COMPARATIVE VARIABILITY OF DRONES AND WORKERS OF THE HONEY BEE
, 1903 D. B. Casteel, E. F. Phillips
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Exploring marking methods for the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Insect Science, EarlyView.As important pollinators and predators of aphids, hoverflies play an important role in ecosystems. This study focuses on identifying the best marking technique for the model species Sphaerophoria rueppellii that can be used to track hoverfly feeding and oviposition sites, evaluating three methods: rubidium (RbCl), fluorescein, and fluorescent dusts ...
Michele Violi +4 more
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On the Anatomy and Functions of the Tongue of the Honey-Bee (Worker).
, 1884 Travers James Briant
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Effect on honey bees of toxaphene and strobane applied to white clover pasture [PDF]
, 1958 T. Palmer-Jones +2 more
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Effect of Spiroplasma infection on the mating behavior of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes
Insect Science, EarlyView.Abstract Tsetse flies are insects of significant public health and zoonotic importance as they are the main vectors of African trypanosomes. To date, an effective vaccine is unavailable and efforts to limit the spread of the disease primarily rely on controlling the tsetse populations.
Giulia Fiorenza +14 more
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EcosphereBee declines pose a serious risk to agricultural sustainability, wild plant diversity, and the commercial bee industry, generating local and global concerns about bee health. Parasites, including micro‐parasites and macro‐parasites, negatively impact bee
Briana E. Wham +7 more
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Temporal patterns of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) mitochondrial DNA variation in the archipelago of Azores (Portugal) [PDF]
, 2010 Morphological and molecular studies have been carried out on different Mediterranean and Atlantic island populations of honey bees. A previous genetic survey of the Azorean honey bees, carried out by De la Rúa and colleagues (2006), showed their genetic ...
Baptista, Paula +6 more
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Effect on honey bees of DDT applied from the air as a spray to lucerne; Notes on lucerne pollination [PDF]
, 1958 T. Palmer-Jones, I. W. Forster
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Stress in dipteran insects mass‐reared for sterile insect technique applications
Insect Science, EarlyView.The connections between biotic and abiotic stress affecting mass‐reared dipteran insects and the associated stress and immunological responses. Numbers indicate the order in which the topics are discussed in this review. Abstract Stress may be viewed as the disturbance of homeostasis of an organism.
Caroline K. Mirieri +3 more
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The Dynamics of Pollination Markets [PDF]
The economic problem of a commercial beekeeper is akin to that of a traveling salesman with the important difference that bees simultaneously pollinate crops and feed on them.
Champetier, Antoine
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