Journal of Apicultural Research, Volume 58, Issue 4 (2019)

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Journal of Apicultural Research, Volume 58, Issue 4 (2019)

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Bee management

Article
Loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2017/18 in 36 countries participating in the COLOSS survey, including effects of forage sources
Alison Gray, Robert Brodschneider, Noureddine Adjlane, Alexis Ballis, Valters Brusbardis, Jean-Daniel Charrière, Robert Chlebo, Mary F. Coffey, Bram Cornelissen, Cristina Amaro da Costa, Tamás Csáki, Bjørn Dahle, Jiří Danihlík, Marica Maja Dražić, Garth Evans, Mariia Fedoriak, Ivan Forsythe, Dirk de Graaf, Aleš Gregorc, Jes Johannesen, Lassi Kauko, Preben Kristiansen, Maritta Martikkala, Raquel Martín-Hernández, Carlos Aurelio Medina-Flores, Franco Mutinelli, Solenn Patalano, Plamen Petrov, Aivar Raudmets, Vladimir A. Ryzhikov, Noa Simon-Delso, Jevrosima Stevanovic, Grazyna Topolska, Aleksandar Uzunov, Flemming Vejsnaes, Anthony Williams, Marion Zammit-Mangion & Victoria Soroker
Pages: 479-485
Published online: 30 May 2019
AbstractforLoss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2017/18 in 36 countries participating in the COLOSS survey, including effects of forage sources | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB) | EPUB
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Open Access
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A note to transfer a generic database pseudocode for storing chronological data from research in apiaries
Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, Cátia J Neves, Dora Henriques & M Alice Pinto
Pages: 486-488
Published online: 14 Nov 2018
AbstractforA note to transfer a generic database pseudocode for storing chronological data from research in apiaries | Full Text | References | PDF (429.7 KB) | EPUB
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The temperature increase at one position in the colony can predict honey bee swarming (Apis cerana)
Xiangjie Zhu, Xiongzhao Wen, Shujing Zhou, Xinjian Xu, Li Zhou & Bingfeng Zhou
Pages: 489-491
Published online: 12 Jul 2019
AbstractforThe temperature increase at one position in the colony can predict honey bee swarming (Apis cerana) | Full Text | References | PDF (555.5 KB) | EPUB
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Diet quality affects honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) mortality under laboratory conditions
Ales Gregorc, Blair Sampson, Patricia R. Knight & John Adamczyk
Pages: 492-493
Published online: 28 May 2019
AbstractforDiet quality affects honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) mortality under laboratory conditions | Full Text | References | PDF (229.9 KB) | EPUB
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Ecology and conservation

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Testing the efficacy of a thermal camera as a search tool for locating wild bumble bee nests
Bethany R. Roberts & Juliet L. Osborne
Pages: 494-500
Published online: 28 May 2019
AbstractforTesting the efficacy of a thermal camera as a search tool for locating wild bumble bee nests | Full Text | References | PDF (823.9 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Open Access
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Nesting biology and niche modelling of Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) in Nepal
Chet Prasad Bhatta, Victor Hugo Gonzalez, Daphne Mayes, Marianna Simões & Deborah Roan Smith
Pages: 501-511
Published online: 30 May 2019
AbstractforNesting biology and niche modelling of Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) in Nepal | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Nesting biology and mating behavior of the solitary bee Epicharis nigrita (Apoidea: Centridini)
Celso Feitosa Martins, Valdemar Ismael dos Santos Neto & Renata Drummond Marinho Cruz
Pages: 512-521
Published online: 22 Mar 2019
AbstractforNesting biology and mating behavior of the solitary bee Epicharis nigrita (Apoidea: Centridini) | Full Text | References | PDF (912.2 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Remarkable long-distance returns to a forage patch by artificially displaced wild bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Sujaya Rao, George Hoffman, Julie Kirby & Danielle Horne
Pages: 522-530
Published online: 26 Mar 2019
AbstractforRemarkable long-distance returns to a forage patch by artificially displaced wild bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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An optimized approach for extraction and quantification of energy reserves in differentially fed bumble bees (Bombus)
Susma Giri, Basant Giri & Michael E. Dillon
Pages: 531-541
Published online: 30 May 2019
AbstractforAn optimized approach for extraction and quantification of energy reserves in differentially fed bumble bees (Bombus) | Full Text | References | PDF (949.3 KB) | EPUB
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Toxicology

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From field to food II – will pesticide-contaminated pollen diet lead to a contamination of worker jelly?
Franziska Böhme, Gabriela Bischoff, Claus P. W. Zebitz, Peter Rosenkranz & Klaus Wallner
Pages: 542-549
Published online: 05 Jun 2019
AbstractforFrom field to food II – will pesticide-contaminated pollen diet lead to a contamination of worker jelly? | Full Text | References | PDF (692.1 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Pathology and parasitology

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First report and molecular determination of Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of the lesser wax moth Achroia grisella F. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) in Northwest Argentina
Alberto Galindo-Cardona, Jorge D Achar, Giuliana González-Brizuela, Eduardo Martín, S Adriana Salvo & A Carolina Monmany-Garzia
Pages: 550-552
Published online: 14 Jun 2019
AbstractforFirst report and molecular determination of Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of the lesser wax moth Achroia grisella F. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) in Northwest Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (797 KB) | EPUB
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Molecular survey for the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) trypanosome parasites Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim
Mary-Kate F. Williams, Amber D. Tripodi & Allen L. Szalanski
Pages: 553-558
Published online: 12 Feb 2019
AbstractforMolecular survey for the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) trypanosome parasites Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim | Full Text | References | PDF (384.5 KB) | EPUB
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First molecular detection of Nosema ceranae in Azerbaijan
Armağan Erdem Ütük, Rafiga Aliyeva, Ahmet Onur Girisgin, Tülin Güven Gökmen, Mehmet Özüiçli & Levent Aydın
Pages: 559-561
Published online: 30 May 2019
AbstractforFirst molecular detection of Nosema ceranae in Azerbaijan | Full Text | References | PDF (407.3 KB) | EPUB
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Nosema ceranae, the most common microsporidium infecting Apis mellifera in the main beekeeping regions of China since at least 2005
Qiang Wang, Pingli Dai, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa, Yanyan Wu, Chunsheng Hou & Qingyun Diao
Pages: 562-566
Published online: 12 Jul 2019
AbstractforNosema ceranae, the most common microsporidium infecting Apis mellifera in the main beekeeping regions of China since at least 2005 | Full Text | References | PDF (743.3 KB) | EPUB
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Genetics and breeding

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Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes of the honey bee subspecies A. m. caucasica and A. m. carpathica and refinement of their evolutionary lineages
Rustem Ilyasov, Alexei Nikolenko, Varis Tuktarov, Kenji Goto, Jun-Ichi Takahashi & Hyung Wook Kwon
Pages: 567-579
Published online: 10 Jun 2019
AbstractforComparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes of the honey bee subspecies A. m. caucasica and A. m. carpathica and refinement of their evolutionary lineages | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB) | EPUB
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Comparative morphology of adult honey bees, Apis mellifera, reared in vitro or by their parental colony
Ashley Nicole Mortensen, Selina Bruckner, Geoffrey R Williams & James D Ellis
Pages: 580-586
Published online: 10 Jun 2019
AbstractforComparative morphology of adult honey bees, Apis mellifera, reared in vitro or by their parental colony | Full Text | References | PDF (642.6 KB) | EPUB
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Illumina-based 16S metagenomic analysis of the indigenous gut microbiota of cavity-nesting bee Megachile centuncularis: a comparison with the cavity-nesting wasp Ancistrocerus antilope
Vesta Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, Anna Budrienė, Laima Blažytė-Čereškienė & Eduardas Budrys
Pages: 587-590
Published online: 28 May 2019
AbstractforIllumina-based 16S metagenomic analysis of the indigenous gut microbiota of cavity-nesting bee Megachile centuncularis: a comparison with the cavity-nesting wasp Ancistrocerus antilope | Full Text | References | PDF (606.4 KB) | EPUB
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Low mitochondrial DNA variation in the endangered bumble bee Bombus cryptarum florilegus
Tsuyoshi Takeuchi, Takuma Sasaki, Masahiro Mitsuhata, Takuya Kiyoshi, Mana Nishimoto, Tetsuro Nomura & Jun-ichi Takahashi
Pages: 591-596
Published online: 28 May 2019
AbstractforLow mitochondrial DNA variation in the endangered bumble bee Bombus cryptarum florilegus | Full Text | References | PDF (865 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Pollination

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Contribution of bees and other pollinators to watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) pollination
Joshua W. Campbell, Cory Stanley-Stahr, Mary Bammer, Jaret C. Daniels & James D. Ellis
Pages: 597-603
Published online: 28 May 2019
AbstractforContribution of bees and other pollinators to watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) pollination | Full Text | References | PDF (460.3 KB) | EPUB
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Hive product science

Review Article
Gaps in propolis research: challenges posed to commercialization and the need for an holistic approach
Shankar Katekhaye, Hugo Fearnley, James Fearnley & Anant Paradkar
Pages: 604-616
Published online: 30 May 2019
AbstractforGaps in propolis research: challenges posed to commercialization and the need for an holistic approach | Full Text | References | PDF (483.1 KB) | EPUB
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Chemical profiling, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities of Indian stingless bees propolis samples
Deepak M Kasote, Minal V Pawar, Shridevi S Gundu, Riya Bhatia, Vinod S Nandre, Suresh D Jagtap, Swapnil G Mahajan & Mohan V Kulkarni
Pages: 617-625
Published online: 21 Mar 2019
AbstractforChemical profiling, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities of Indian stingless bees propolis samples | Full Text | References | PDF (759.5 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Chemical characterization and antimicrobial activity against Paenibacillus larvae of propolis from Buenos Aires province, Argentina
María Florencia Fangio, Dalila Elisabet Orallo, Liesel Brenda Gende & María Sandra Churio
Pages: 626-638
Published online: 23 Apr 2019
AbstractforChemical characterization and antimicrobial activity against Paenibacillus larvae of propolis from Buenos Aires province, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB) | EPUB
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Article
Volumetric expression of palynological spectra for nutritional studies
Ida Conti, Piotr Medrzycki, Nicola Palmieri, Maria Lucia Piana & Mauro Giorgio Mariotti
Pages: 639-641
Published online: 05 Jun 2019
AbstractforVolumetric expression of palynological spectra for nutritional studies | Full Text | References | PDF (338.3 KB) | EPUB
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