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Apidologie

Vol. 39 No. 6 (November-December 2008)

• Analytical sensitivity and specificity of a RT-PCR for the diagnosis and characterization of the spatial distribution of three Apis mellifera viral diseases in Spain     p. 607
  Deborah Kukielka, Andrés M. Perez, Mariano Higes, María del Carmen Bulboa and Jose Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno
  Abstract | PDF file (538.4 KB) | References



• Chemical analyses confirm a rare case of seed dispersal by bees     p. 618
  Cecilia Veronica Nunez, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira, Renata Duarte Lima, Ingrit Elida Collantes Diaz, Ézio Sargentini Jr., Orlando Libório Pereira Jr. and  Lidia Medina Araújo
  Abstract | PDF file (600.6 KB) | References



• Why the eversion of the endophallus of honey bee drone stops at the partly everted stage and significance of this     p. 627
  Jerzy Woyke
  Abstract | PDF file (3.756 MB) | References



• Do the parasitic Psithyrus resemble their host bumblebees in colour pattern?     p. 637
  Paul H. Williams
  Abstract | PDF file (1.541 MB) | References | Online Material



• A real-time PCR based survey on acute bee paralysis virus in German bee colonies     p. 650
  Reinhold Siede, Matthias König, Ralph Büchler, Klaus Failing and Heinz-Jürgen Thiel
  Abstract | PDF file (276.0 KB) | References



• Pathogenicity and thermal biology of mitosporic fungi as potential microbial control agents of Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata), an ectoparasitic mite of honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)     p. 662
  Pedro García-Fernández, Cándido Santiago-Álvarez and Enrique Quesada-Moraga
  Abstract | PDF file (766.7 KB) | References



• An adventitious distal abscissa in the forewing of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis)     p. 674
  Ken Tan, Stefan Fuchs and Michael S. Engel
  Abstract | PDF file (493.2 KB) | References



• Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, populations II: Dispersal of small hive beetles     p. 683
  Sebastian Spiewok, Michael Duncan, Robert Spooner-Hart, Jeff S. Pettis and Peter Neumann
  Abstract | PDF file (194.4 KB) | References




• Within-day variation in continuous hive weight data as a measure of honey bee colony activity     p. 694
  William G. Meikle, Brian G. Rector, Guy Mercadier and Niels Holst
  Abstract | PDF file (1.192 MB) | References



• Effects of hive spacing, entrance orientation, and worker activity on nest relocation by honey bee queens     p. 708
  Juan Antonio Perez-Sato, William O.H. Hughes, Margaret J. Couvillon and Francis L.W. Ratnieks
  Abstract | PDF file (272.4 KB) | References



• Floral scents experienced within the colony affect long-term foraging preferences in honeybees     p. 714
  Andrés Arenas, Vanesa M. Fernández and Walter M. Farina
  Abstract | PDF file (187.1 KB) | References

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