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Plants, Pollinators and Pheromones: Promises and Lies of Semiochemicals
ABSTRACT Pollination is traditionally regarded as a quintessential mutualism, yet many plants employ deceptive strategies to achieve reproductive success. Among the most intriguing is sexual deception, wherein flowers mimic the sex pheromones and visual signals of female insects to attract male pollinators—without providing any reward.
Filip Slavković, Abdelhafid Bendahmane
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Unravelling pollen diet and microbiome influence on honey bee health. [PDF]
Braglia C+8 more
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Biosynthesis of the fatty acid components of the Apis mellifera mandibular gland pheromones takes place in a stepwise manner. Differential gene expression in the mandibular gland tissue of workers from two subspecies of African honey bees with differing reproductive potentials and at two age groups was investigated.
Fiona Nelima Mumoki+3 more
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Antioxidant Activity of Honey Bee Products. [PDF]
Tlak Gajger I, Vlainić J.
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ABSTRACT Nitrofuran metabolites, including semicarbazide, pose significant risks to food safety, particularly in the aquatic industry. Bangladesh's shrimp industry faced major challenges due to nitrofuran contamination, leading to a voluntary export suspension to the European Union (EU).
S. M. Nazmul Alam
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Reexamination of honey bee Africanization in Mexico and other regions of the New World. [PDF]
Payró de la Cruz E+3 more
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Land Use and Season Interactively Affect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Body Size and Fat Stores
Habitat fragmentation and loss due to anthropogenic activities have impacted the foraging success of many animals, including pollinators. In this study, we found that summer honeybees in urban and mixed habitats were smaller and had greater wing wear but had larger fat stores compared to those in agricultural areas, where fat stores dropped during the ...
Yongqiang Wu+2 more
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Testing learning as alternative to the blank slate hypothesis in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. [PDF]
Rueppell O+3 more
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