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Nutritional Physiology and Ecology of Honey Bees.
Annual Review of Entomology, 2018 Honey bees feed on floral nectar and pollen that they store in their colonies as honey and bee bread. Social division of labor enables the collection of stores of food that are consumed by within-hive bees that convert stored pollen and honey into royal ...
Geraldine A. Wright +2 more
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SociobiologyThe present study investigated the flower position characteristics of Pomegranate (variety: Bhagwa) pollinator diversity and their effect on fruit yield.
K. T. Vijayakaumar +3 more
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Mason bees and honey bees synergistically enhance fruit set in sweet cherry orchards
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Mason bees (Osmia spp.) are efficient fruit tree pollinators that can be encouraged to occupy and breed in artificial nesting material. In sweet cherry orchards, they are occasionally used as an alternative managed pollinator as a replacement for or in ...
Julia Osterman +8 more
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Novel probiotic approach to counter Paenibacillus larvae infection in honey bees
The ISME Journal, 2019 American foulbrood (AFB) is a highly virulent disease afflicting honey bees (Apis mellifera). The causative organism, Paenibacillus larvae, attacks honey bee brood and renders entire hives dysfunctional during active disease states, but more commonly ...
Brendan A. Daisley +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 For honey bees (Apis mellifera), colony maintenance and growth are highly dependent on worker foragers obtaining sufficient resources from flowering plants year round. Despite the importance of floral diversity for proper bee nutrition, urban development
Pierre Lau +7 more
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Diurnal Temperature and Time Affect Visitation Patterns of Honey Bees
SociobiologyTemperature is one of the most important environmental factors affecting honey bee activity, while ambient temperature varies widely during the daytime.
Deng-Fei Li +7 more
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Possible Spillover of Pathogens between Bee Communities Foraging on the Same Floral Resource
Insects, 2021 Viruses are known to contribute to bee population decline. Possible spillover is suspected from the co-occurrence of viruses in wild bees and honey bees.
Anne Dalmon +7 more
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Native habitat mitigates feast–famine conditions faced by honey bees in an agricultural landscape
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Industrial-scale production of crops through monocultures has resulted in “green deserts” of reduced biodiversity in many areas worldwide. Such simplified landscapes may impact ecosystem services such as pollination. Here, we present a large-
Adam G. Dolezal +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Insect pollinators are vital to the stability of a broad range of both natural and anthropogenic ecosystems and add billions of dollars to the economy each year. Honey bees are perhaps the best studied insect pollinator due to their economic and cultural
Isaac P. Weinberg +6 more
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Traces of a Neonicotinoid Induce Precocious Foraging and Reduce Foraging Performance in Honey Bees.
Environmental Science and Technology, 2019 There is increasing worldwide concern about the impacts of pesticide residues on honey bees and bee colony survival, but how sublethal effects of pesticides on bees might cause colony failure remains highly controversial, with field data giving very ...
T. Colin +3 more
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