Free Access to the whole issue

---

Apidologie

Vol. 35 No. 1 (January-February 2004)

• On the origin and properties of scent marks deposited at the food source by a stingless bee, Melipona seminigra     p. 3
  Michael Hrncir, Stefan Jarau, Ronaldo Zucchi and Friedrich G. Barth
  Abstract | References | PDF file (735 KB)



• Genotypic effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera) defensive behavior at the individual and colony levels: the relationship of guarding, pursuing and stinging     p. 15
  Ernesto Guzmán-Novoa, Greg J. Hunt, José L. Uribe-Rubio and Daniel Prieto-Merlos
  Abstract | References | PDF file (126 KB)



• Visualisation by vital staining with trypan blue of wounds punctured by Varroa destructor mites in pupae of the honey bee (Apis mellifera)     p. 25
  Ghazwan Kanbar and Wolf Engels
  Abstract | References | PDF file (988 KB)



• Removal of small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) eggs and larvae by African honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera scutellata)     p. 31
  Peter Neumann and Stephan Härtel
  Abstract | References | PDF file (891 KB)



• A member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) superfamily is a target of the ecdysone response in honey bee (Apis mellifera) caste development     p. 37
  Karina R. Guidugli, Christine Hepperle and Klaus Hartfelder
  Abstract | References | PDF file (158 KB)



• Nosema apis infection in worker and queen Apis mellifera     p. 49
  Thomas C. Webster, Kirk W. Pomper, Greg Hunt, Etta M. Thacker and Snake C. Jones
  Abstract | References | PDF file (168 KB)



• Niche overlap and diet breadth in bumblebees; are rare species more specialized in their choice of flowers?     p. 55
  Dave Goulson and Ben Darvill
  Abstract | References | PDF file (176 KB)



• A semiochemical from brood cells infested by Varroa destructor triggers hygienic behaviour in Apis mellifera     p. 65
  Francesco Nazzi, Giorgio Della Vedova and Mauro D'Agaro
  Abstract | References | PDF file (91.7 KB)



• Multivariate morphometric analysis of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the Ethiopian region     p. 71
  B. Amssalu, A. Nuru, Sarah E. Radloff and H. Randall Hepburn
  Abstract | References | PDF file (713 KB)



• Measuring the cost of worker reproduction in honeybees: work tempo in an "anarchic" line     p. 83
  Jonathan R. Dampney, Andrew B. Barron and Benjamin P. Oldroyd
  Abstract | References | PDF file (79.2 KB)



• A scientific note on the toxic pollen of Stryphnodendron polyphyllum (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) which causes sacbrood-like symptoms     p. 89
  Andrea Cristina Pimentel de Carvalho and Dejair Message
  Abstract | References | PDF file (209 KB)



• A scientific note on Varroa destructor resistance to coumaphos in the United States     p. 91
  Jeff S. Pettis
  Abstract | References | PDF file (45.8 KB)

---

© INRA, EDP Sciences, DIB, AGIB 2004