Honeybees : foraging behavior, reproductive biology and diseases / editor: Cameron Malloy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malloy, Cameron.

Series:

Insects and other terrestrial arthropods--biology, chemistry and behavior series.

Insects and other terrestrial arthropods: biology, chemistry and behavior

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honeybee--Behavior.

Honeybee.

Honeybee--Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Honeybees are a subset of bees in the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the foraging behavior, reproductive biology and diseases relating to honeybees. Topics discussed include research into diseases affecting honeybees; the status of bee health and colony losses in Argentina; situational choices among alternative visual stimuli in honeybees and paper wasps when foraging; regulation of the crop content for foragers upon depart

Contents:

""HONEY BEES FOR AGING BEHAVIOR, REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND DISEASES""; ""HONEY BEES FOR AGING BEHAVIOR, REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND DISEASES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1 HONEYBEE DISEASES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. DISEASES THAT AFFECT THE HONEYBEE BROOD""; ""3. DISEASES THAT AFFECT ADULT BEES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2 THE STATUS OF BEE HEALTH AND COLONY LOSSES IN ARGENTINA""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE MAIN CURRENT BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS FOR HONEY BEES IN ARGENTINA""

""BEE NUTRITION, COLONY DEVELOPMENT AND BEE INMUNE SYSTEM""""AGROCHEMICALS AND MONOCULTURES IN ARGENTINA""; ""ESTIMATING COLONY LOSSES IN ARGENTINA""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3 SITUATIONAL CHOICES AMONG ALTERNATIVE VISUAL STIMULIIN HONEYBEES AND PAPER WASPS WHEN FOR AGING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MATERIALS AND METHODS""; ""RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4 FUEL FOR FORAGING: REGULATION OF THE CROP CONTENT OF FORAGERS UPON DEPARTING THE HIVE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""

""2. ENERGETIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FLIGHT""""3. FUEL IN NECTAR FORAGING""; ""4. COSTS OF CARRYING FUEL""; ""5. HONEY LOAD AT DEPARTURE IN POLLEN FORAGERS""; ""6. FUEL FOR WATER COLLECTION""; ""7. HONEY LOAD AT DEPARTURE FOR RESIN COLLECTION""; ""8. WHEN DO RECRUITS DECIDE ONTHE TYPE OF MATERIAL TO FORAGE?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5 SEX DIFFERENCES OF DOPAMINE CONTROL SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH REPRODUCTION IN HONEYBEES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. MOLECULES INVOLVING DOPAMINE SIGNALING IN THE HONEYBEE BRAIN""; ""3. FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN HONEYBEES""

""4. REPRODUCTIVE ROLES OF DOPAMINE IN WORKERS AND QUEENS IN HONEYBEES""""5. REGULATION OF DOPAMINE SYSTEMS IN FEMALES""; ""6. MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN HONEYBEES""; ""7. REPRODUCTIVE ROLES OF DOPAMINE IN MALES""; ""8. REGULATION OF THE DOPAMINE SYSTEM IN MALES""; ""9. REGULATION OF DOPAMINE SYSTEM IN PRIMITIVELY EUSOCIAL SPECIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6 ROUNDTRIP-STRUCTURE OF THE FORAGING HONEYBEE (APIS MELLIFERA)""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EXPERIENCED NAVIGATION BETWEEN HIVE AND FEEDING SITE""; ""THREE DISTINCT PATTERNS OF EXPLORATION""

""HIGHER ORDER NAVIGATION SKILLS""""OVERALL CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 4, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62948-661-2

OCLC:

918624114