A Closer Look
Tropilaelaps Mites By: Clarence Collison A potential future threat of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) in North America are the parasitic mites in the…
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A Closer Look
Honey Bee Races By: Clarence Collison The native range of the honey bee includes the varied habitats of Europe, Africa and the Middle East,…
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A Closer Look
Requeening By: Clarence Collison The honey bee queen, mother of all individuals in the colony, determines the inherited characteristics of the colony. Periodic replacement…
Read MoreA Closer Look: Social Immunity
by Clarence Collison Individual honey bees of all ages and castes have developed mechanisms to limit the impacts of their pathogens. Insect social life…
Read MoreA Closer Look: Venom/Venom Glands
by Clarence Collison Worker honey bees begin their first use of venom when they attain an age of of about 14 days for defense…
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A Closer Look: Varroa Mite Reproduction
By Clarence Collison Reproducing Varroa females lay the first egg in the brood cell approximately 70 hours after host cell capping. The life cycle…
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A Closer Look: Beeswax, Wax Glands
Beeswax is a complex substance made up of wax esters, fatty acids and hydrocarbons. by Clarence Collision Wax is used by honey bees to…
Read MoreA Closer Look: Fat Bodies
Scattered all through the body cavity of the honey bee but especially in the abdomen are irregular masses of a soft, usually white tissue…
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