Workers in colonies of European honey bees Apis mellifera L. clean their
nestmate's body by allogrooming behavior. This behavior may be initiated by
either grooming dancers or by the allogroomers themselves. The first occurs
less frequently (ca. 17 %) than the later (83 %). By using the inner edge of...
'Golden Delicious' winter squash (GDWS), Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, provides significant amounts of pollen (24 mg) and nectar (236 μl), but with a low reward of 14% nectar sugar. The quantity of nectar produced per GDWS flower differed between sites and floral sex. The GDWS male flowers had 25% higher sugar...
The bee mites Varroa jacobsoni Oudemaris and Euvarroa
sinhai Delfinado and Baker (Family Varroidae) are reported
for the first time from Thailand. V. jacobsoni was found
parasitizing colonies of Apis cerana indica F. and A. mellifera
L., E. sinhai was observed in association with drones
of A. florea F.
The...