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Bio‐Based Wax Interfaces for Droplet Energy Harvesting at Fluoropolymer‐Like Output Levels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Replacing unsustainable fluorinated polymers in droplet‐based energy harvesters is usually limited by low power outputs, but carefully selected bio‐based polymers are capable of creating fluoropolymer‐like voltage outputs. Abstract Droplet impact and rebound on solid surfaces has emerged as a promising method for energy harvesting, typically ...
Behnam Kamare, Mahla Shahabi, Matteo Carpi de Resmini, Tiago Fernandes, Fabian Meder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Honey Bee Colony’s Criterion for Candidate Selection: “Ongoing” or “One-Shot”?

Animals
In the honey bee, the queen’s death severely threatens the survival of the colony. In an emergency, new queens are reared from young worker larvae, where nepotism is thought to influence the choice of queen candidates by the workers.
Luxia Pan, Shiqing Zhong, Tianyu Xu, Weixuan Chen, Zhijiang Zeng   +4 more
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Effect of honeybee venom and Egyptian propolis on the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) health in vivo

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2022
Background Honeybees are one of the most important pollinators in the world, and their products are nowadays included in most anticancer, antiallergic, antimicrobial drugs and are included in cosmetic treatments.
Heba Seyam, Amr A. A. Metwally, Ayman H. El-Deeb, Sawsan El-Mohandes, Mohamed S. Badr, Emtithal M. Abd-El-Samie   +5 more
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Combined stress from parasites, pesticides and lack of flowers drives bee declines [PDF]

, 2015
Bees are subject to numerous pressures in the modern world. The abundance and diversity of flowers has declined, bees are chronically exposed to cocktails of agrochemicals, and they are simultaneously exposed to novel parasites accidentally spread by ...
Botias Talamantes, Cristina, Goulson, Dave, Nicholls, Beth, Rotheray, Ellen   +3 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing antioxidant activity and quality of Triadica cochinchinensis honey via an automated temperature-humidity controlled cabinet

Frontiers in Nutrition
Honey, a key beekeeping product, is rich in antioxidants and bioactive compounds, offering antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and health-promoting properties. The water content of honey is directly correlated with its quality.
Huizhi Jiang, Huizhi Jiang, Weixuan Chen, Weixuan Chen, Wujun Jiang, Feng Liu, Xiaobo Wu, Xiaobo Wu, Weiyu Yan, Weiyu Yan, Xujiang He, Xujiang He, Zhijiang Zeng, Zhijiang Zeng   +13 more
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Small Hive Beetles From Native to Introduced Populations

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
The small hive beetle (SHB), a social parasite of beehives, is native to sub-Saharan Africa and has spread to America, Europe, and Australia. Recently, these beetles invaded China, causing widespread colony collapses in the honeybee, Apis cerana. In this
Wen Feng Bai, Wen Feng Bai, Junfeng Liu, Yuanzhen Liu, Wensu Han, Jay D. Evans, Qiang Huang, Qiang Huang   +7 more
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Measurement of the threshold sensitivity of honeybees to weak, extremely low-frequency magnetic fields [PDF]

, 1997
Experiments reported previously demonstrate that free-flying honeybees are able to detect static intensity fluctuations as weak as 26 nT against the background, earth-strength magnetic field.
Boyce, C. K., Kirschvink, Joseph L., Oglesby, J., Padmanabha, S.   +3 more
core  

Dimorphic enantiostyly and its function for pollination by carpenter bees in a pollen‐rewarding Caribbean bloodwort

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Flowers that present their anthers and stigma in close proximity can achieve precise animal‐mediated pollen transfer, but risk self‐pollination. One evolutionary solution is reciprocal herkogamy. Reciprocity of anther and style positions among different plants (i.e., a genetic dimorphism) is common in distylous plants, but very rare in
Steven D. Johnson, Jeremy J. Midgley, Luis G. Bocourt‐Hernandez, F. G. Loiret, Patricia Ortega‐Rodés, Nicola Illing   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Spring Assessment of Nosema Spp. Infection in Honey Bee Colonies (Apis mellifera L.) - Sampling as an Important Aspect of a Reliable Diagnosis

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2018
The objective of the research was a comparative assessment of the infection levels of Nosema spp. in honey bees collected from different areas of the hive.
Pohorecka Krystyna, Bober Andrzej, Skubida Marta, Zdańska Dagmara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source