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The "African" Honey Bee
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The "African" Honey Bee

by Michael D. Breed, David J. C. Fletcher, Marla Spivak. 435 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Michael D. Breed, David J. C. Fletcher, Marla Spivak

Publisher:

   Westview Press

Place of Publication:

  Boulder, CO  

Publication Year:

  1991
Subjects:   Africanized Honeybee
Table of contents
1 Introduction, Marla Spivak, David JC. Fletcher, and Michael D. Breed 1
PART ONE SYSTEMATICS AND IDENTIFICATION
2 Systematics and Identification of Afficanized Honey Bees , Howell E Daly 13
3 Genetic Characterization of Honey Bees Through DNA Analysis , H. Glenn Hall 45
PART TWO THE SPREAD OF AFRICANIZED BEES AND THE AFRICANIZATION PROCESS
4 Interdependence of Genetics and Ecology in a Solution to the African Bee Problem , David J.C Fletcher 77
5 The Processes of Afficanization , Thomas E. Rinderer and Richard L. Hellmich II 95
6 Afficanized Bees: Natural Selection for Colonizing Ability , Francis L.W. Ratnieks 119
7 The Afficanization Process in Costa Rica , Marla Spivak 137
8 Honey Bee Genetics and Breeding , Robert E. Page, Jr., and Warwick E. Kerr 157
9 Continuing Commercial Queen Production After the Arrival of Afficanized Honey Bees , Richard L. Hellmich II 187
PART THREE POPULATION BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND DISEASES
10 The Inside Story: Internal Colony Dynamics of Afficanized Bees , Mark L. Winston 201
11 Population Biology of the Afficanized Honey Bee , Gard W. Otis 213
12 Foraging Behavior and Honey Production , Thomas E. Rinderer and Anita M. Collins 235
13 Aspects of Afficanized Honey Bee Ecology in Tropical America , David W. Roubik 259
14 Bee Diseases, Parasites, and Pests , H. Shimanuki, D. A. Knox, and David De Jong 283
PART FOUR DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR
15 Defensive Behavior , Michael D. Breed 299
16 Genetics of Defensive Behavior I , Anita M. Collins and Thomas E. Rinderer 309
17 Genetics of Defensive Behavior II , Antonio Carlos Stort and Lionel Segui Gonçalves 329
PART FIVE BEEKEEPING IN SOUTH AMERICA
18 Beekeeping in Brazil , Lionel Segui Gonçalves, Antonio Carlos Stort, and David De Jong 359
19 The Africanized Honey Bee in Peru , Robert B. Kent 373
20 Beekeeping in Venezuelan , Richard L. Hellmich II and Thomas E. Rinderer 399
Author Index 413
Subject Index 421
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Killer Bees: The Africanized Honey Bee in the Americas
Book by Mark L. Winston; Harvard University Press, 1992
Subjects: Africanized Honeybee, Africanized Honeybee--America, Africanized Honeybee--Control, Africanized Honeybee--Control--America
...sites. The fearsome image of Africanized bees starts with their nickname...using the title "Aggressive Honeybees" 22 January , and in a headline...drag the reader into their Africanized bee stories. The following...swarming of vicious African honeybees ... New York Times , 15...
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The "African" Honey Bee
Book by Marla Spivak, David J. C. Fletcher, Michael D. Breed; Westview Press, 1991
Subjects: Africanized Honeybee
...0-8133-7209-7 1. Africanized honeybee. I. Spivak, Marla...1978. "The Africanized honey bee, Apis...varieties of the honeybee, with remarks...variability of the honeybee Apis mellifera...fragments. In Africanized Honey Bees and...
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Diversity in the Genus Apis
Book by Deborah Roan Smith; Westview Press, 1991
Subjects: Apis (Insects), Apis (Insects)--Speciation, Species Diversity
...Mechanisms of dance orientation in the Asian honeybee Apis florea". J. Comp. Physiol. A...melittin isolated from two species of honeybees". FEBS Lett . 33:241-244...phylogenetic relationships between honeybees as deduced from sequence data". FEBS...
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Nourishment and Evolution in Insect Societies
Book by James H. Hunt, Christine A. Nalepa; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Insect Societies, Insects--Evolution, Insects--Food
...12 Nourishment and Sociality in Honeybees , Robin F. A. Moritz 345...components of the current social system of honeybees Apis reflect adaptations for gathering...food in ants Wheeler this volume , honeybees Moritz, this volume , stingless bees...
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Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest
Book by Gordon W. Frankie, Alfonso Mata, S. Bradleigh Vinson; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Biological Diversity Conservation--Costa Rica, Forest Ecology--Costa Rica
...detail the relationships of Africanized honeybees and native bees foraging...attract high numbers of Africanized honeybees or native bees (or both...2000. Assessing impacts of Africanized honey bees in Costa Rica...
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journal articles on: (Africanized Honeybee)  - 1 result

 
 
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John A. Weaver, Karen Anijar, and Toby Daspit, Eds. Science Fiction Curriculum, Cyborg Teachers, & Youth Cultures
Journal article by Daniel Mcmahon; Utopian Studies, Vol. 17, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Science Fiction Curriculum, Cyborg Teachers, and Youth Cultures (Book)--Book reviews
...Somewhat less successful but still interesting are Karen Anijar and Toni Humber on "The Criminalizing of the Africanized Honeybee," and John Weavers "Curriculum Theorists as Spawns from Hell." For whom, then, does this book exist? If it exists...


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magazine articles on: (Africanized Honeybee)  - 7 results

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Going Head-to-Head with Killer Bees
Magazine article by Michael Tennesen; National Wildlife, February 2001
Subjects: Africanized honeybee--Control, Bites and stings--Prevention, Insect pests--Control
...press has scarcely mentioned Africanized bees, although the bugs are...gentle tempered as the European honeybee, he began to cross African...went up and kicked a European honeybee nest and stood there a minute...30 stings. If you kicked an Africanized nest, youd more likely get...
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Killer Bees
Magazine article; The Futurist, Vol. 26, November 1992
Subjects: Africanized honeybee--Migration
...Killer Bees United States will feel sting of Africanized bees Africanized--or "killer"--honey bees will spread through...beekeeping, agriculture, and even tourism. Africanized bees have been gradually moving north from Brazil...
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Silent Spring: What's Happening to Honey Bees?
Magazine article by Caroline Cummins; E, Vol. 17, July 2006
Subjects: Honeybee--Forecasts and trends, Honeybee--Management, Pollination--Forecasts and trends
...genetic guide to the honey bee will probably help save it. For now, scientists are looking at other options, such as the Africanized honey bee (a/k/a "killer bees"), an aggressive insect that arrived in the U.S. in 1990 and is known to be resistant to varroa...
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Global Bees and Local Beekeepers
Magazine article; Whole Earth, Fall 1999
Subjects: Bee stings--Statistics, Beekeepers--Conduct of life, Bees--Behavior
...Africanized bees damaging the industry? Mussen: Africanized honeybees (AHBs) tend to swarm four to six times a year...swarms is a time-consuming and difficult job. Africanized honeybees tend to "abscond" (all the bees fly off together...
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Genomics: The New Map of Life
Magazine article by Steve Tally; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, November 2001
Subjects: Bees--Research, Chromosome mapping--Analysis, Dudareva, Natalia--Research, Floriculture--Research, Genomics--Analysis, Hunt, Greg--Research, Plant genetics--Research, Purdue University--Research, Rhodes, Gene--Research
...stinging behavior in Africanized honeybees--the so-called...pollinated by honeybees. Already, many...because of the Africanized species. There...influence behavior in Africanized bees. "We have...to investigate honeybee populations in...
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Keepers Are All Abuzz Tending to Their Bee Hives; Natural Honey Rewards Efforts
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 2, 2002
...publicity. Africanized honeybees, the so-called...from European honeybees, resulted when...their hives, the Africanized bees attack readily...could be of the Africanized type. Whichever type of European honeybee a novice chooses...


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