HONEY Researches

Effect Of Brood Production And Population Size On Honey Production Of Honeybee Colonies In Alberta, Canada

Honey production of 23 honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies was recorded for 2 consecutive years. Brood areas and colony populations were measured during the honey flow. . The mean honey production was 120.2 kg per colony, varying from 60.9 to 210.8 kg.

T.I. Szabo, L.P. Lefkovitch | Created at: June 17, 2020 | Researched at: November 03, 1988

A Comparative Study Of Foraging Behavior And Pollen Resources Of Various Sting-Less Bees (Hym., Meliponinae) And Honeybees (Hym., Apinae) In Trinidad, West-Indies

A comparative palynological analysis of pollen resources of various stingless bees and honeybees revealed a considerable overlap of pollen spectra of these bees. However, certain pollen types were of different importance to the various bee species. Colonies of the same Melipona species had a very similar spectrum. The widths of the pollen spectra of the different bee species appeared more related to the natural population size of the colony than to the body size of the bees.

M. J. SOMMEIJER, G. A. DE ROOY, W. PUNT, L. L. M. DE BRUIJN | Created at: June 15, 2020 | Researched at: March 14, 1983

Kiwifruit Flowers: Anther Dehiscence And Daily Collection Of Pollen By Honey Bees

The study was conducted during the 1983 and 1984 flowering seasons in a kiwifruit orchard in Kumeu, north-west of Auckland. The orchard comprised c. 12 ha of mature kiwifruit vines and was surrounded by kiwifruit orchards and several market gardens.

R.M. Goodwin | Created at: June 15, 2020 | Researched at: January 06, 2012

Important Bee Plants For Stingless Bees (Melipona And Trigonini) And Africanized Honeybees (Apis Mellifera) In Neotropical Habitats: A Review

This paper reports on pollen and nectar sources for stingless bees in neotropical habitats. Some 288 species were considered important bee plants. Eighty of these were important for the Africanized honeybee. Plant families with the largest number of important species for both bee groups are also among those with the greatest diversity in neotropical regions.

M Ramalho, A Kleinert-Giovannini, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca | Created at: June 15, 2020 | Researched at: August 03, 1990

Bees Get A Head Start On Honey Production

Nectar concentration is assumed to remain constant during transport by honeybees between flowers and hive. We sampled crop contents of nectar foragers on Aloe greatheadii var. davyana, a major winter bee plant in South Africa

Susan W. Nicolson, Hannelie Human | Created at: June 15, 2020 | Researched at: March 25, 2008

Alternative Pollinator Taxa Are Equally Efficient But Not As Effective As The Honeybee In A Mass Flowering Crop

The honeybee Apis mellifera is currently in decline worldwide because of the combined impacts of Colony Collapse Disorder and the Varroa destructor mite. In order to gain a balanced perspective of the importance of both wild and managed pollination services, it is essential to compare these services directly, a priori, within a cropping landscape. This process will determine the capacity of other ï¬‚ower visitors to actas honeybee replacements.

Romina Rader, Bradley G. Howlett, Saul A. Cunningham, David A. Westcott, Linda E. Newstrom-Lloyd, Melanie K. Walker, David A.J. Teulon and Will Edwards | Created at: June 15, 2020 | Researched at: January 01, 2009

Declines Of Managed Honey Bees And Beekeepers In Europe

Beekeeper numbers have declined in all of the European countries examined. Our data support the view that honey bees are in decline at least in some regions, which is probably closely linked to the decreasing number of beekeepers.

Simon G Potts, Stuart P M Roberts, Robin Dean, Gay Marris, Mike A Brown, Richard Jones, Peter Neumann & Josef Settele | Created at: June 09, 2020 | Researched at: April 02, 2015

Multiple Routes Of Pesticide Exposure For Honey Bees Living Near Agricultural Fields

Populations of honey bees and other pollinators have declined worldwide in recent years. A variety of stressors have been implicated as potential causes, including agricultural pesticides. Neonicotinoid insecticides, which are widely used and highly toxic to honey bees, have been found in previous analyses of honey bee pollen and comb material. However, the routes of exposure have remained largely undefined.

Christian H. Krupke, Greg J. Hunt, Brian D. Eitzer, Gladys Andino, Krispn Given | Created at: June 09, 2020 | Researched at: January 03, 2012

Nutrition And Health In Honey Bees

Adequate nutrition supports the development of healthy honey bee colonies. We give an overview of the nutritional demands of honey bee workers at three levels: (1) colony nutrition with the possibility of supplementation of carbohydrates and proteins; (2) adult nutrition and (3) larval nutrition.

Robert Brodschneider, Karl Crailsheim | Created at: June 09, 2020 | Researched at: February 11, 2010

Pollen Quality Of Fresh And 1-Year-Old Single Pollen Diets For Worker Honey Bees

Newly-emerged honey bees were placed in cages and fed sucrose syrup and one of the following single-pollen diets: Malus domestic Borkh., Brassica campestris L., Phacelia tanacetifolia L., Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall., Helianthus annuus L., Pinus banksiana (Lamb.), artificial supplement or nothing.

Stephen F. PERNAL, Robert W. CURRIE | Created at: June 09, 2020 | Researched at: November 04, 1999

Antibacterial Effect Of Honey

How great is the antibacterial effect of the enzyme prepared from the secretion of the hypopharyngeal glands? Which is the effect of light or of other inhibitory factors on the inhibiting activity?

J.H. DUSTMANN | Created at: June 09, 2020 | Researched at: October 17, 1978

Pesticides And Honey Bee Toxicity

Despite the dependence on honey bees for the pollination of crops in the USA, colony numbers have declined by 45% over the past 60 years. Most honey bee losses from 1966–1979 were attributable to organochlorine, carbamate, organophosphorus, and pyrethroid pesticide exposure.

Reed M. Johnson, Marion D. Ellis, Christopher A. Mullin, Maryann Frazier | Created at: June 05, 2020 | Researched at: February 17, 2010

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