Honey bees coexist with fungi that colonize hive surfaces and pollen. Some of these are opportunistic pathogens, but many beneficial species produce antimicrobial compounds for pollen conservation the regulation pathogen populations. In this study, we tested in vitro activity Talaromyces purpureogenus strains isolated from bee bread against Paenibacillus alvei (associated European foulbrood dis...

Abstract Honeybee venom (Apitoxin, BV), a secretion substance expelled from the gland of bees, has being reported as antimicrobial against various bacterial species; however, mechanism action remains uncharacterized. In this study, antibacterial activity BV was investigated on hygiene indicator Escherichia coli and environmental pathogen spoilage species, Pseudomonas putida fluorescens . An arr...

Recently technology developments in the area of services on the Web are marked by the proliferation of Web applications and APIs. The development and evolution of applications based on Web APIs is, however, hampered by the lack of automation that can be achieved with current technologies. In this paper we present SWEET– Semantic Web sErvices Editing Tool– a lightweight Web application for creat...

Object-oriented Application Programing Interfaces (APIs) support software reuse by providing pre-implemented functionalities. Due to the huge number of included classes, reusing and understanding large APIs is a complex task. Otherwise, software components are accepted to be more reusable and understandable entities than object-oriented ones. Thus, in this paper, we propose an approach for reen...

In urban landscapes, gardens provide refuges for bee diversity, but conservation potential may depend on local and landscape features. Foraging and population persistence of bee species, as well as overall pollinator community structure, may be supported by the abundance, richness, and spatial distribution of floral resources. Floral resources strongly differ in urban gardens. Using hand nettin...