Browsing by Subject "honey bee"
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Assessing the Potential Threat of Widely Used Agrochemicals to Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Drones and Workers
(2017-07-21)Honey bees (Apis mellifera) have been experiencing an ongoing decline in population over the last half century despite their tremendous importance to agriculture. A variety of environmental pressures have been implicated ... -
Effect of pollen diet and honey bee (apis mellifera l.) primer pheromones on worker bee food producing glands
(2009-05-15)This thesis examines three factors that may influence the change in protein content and size of the brood food glands in honey bees. Effects on the mandibular gland, involved in the production of brood food and in royal ... -
Evaluating Perennial and Annual Companion Plantings for Pollinator Enhancement of Yield in Small-Scale Vegetable Production
(2018-08-23)Pollination is a key component to obtain proper yield and fruit set in numerous vegetable crops, with the honey bee, Apis mellifera, being their primary pollinator. Honey bee populations in the United States have ... -
Fate and Honey Bee Toxicity of Selected Public Health Insecticides
(2016-04-12)Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are arguably the most important beneficial insect in agricultural and horticultural ecosystems in the United States. Despite their importance, honey bee populations have been negatively impacted ... -
Feral Africanized honey bee ecology in a coastal prairie landscape
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Honey bees, Apis mellifera, play an important role in many ecosystems, pollinating a wide variety of native, agricultural, and exotic plants. The recent decline in the number of feral and managed honey bee colonies in ... -
Honey bee gene regulation and transcriptional effects of a pheromone and a parasite
(2009-05-15)The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, is a primarily beneficial insect for mankind. It has been utilized by humans for thousands of years for the products and services it provides. Crop pollination and honey production ... -
THE EFFECTS OF IN-HIVE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE DURING DEVELOPMENT ON HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA L.) QUEEN REPRODUCTION, PHYSIOLOGY, AND WORKER BEHAVIOR
(2019-11-22)Several factors are responsible for the health decline currently faced by managed honey bees (Apis mellifera) worldwide, including pests, pathogens, queen failure, pesticide contamination, habitat fragmentation and nutritional ... -
Variation in and Responses to Brood Pheromone of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
(2011-02-22)Brood pheromone of the honey bee, (Apis mellifera) has been shown to elicit a wide array of primer and releaser effects on non‐foragers and foragers leading to the regulation of nursing, pollen foraging, and behavioral ...