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To illustrate and test the applicability and performance of the innovative honey-bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm in highly non-convex hydropower system design and operation, two problems are considered: single reservoir and... more
High bee colony losses in the United States this past year can be attributed in part to an unresolved syndrome termed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). An extensive genetic survey found one virus, Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV), to be... more
This study determined the longevity of caged workers fed with different diets (carbohydrate only, bee bread, unfermented pollen substitute diet, and fermented pollen substitute diet). Survival rates were higher for bees fed the fermented... more
... 2. HoneybeeBehavior. ... 1.3 The genetic system used by Vis-scher (1989) to assess the frequency of worker reproduction in honey bee colonies. ... was approximately 74 drones/(12 colonies × 150,000 worker bees/colony) = 0.00004, or... more
Social immunity, which describes how individual behaviors of group members effectively reduce disease and parasite transmission at the colony level, is an emerging field in social insect biology. An understudied, but significant... more
Die Annahme von Larven zur Weiselaufzucht wird, wenn in Pflegevölkern einer anderen Rasse vorgenommen, als geringer beschrieben. Beekman et al. (2000) zeigten darüber hinaus, dass bei unterschiedlichen Rassen Interaktionen zwischen der... more
Arthropods ISSN 2224-4255 Articles Centrobolus size dimorphism breaks Rensch’s rule Arthropods, 2018, 7(3): 48-52 Mark Cooper [Abstract] [XML] [EndNote] [RefManager] [BibTex] [DOAJ] [PubMed] [ Full PDF (139K)] [Email Article]... more
BackgroundPhosphatase and TENsin (PTEN) homolog is a negative regulator that takes part in IIS (insulin/insulin-like signaling) and Egfr (epidermal growth factor receptor) activation in Drosophila melanogaster. IIS and Egfr signaling... more