Africanized

Africanized honey bees more efficiently convert protein diets into hemolymph protein than do Carniolan bees (Apis mellifera carnica)

F. A. Cappelari, Turcatto, A. P., Morais, M. M., and De Jong, D., “Africanized honey bees more efficiently convert protein diets into hemolymph protein than do Carniolan bees (Apis mellifera carnica)”, vol. 8, pp. 1245-1249, 2009.

The superiority of Africanized over European honey bees in tropical and subtropical regions of the New World is both well documented and poorly understood. As part of an effort to try to understand the process by which the displacement of European bees occurred, we examined the ability of these two types of bees and of hybrids between the two to convert natural and artificial diets into usable protein.

Comparing data on the reproduction of Varroa destructor

M. H. Corrêa-Marques, Medina, L. Medina, Martin, S. J., and De Jong, D., “Comparing data on the reproduction of Varroa destructor”, vol. 2, pp. 1-6, 2003.

Varroa destructor reproductive success is considered an important character for determining the resistance of honey bees to this mite parasite. However, most of the published data are not comparable due to the different methods of ascertaining and reporting reproduction. A recently published technique that involves reconstructing mite families in older worker brood gives repeatable and reliable parameters. This methodology was used to compare various categories of reproduction of approximately 1,000 V.