Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are the main pollinating agents for numerous plants and fruit trees and hence, play a key role in agriculture and more generally in the maintenance of ecological biodiversity. They are mostly affected farm animals by pesticides. Indeed, pesticides work in two ways to reduce bee populations. First, many pesticides used in crop production are highly toxic to these s...

BACKGROUND Bumble bees [Bombus impatiens (Cresson)] are widely used for supplemental pollination of greenhouse vegetables and are at risk of pesticide exposure while foraging. The objective of this study was to determine the lethal and sub-lethal effects of four insecticides (imidacloprid, abamectin, metaflumizone and chlorantraniliprole) and three fungicides (myclobutanil, potassium bicarbonat...

Fungi in the genus Ascosphaera (Ascomycota: Eurotiomycetes: Ascosphaerales) cause chalkbrood disease in larvae of bees. Here, we report the first-ever detection of the fungus in adult bumble bees that were raised in captivity for studies on colony development. Wild queens of Bombus griseocollis, B. nevadensis and B. vosnesenskii were collected and maintained for establishment of nests. Queens t...

Obtaining the maximum amount of wax from honey bees is basis beekeeping technological processes. However, intensification its production leads to partial exhaustion bee's body. Therefore, today question researching factors that will contribute their body's recovery relevant. The article provides data on influence strength colonies, type, and feed functional state when obtaining wax. obtained re...

Honeybee losses are an extensive global problem. In this study, a new compartment model of honeybee population that mainly concerns honey production is developed. The describes the interaction food stock with brood (immature bees), adult bees and produced honey. present paper, issue adequate recovery addressed parameter identification inverse problem solved. An adjoint equation procedure to obt...

Vertical raceme or spike inflorescences that are bee-pollinated tend to present their flowers horizontally. Horizontal presentation of flowers is hypothesized to enhance pollinator recognition and pollination precision, and it may also ensure greater consistency of pollinator movement on inflorescences. We tested the hypotheses using bee-pollinated Corydalis sheareri which has erect inflorescen...

Currently, there is concern about declining bee populations and some blame the residues of neonicotinoid pesticides in the nectar and pollen of treated crops. Bumble bees are important wild pollinators that are widely exposed to dietary neonicotinoids by foraging in agricultural environments. In the laboratory, we tested the effect of a pulsed exposure (14 days 'on dose' followed by 14 days 'of...

BACKGROUND Honey bees are complex eusocial insects that provide a critical contribution to human agricultural food production. Their natural migration has selected for traits that increase fitness within geographical areas, but in parallel their domestication has selected for traits that enhance productivity and survival under local conditions. Elucidating the biochemical mechanisms of these lo...