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Bees
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Definition of 'Bees'Insect members of the superfamily Apoidea, found almost everywhere, particularly on flowers. About 3500 species occur in North America. They differ from most WASPS in that their young are fed honey and pollen rather than animal food. Honey is collected in the form of nectar from flowers and concentrated into honey by evaporation. For most people bee stings are of little significance and are treated locally; other persons, however, react with hypersensitivity putting them in serious danger. (Borror, et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, p409) |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Epigenetic regulation of the honey bee transcriptome: unravelling the nature of methylated genes.
12 Oct 2009 
BACKGROUND: Epigenetic modification of DNA via methylation is one of the key inventions in eukaryotic evolution. It provides a source for the switching of gene activities, the maintenance of stable phenotypes and the integration of environmental and ... Read more...
Intergenerational reproductive parasitism in a stingless bee.
29 Sep 2009 Insect colonies have been traditionally regarded as closed societies comprised of completely sterile workers ruled over by a single once-mated queen. However, over the past 15 years, microsatellite studies of parentage have revealed that this ... Read more...
8 Sep 2009 Insect societies are well known for their high degree of cooperation, but their colonies can potentially be exploited by reproductive workers who lay unfertilized, male eggs, rather than work for the good of the colony. Recently, it has also been ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Bees'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Epigenetic regulation of the honey bee transcriptome: unravelling the nature of methylated genes. 12 Oct 2009
- Intergenerational reproductive parasitism in a stingless bee. 29 Sep 2009
- The queen is dead--long live the workers: intraspecific parasitism by workers in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris. 8 Sep 2009
- Microbial communities in bees, pollen and honey from Slovakia. 30 Aug 2009
- Evolving enhancer-promoter interactions within the tinman complex of the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. 30 Aug 2009
- Immune suppression in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) following infection by Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia). 30 Aug 2009
- A laboratory evaluation to determine the compatibility of microbiological control agents with the pollinator Bombus terrestris. 30 Aug 2009
- Bumblebees learn to forage like Bayesians. 30 Aug 2009
- Variation in pollination: causes and consequences for plant reproduction. 30 Aug 2009
- Comment on "Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators". 26 Aug 2009
- Changes in transcript abundance relating to colony collapse disorder in honey bees (Apis mellifera). 22 Aug 2009
- The gene road to royalty--differential expression of hydroxylating genes in the mandibular glands of the honeybee. 19 Aug 2009
- The innate immune and systemic response in honey bees to a bacterial pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae. 19 Aug 2009
- No intracolonial nepotism during colony fissioning in honey bees. 17 Aug 2009
- Associative conditioning tunes transient dynamics of early olfactory processing. 17 Aug 2009
- Genetic characterization of the mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) collected from honey bees Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. 16 Aug 2009
- In vivo Ca2+ imaging of mushroom body neurons during olfactory learning in the honey bee. 16 Aug 2009
- Availability of medicines for bees.
13 Aug 2009 - Visual processing in the central bee brain. 10 Aug 2009
- The influence of distinct pollinators on female and male reproductive success in the Rocky Mountain columbine. 5 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Bees'
Definition: Insect members of the superfamily Apoidea, found almost everywhere, particularly on flowers. About 3500 species occur in North America. They differ from most WASPS in that their young are fed honey and pollen rather than animal food. Honey is collected in the form of nectar from flowers and concentrated into honey by evaporation. For most people bee stings are of little significance and are treated locally; other persons, however, react with hypersensitivity putting them in serious danger. (Borror, et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, p409)
Descriptor UI: D001516
Alternative terms: Bees; Apidae; Apis;
Related Mesh Headings: Honey; Propolis;
Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathogenicity; physiology; radiation effects; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;
Tree Number: B01.500.131.617.479.387;
Technical Notes: does not include WASPS; for stings, coord IM with INSECT BITES AND STINGS (IM)