlayson, Kathryn, P. G. Willmer, K. Finlayson, Pat Willmer, Willmer, Patricia Gillian, Kathryn Finlayson   +5 more
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Simple model of Collective Decision Making during Nectar Source selection by Honey Bees. [PDF]

, 2005
Swarm Robotics is an area of active research interest where groups of robots coordinate and perform collective tasks. Existing ap- proaches to Learning and Collective Decision Making amongst a group of robots is complex.
Marshall, Ian, Ghosh, Siddhartha
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The Impact of Different Biotopes and Management Practices on the Burden of Parasites in Artificial Nests of Osmia spp. (Megachilidae) Bees

Diversity, 2022
The decline in pollinator insect abundance and diversity is increasing on a global scale. Major threats are the byproducts of numerous negative environmental pressures acting individually or in combination.
Ivana Tlak Gajger, Ivana Laklija, Mirko Jurković, Anja Košćević, Showket Ahmad Dar, Marija Ševar   +5 more
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Higher antibody titres against Pseudogymnoascus destructans are associated with less white-nose syndrome skin lesions in Palearctic bats

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionSerological tests can be used to test whether an animal has been exposed to an infectious agent, and whether its immune system has recognized and produced antibodies against it.
Jiri Pikula, Jiri Pikula, Jiri Brichta, Veronika Seidlova, Vladimir Piacek, Jan Zukal   +5 more
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Case report: Filarial infection of a parti-coloured bat: Litomosa sp. adult worms in abdominal cavity and microfilariae in bat semen

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
BackgroundFilarial infections have been understudied in bats. Likewise, little is known about pathogens associated with the reproductive system in chiropterans.
Jiri Pikula, Vladimir Piacek, Hana Bandouchova, Marie Bartlova, Sarka Bednarikova, Romana Burianova, Ondrej Danek, Ondrej Danek, Petr Jedlicka, Sarka Masova, Monika Nemcova, Veronika Seidlova, Katerina Zukalova, Jan Zukal   +13 more
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Co-opting Equity

Critical Education
This paper uses critical policy analysis to investigate how the concept of equity has been co-opted to promote a neoliberal agenda in education reforms in Manitoba.
Ellen Bees
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Reproductive toxicity of fluoroquinolones in birds

BMC Veterinary Research, 2019
Background While commercial poultry and captive birds are exposed to antimicrobials through direct medication, environmental pollution may result in contamination of wild birds.
Hana Hruba, Ehdaa Eltayeb Eltigani Abdelsalam, Nikolay Anisimov, Hana Bandouchova, Barbora Havelkova, Tomas Heger, Miroslava Kanova, Veronika Kovacova, Monika Nemcova, Vladimir Piacek, Jana Sedlackova, Frantisek Vitula, Jiri Pikula   +12 more
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