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Productive qualities of bees of the Central Russian and Carpathian breeds [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
The study evaluates the winter hardiness, spring development, and honey production of Central Russian honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) and Carpathian honey bees (Apis mellifera carpatica) in the Chelyabinsk region.
Pashayan S.A.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simple Model of Learning and Collective Decision Making during Nectar Source Selection by Honey Bees [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 W., Ghosh, Siddhartha
core  

Why honey is effective as a medicine. 1. Its use in modern medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Honey has been used as a medicine for thousands of years and its curative properties are well documented. However, modern medicine turned its back on honey and it is only now, with the advent of multi-resistant bacteria, that the antibiotic properties of
Molan, Peter C., Peter C Molan
core   +1 more source

Potential of Bee Pollen as a Nutraceutical And/Or Functional Ingredient for Metabolic Syndrome Management: In Vitro Antioxidant, Anti‐Inflammatory, and Digestive Enzyme Inhibitory Activities

open access: yesFood Chemistry International, EarlyView.
Bee pollen samples from China and Spain exhibited in vitro antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and digestive enzyme inhibitory activities due to their composition, suggesting their potential as a nutraceutical or functional ingredient to help counteract oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
Adriana Maite Fernández‐Fernández   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blessing or curse? Varroa mite impacts Africanized bee spread and beekeeping

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 1998
Africanized honey bees were first detected in California in October 1994. Since then, they have established a foothold in the Imperial Valley and have spread toward San Diego and into Palm Springs.
R Page
doaj   +2 more sources

Defining the pollinator garden: is conceptual flexibility a feature or a bug?

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Ecologists often aim to reduce conceptual ambiguity by attempting to create rigid shared lexicons. These efforts imply that ambiguity is undesirable. In some contexts, however, conceptual flexibility comes with under‐discussed benefits. Here, we use the lens of pollinator gardening to explore how conceptual flexibility is built into participatory ...
Atticus W Murphy   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Honey bees navigate according to a map-like spatial memory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
By using harmonic radar, we report the complete flight paths of displaced bees. Test bees forage at a feeder or are recruited by a waggle dance indicating the feeder.
Stollhoff, N.   +14 more
core   +1 more source

The organizational impact of chronic heat: diffuse brood comb and decreased carbohydrate stores in honey bee colonies

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers' sensory assessments of bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) syrup give way to a promising artisan industry

open access: yesJSFA reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 113-124, March 2025.
Abstract Background Most pure maple syrup produced in North America is produced from the sap of sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum). Interest is growing to utilize other maple species in different regions of North America outside the native range of sugar maple.
Ann E. Colonna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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