Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony loss is a widespread phenomenon with important economic and biological implications, whose drivers are still an open matter of investigation. We contribute to this line of research through a large-scale, multi-variable s
Honey bees process nectar into honey by active evaporation on the tongue and passive evaporation involving nest ventilation and fanning behaviour, as well as enzymatic action. The elimination of excess water from nectar carries considerable energetic costs. The concentration of the nectar load is assume...
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The sophisticated evolutionary relationships between honey bees and their enemies are not well investigated. In this study, phylogenetic trees between honey bees and their enemies were constructed based on the mtDNA and the COX1. The constructed trees reflected the evolutionary relationships according to...
” developed by a father/son team of Australian beekeepers. The device consists of an arrangement of molded plastic parts that act as foundation upon which the bees build honey combs, but which can then be shifted by the turn of a handle to break open the cells of ripe honey and allow ...
(1989) attempted to show that bees on queen cells preferentially reared their super sisters as replacement queens rather than half sisters. In support of their contention, they used computer simulation to model the biological system. We argue that the simulation did not accurately reflect the ...
Cautionary notes: Due to poor weather earlier in the season, the colonies in this trial were not strong – starting at about 8-10 frames of bees. So the absolute values for efficacy of treatment below may not apply to strong colonies stacked with honey supers. That said, what I was ...
In a race against time, researchers propagate native solitary bees as an alternative to our most important pollinators
From the donor colony, put a couple of frames of brood into the center of the hive body, and then fill it out with drawn comb and honey. Then place another empty box on top to act as a funnel. Shake all the bees off the remaining combs into the “funnel.” When you’re done ...
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