The cholesterol-hydroxyecdysone-vitellogenin pathway is involved in the longevity of trophocytes and oenocytes of queen honey bees (Apis mellifera)

The guts of 388 adult worker honey bees, Apis melliJera, from caged control colonies, from colonies fed (2,4-dichlorophenoxy) acetic acid (2,4-D), and from colonies fed

Nineteen amino acids were present in pollen collected by honey bees, Apis me l lifera L., in Louisiana throughout a year.. Proline, lysine, glycine, and phenylalanine

relationship between the vitamin C level in the pollen collected and the rate of brood rearing by free flying honey bees. Although fresh pollen possesses high

well as the composite analysis represented by the discriminant function indicate that Africanized bees are generally larger than their African parental

Mating frequency and sperm counts were highly variable among queens reared and mated during spring.. During summer

In the present study, mitochondrial density, Δψm, nico- tinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) concentra- tion, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduced form (NADH) concentration,

We observed physical encounters between honey bees, Apis mellifera, and bumble bees, Bombus impatiens, visiting artificial plants in a controlled foraging arena.. Both species were

A second objective was to test the influence of queen ship- ping methods and the effect of temperature on queen fertility, and measuring effects on thermo- regulation inside