Apidologie

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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

Published online: 08 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008040

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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

Published online: 21 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008047

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Why the eversion of the endophallus of honey bee drone stops at the partly everted stage and significance of this p. 627

Jerzy Woyke

Published online: 21 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008046

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Do the parasitic Psithyrus resemble their host bumblebees in colour pattern? p. 637

Paul H. Williams

Published online: 03 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008048

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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

Published online: 21 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008044

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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

Published online: 21 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008049

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An adventitious distal abscissa in the forewing of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis) p. 674

Ken Tan, Stefan Fuchs and Michael S. Engel

Published online: 24 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008052

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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

Published online: 21 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008054

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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

Published online: 19 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008055

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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

Published online: 05 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008056

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Floral scents experienced within the colony affect long-term foraging preferences in honeybees p. 714

Andrés Arenas, Vanesa M. Fernández and Walter M. Farina

Published online: 25 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008053

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