Summary: Modern agriculture often involves the use of pesticides to protect crops. These substances are harmful to target organisms (pests and pathogens). Nevertheless, t...
Summary: In this article we provide guidelines on statistical design and analysis of data for all kinds of honey bee research. Guidelines and selection of different metho...
Summary: Here we cover a wide range of methods currently in use and recommended in modern queen rearing, selection and breeding. The recommendations are meant to equally...
Summary: In this chapter we present a synthesis of recommendations for conducting field experiments with honey bees in the context of agricultural pollination. We begin w...
Summary: Despite their tremendous economic importance, and apart from certain topics in the field of neurophysiology such as vision, olfaction, learning and memory, honey...
Summary: From studies of behaviour, chemical communication, genomics and developmental biology, among many others, honey bees have long been a key organism for fundamenta...
Summary: A variety of methods are used in honey bee research and differ depending on the level at which the research is conducted. On an individual level, the handling of...
Summary: Honey bee queens are highly polyandrous and mate in flight. Instrumental insemination is an essential tool that provides complete control of honey bee mating for...
Summary: Originally, a method to rear worker honey bee larvae in vitro was introduced into the field of bee biology to analyse honey bee physiology and caste development....
Summary: Adult honey bees are maintained in vitro in laboratory cages for a variety of purposes. For example, researchers may wish to perform experiments on honey bees ca...
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