Abstract The effects of acute sublethal doses coumaphos, an acaricide used against Varroa destructor infestation in beekeeping, on the locomotor activities four native honeybee subspecies Türkiye including two ecotypes (Carniolan - A. m. carnica , Syrian syriaca Caucasian honeybee- caucasica and Muğla Yığılca Anatolian anatoliaca ) were investigated using individual activity monitoring system. ...

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In this paper, the Palearctic genus Dimorphaphorura Bagnall, 1949 (Collembola: Onychiuridae), is revised. The diagnosis of the genus is defined within the tribe Oligaphorurini based on the development of the furcal area, shape of furcal rudiment, and furcal chaetotaxy. Six new species are described: D. olenae sp n. from Ukraine, D. inya sp n., D. pseudoinya sp n., D. sibirica sp n., D. caucasic...

The chamois provides an excellent model for exploring the effect of historical and evolutionary events on diversification. We investigate cytochrome b (cytb) sequences in the 10 recognized subspecies of Rupicapra classified within 2 species: Rupicapra pyrenaica, with the subspecies parva, pyrenaica, and ornata, and Rupicapra rupicapra, with cartusiana, rupicapra, tatrica, carpatica, balcanica, ...

Hoplitis astragali sp. nov. , a member of the H. monstrabilis species group, and dagestanica adunca are described. The former is known from Dagestan in Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, latter only Dagestan. Nests Females this excavated burrows vertical clay cliff, but sometimes chose horizontal surface for nest excavation, particularly at entrance old Xylocopa olivieri (Apidae). were either su...

Honey bees collect the main material of propolis from buds, leaves, branches, and barks or other botanical sources mixed that resinous with beeswax produced abdominal exocrine glands, mandibular gland secretions, pollen to produce propolis. The composition changes depends on multiple factors such as honey bee races, geographical locations, phytogeography, harvesting seasons, extraction methods ...