Apidologie

Vol. 40 No. 2 (March-April 2009)

• Morphological study of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) from Libya     p. 97
  Taher Shaibi, Stefan Fuchs and Robin F.A. Moritz
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• Evaluation of oligolecty in the Brazilian bee Ptilothrix plumata (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini)     p. 106
  Clemens Schlindwein, Raquel Andréa Pick and Celso Feitosa Martins
  Abstract | PDF file (1.593 MB) | References



• Nosema ceranae infects honey bees (Apis mellifera) and contaminates honey in Australia     p. 117
  Thomas Giersch, Tracey Berg, Francesca Galea and Michael Hornitzky
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• Pollen analysis of honeybee rectum as a method to record the bee pollen flora of an area     p. 124
  Maria Dimou and Andreas Thrasyvoulou
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• DNA amplification from pin-mounted bumble bees (Bombus) in a museum collection: effects of fragment size and specimen age on successful PCR     p. 134
  James P. Strange, Joyce Knoblett and Terry Griswold
  Abstract | PDF file (128.6 KB) | References



• Confirmation of phenolic acids and flavonoids in honeys by UPLC-MS     p. 140
  Sophie Trautvetter, Isabelle Koelling-Speer and Karl Speer
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• Regular dorsal dimples on Varroa destructor – Damage symptoms or developmental origin?     p. 151
  Arthur R. Davis
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• Ovariole structure and oogenesis in queens and workers of the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) kept under different social conditions     p. 163
  Érica Donato Tanaka, Weyder Cristiano Santana and Klaus Hartfelder
  Abstract | PDF file (1.483 MB) | References



• Multiple Wolbachia strains in Apis mellifera capensis from South Africa     p. 178
  Ayyamperumal Jeyaprakash, Marjorie A. Hoy and Michael H. Allsopp
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• Intra- and interspecific brood recognition in pure and mixed-species honeybee colonies, Apis cerana and A. mellifera     p. 184
  Ken Tan, Mingxian Yang, Sarah E. Radloff, Yushen Yu, Christian W.W. Pirk and H. Randall Hepburn
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