Apidologie

Vol. 39 No. 3 (May-June 2008)

• Effect of delayed mating on spermathecal activation in Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queens     p. 293
  Edmilson Amaral Souza, Lúcio Antônio Oliviera Campos, Clóvis Andrade Neves, José Cola Zanuncio and José Eduardo Serrão
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• Predator-prey interaction between drones of Apis mellifera carnica and insectivorous birds     p. 302
  Martin H. Kärcher, Peter H.W. Biedermann, Norbert Hrassnigg and Karl Crailsheim
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• Incidence of acute bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus, chronic bee paralysis virus, deformed wing virus, Kashmir bee virus and sacbrood virus in honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Denmark     p. 310
  Steen Lykke Nielsen, Mogens Nicolaisen and Per Kryger
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• A native ground-nesting bee (Nomia melanderi) sustainably managed to pollinate alfalfa across an intensively agricultural landscape     p. 315
  James H. Cane
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• Acaricide residues in beeswax after conversion to organic beekeeping methods     p. 324
  Marco Lodesani, Cecilia Costa, Giorgia Serra, Roberto Colombo and Anna Gloria Sabatini
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• Methyl anthranilate in Citrus honey. Analytical method and suitability as a chemical marker     p. 334
  Giulio Sesta, M. Lucia Piana, Livia Persano Oddo, Lorenzo Lusco and Paola Belligoli
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• Multivariate morphometric analysis of the Apis cerana of China     p. 343
  Ken Tan, H. Randall Hepburn, Sarah E. Radloff, Stefan Fuchs, Xian Fan, Lianjiang Zhang and Mingxian Yang
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• "Migration dances" in swarming colonies of the honey bee, Apis mellifera     p. 354
  Lee Anne Lewis and Stanley Scott Schneider
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• Infection rate based on quantitative real-time PCR of Melissococcus plutonius, the causal agent of European foulbrood, in honeybee colonies before and after apiary sanitation     p. 362
  Alexandra Roetschi, Hélène Berthoud, Rolf Kuhn and Anton Imdorf
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• Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR     p. 372
  Anete Pedro Lourenço, Aline Mackert, Alexandre dos Santos Cristino and Zilá Luz Paulino Simões
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