Recognizing subtle differences in species' biology and responses to environmental factors is required to illuminate key threats and to understand their different population trajectories. We intensively surveyed bumble bees in Ohio, USA, along the receding southern boundary of many species' ranges, to ...
Here we describe numerous Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) cocoons in honey bee cells from one bee hive in Ohio. The developing Osmia cells presented themselves as a mystery at first, catching the attention of regulatory agencies. Along with identifying this species as a presumably ...
Loss of the vital pollinators, due in part to temperature extremes and fluctuations, could have dire consequences for ecosystems and agriculture.
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There are all types of people in beekeeping and unfortunately, some are not necessarily nice people. This abuser is no “gentleman”. I have quit using the word and simply write “man” to describe the male human species. A gentleman doesn’t ream people out with expletives. I am so so...
Usage(s) Five things you shouldn't do in dealing with aswineflu pandemic. The first reported death fromswineflu in Mexico was a woman who worked for the government going door to door in Oaxaca. Mexico is the epicenter of a deadlyswineflu outbreak, which has been blamed for more than 150...
Few bee species have hairy eyes. I’ve run into a few in my taxonomic work, but they are not very common. Honey bees have obviously hairy compound eyes and the eyes are large enough to easily see with a camera or a hand lens. In addition, male honey bees (drones) have eyes that ...
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M.plutoniuswas the only strain which was not resistant to the acetates. For the non-acetates this species displayed comparable IC50values as seen for the other bacteria (Fig.1, Supplementary TableS1). The acetate-sensitivity might be a cultivation effect (e.g. variance in cultivation time: ...
While their damage and occasional actual destruction of wood trim leads building owners to treat carpenter bees as a pest, considering the worldwide decimation of bees of many genera/species, in our OPINION treatment of carpenter bee pests at buildings ought to be performed with some thought. ...