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Apidologie

Vol. 34 No. 5 (September-October 2003)

• Evaluation of some essential oils for the control and prevention of American Foulbrood disease in honey bees     p. 417
  Graciela N. Albo, Cynthia Henning, Jorge Ringuelet, Francisco J. Reynaldi, Marisa R. De Giusti and Adriana M. Alippi
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• Stimulation of colony initiation and colony development in Bombus terrestris by adding a male pupa: the influence of age and orientation     p. 429
  Yong Jung Kwon, Shafqat Saeed and Marie José Duchateau
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• Genotypic variation in the expression of guarding behavior and the role of guards in the defensive response of honey bee colonies     p. 439
  Miguel E. Arechavaleta-Velasco and Greg J. Hunt
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• Testis length distinguishes haploid from diploid drones in Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae)     p. 449
  Mara Garcia Tavares, André Southernman Teixeira Irsigler and Lucio Antonio De Oliveira Campos
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• The effect of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on flower constancy in stingless bees     p. 457
  Ester Judith Slaa, Ayco J.M. Tack and Marinus Jan Sommeijer
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• A scientific note on the effect of centrifugation on pooled honey bee semen     p. 469
  Anita M. Collins
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• A scientific note on the presence of Paenibacillus larvae larvae spores in sub-Saharan African honey     p. 471
  Henrik Hansen, Camilla J. Brødsgaard, Per Kryger and Mogens Nicolaisen
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• Report of the 50th seminar in Schmitten-Arnoldshain     p. 473
  Association of Institutes for Bee Research
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