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Pollination Efficiency
item Decline in bee diversity and abundance from 1972-2004 on a flowering leguminous tree, Andira inermis at the interface of disturbed dry forest and the urban environment in Costa Rica (Oct 2008)
item Breeding biologies, seed production and species-rich bee guilds of Cleome lutea and Cleome serrulata (Cleomaceae) (Oct 2008)
item Laboratory Bioassays to Evaluate Fungicides for Chalkbrood Control in Larvae of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Oct 2008)
item Changes in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Swarming and Survival Pre- and Post- Arrival of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in Louisiana (Sep 2008)
item Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) (Aug 2008)
item Pathogens of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Aug 2008)
item Past and Present Management of Alfalfa Bees (Aug 2008)
item The Future of Agricultural Pollination (Aug 2008)
item The Problem of Disease When Domesticating Bees (Aug 2008)
item Bees in Nature and on the Farm (Aug 2008)
item Bee Pollination in Agricultural Eco-Systems (Aug 2008)
item Pollinating Bees Crucial to Farming Wildflower Seed for U.S. Habitat Restoration (Aug 2008)
item Sampling bee communities (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) in a desert landscape: Are pan traps sufficient? (Jul 2008)
item Do weather conditions correlate with findings in failed, provision-filled nest cells of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera:Megachilidae) in western North America? (Jun 2008)
item Fungicide Tests on Adult Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees Megachile rotundata (F.) (Hymenoptera:Megachilidae) (Jun 2008)
item What's in that Package? An Evaluation of Quality of Package Honey Bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera:Apidae) shipments in the U.S. (Jun 2008)
item Comparison of microsatellite DNA divesity among commercial queen breeder stocks of Italian honey bees in the United States and Italy. (Jun 2008)
item A native ground nesting bee, Nomia melanderi, sustainably managed to pollinate alfalfa across an intensively agricultural landscape (May 2008)
item Comparative reproduction of Varroa destructor in different types of Russian and Italian honey bee combs (Apr 2008)
item Field use of an incubation box for improved emergence timing of Osmia lignaria populations used for orchard pollination (Feb 2008)
item Might Flowers of Invasive Plants Increase Native Bees Carrying Capacity? Intimations from Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (Jan 2008)
item ACTA HORTICULTURAE AN EFFECTIVE, MANAGEABLE BEE FOR POLLINATION OF RUBUS CANE FRUITS, OSMIA AGLAIA (Jan 2008)
item Differences in mortality, growth, and immune response among genetic groups of catfish exposed to virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri. (Jan 2008)
item POLLINATION BIOLOGY OF A DISJUNCT POPULATION OF THE ENDANGERED SANDHILLS ENDEMIC PENSTEMON HAYDENII S. WATS. (SCROPHULARIACEAE) IN WYOMING, U.S.A. (Nov 2007)
item Influence of Worker Age on the Infestation of Resistant and Susceptible Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) with Tracheal Mites (Acarapis woodi)* (Oct 2007)
item Finding and Selecting Russian Honey Bees to be Resistant to Varroa destructor (Sep 2007)
item Effects of the insecticide phosmet on solitary bee foraging and nesting in orchards of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (U.S.A.) (Aug 2007)
item THE EFFECT OF STAMINODE REMOVAL OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN A WYOMING POPULATION OF THE ENDANGERED BLOWOUT PENSTEMON, PENSTEMON HAYDENII S. WATS. (SCROPHULARIACEAE) (Jul 2007)
item NEST DEMOGRAPHICS AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF APTEROSTIGMA COLLARE EMERY (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF COLONY INDEPENDENCE (Jul 2007)
item Temperature Effects on the Life History of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) (Jun 2007)
item Acceptance of mated Queens and Queen Cells in Colonies of Russian and Italian Honey Bees (Jun 2007)
item Intermediate Levels of Resistance to Tracheal Mites in Crosses Between Resistant and Susceptible Strains (May 2007)
item Alkali Bee (May 2007)
item Bee, Definition of (May 2007)
item Microbial control of varroa: misadventures in the field (May 2007)
item Observations on the Life History of Small Hive Beetles (May 2007)
item Substrates and Materials Used for Nesting by North American Osmia bees (Apiformes: Megachilidae) (May 2007)
item A review of the North and Central American Megachile subgenus Argyropile subgenus Argyropile mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidas) (Apr 2007)
item BREEDING BIOLOGY AND FLOWER VISITORS OF THE RARE WHITE RIVER PENSTEMON, PENSTEMON SCARIOSUS VAR. ALBIFLUVIS (SCROPHULARIACEAE) (Apr 2007)
item Olfactory response of megachilid bees, Osmia lignaria, Megachile rotundata and M. pugnata,to individual cues from old nest cavities (Apr 2007)
item EFFECT OF THREE DIMENSION AND COLOR CONTRAST PATTERNS ON NEST LOCALIZATION PERFORMANCE OF TWO SOLITARY BEES (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE) (Apr 2007)
item GROWTH OF VARROA DESTRUCTOR (ACARI: VARROIDAE) POPULATIONS IN RUSSIAN HONEY BEE (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) COLONIES (Mar 2007)
item Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops (Feb 2007)
item FLIGHT ACTIVITY OF USDA-ARS HONEY BEES DURING LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY POLLINATION IN MAINE. (Feb 2007)
item Effect of human disturbance on bee communities in a forested ecosystem (Jan 2007)
item FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF HONEY BEES FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA BY ALLOZYME, MORPHOMETRIC AND MTDNA HAPLOTYPE ANALYSES (Dec 2006)
item POLLINATION BIOLOGY OF THE ENDANGERED BLOWOUT PENSTEMON (PENSTEMON HAYDENII S. WATS.: SCROPHULARIACEAE) IN NEBRASKA (Dec 2006)
item A new subgenus and species of Oxaea from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) (Dec 2006)
item FIELD TRIALS ON THE MICROBIAL CONTROL OF VARROA WITH THE FUNGUS METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE (Nov 2006)
item PERFECTION SUBVERTED? A CONTRIVANCE FOR OUTCROSSING IN A RARE ORCHID IS INFLUENCED BY POLLINATOR ABUNDANCE (Nov 2006)
item ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON FLIGHT ACTIVITY OF USDA-ARS RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN STOCKS OF HONEY BEES DURING ALMOND POLLINATION (Nov 2006)
item UNCAPPING OF SEALED WORKER BROOD BY EUROPEAN BEES AS RESPONSES TO INFESTATION BY VARROA DESTRUCTOR AND TO ACTIVITY BY GALLERIA MELLONELLA (Nov 2006)
item Rapid Detection of Channel Catfish Virus Carriers Using Real-time PCR (Sep 2006)
item QUEEN CELL ACCEPTANCE IN LAYING WORKER COLONIES OF RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN HONEY BEES (Aug 2006)
item AN EVALUATION OF POLLINATION MECHANISMS FOR PURPLE PRAIRIE-CLOVER, DALEA PURPUREA (FABACEAE: AMORPHEAE) (Jul 2006)
item THE LOGAN BEEMAIL SHELTER: A PRACTICAL, PORTABLE UNIT FOR MANAGING CAVITY-NESTING AGRICULTURAL POLLINATORS (Jul 2006)
item SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SMALL HIVE BEETLE, AETHINA TUMIDA MURRAY IN RUSSIAN HONEY BEE COLONIES (Jul 2006)
item EFFECTS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND COLOR PATTERNS ON NEST LOCATION AND PROGENY MORTALITY IN ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE) (Jun 2006)
item AUTOGROOMING AND BEE AGE INFLUENCE THE MIGRATION OF TRACHEAL MITES TO RUSSIAN AND SUSCEPTIBLE WORKERS (Jun 2006)
item THE EFFECTS OF SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN POPULATION DENSITIES OF VARROA MITES ON THE SURVIVAL OF UNTREATED COLONIES (May 2006)
item DO TRACHEAL MITES REDUCE THE LONGEVITY OF WORKERS? (May 2006)
item AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA) IN LONGLEAF PINE SAVANNAS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE EAST GULF COASTAL PLAIN (May 2006)
item COLONY INVASION OF SMALL HIVE BEETLES: THE EFFECTS OF HONEY BEE TYPE AND ENTRANCE REDUCERS (May 2006)
item PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE REMOVAL RESPONSE OF RUSSIAN HONEY AGAINST BROOD INFESTED WITH SMALL HIVE BEETLES (May 2006)
item BEE POPULATION RETURNS AND CHERRY YIELDS IN AN ORCHARD POLLINATED WITH OSMIA LIGNARIA (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE) (Apr 2006)
item Capitulo 18. Apoidea: Las Abejas. In: I. Gauld & P. Hanson, Hymenoptera de la Region Neotropical (Mar 2006)
item HONEYBEES BEES: FRIEND OR FOE? (Mar 2006)
item OLFACTORY CUES AND NEST RECOGNITION IN THE SOLITARY BEE OSMIA LIGNARIA (Jan 2006)
item EMERGENCE SUCCESS AND SEX RATIO OF COMMERCIAL ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEES, FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (Dec 2005)
item EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON OSMIA LIGNARIA (HYMENOPTERA:MEGACHILIDAE) PREPUPA-ADULT DEVELOPMENT, SURVIVAL, AND EMERGENCE (Dec 2005)
item EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON OSMIA LIGNARIA (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE) PREPUPA-ADULT DEVELOPMENT, SURVIVAL, AND EMERGENCE IN THE ORCHARD POLLINATOR (Dec 2005)
item RUSSIAN HONEY BEE, APIS MELLIFERA L. (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE), COLONIES: ACARAPIS WOODI (RENNIE) (ACARI: TARSONEMIDAE) INFESTATIONS AND OVERWINTERING SURVIVAL (Dec 2005)
item CASTE, SEX AND STRAIN OF HONEY BEES (APIS MELLIFERA) AFFECT INFESTATION WITH TRACHEAL MITES (ACARAPIS WOODI) (Dec 2005)
item POLLEN-HOST SPECIFICITY AND EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF HOST SWITCHING IN A CLADE OF SPECIALIST BEES (APOIDEA: DIADASIA) (Nov 2005)
item THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL VISUAL CUES IN NEST LOCATION BY MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA (Nov 2005)
item POLLINATION POTENTIAL OF THE BEE OSMIA AGLAIA FOR CULTIVATED RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES (RUBUS: ROSACEAE) (Oct 2005)
item PCR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR ASCOSPHAERA INFECTIONS IN BEES (Oct 2005)
item ASSESSING DELAYED AND ACUTE TOXICITY OF FIVE FORMULATED FUNGICIDES TO OSMIA LIGNARIA SAY AND APIS MELLIFERA (Aug 2005)
item A STUDY OF CHALKBROOD SUSCEPTIBILITY IN RUSSIAN AND DOMESTIC HONEY BEES (Aug 2005)
item ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE POPULATION DYNAMICS, FLOWER AVAILABILITY, AND POLLINATION RATES IN TWO OREGON ALFALFA FIELDS (Aug 2005)
item ASCOSPHAERA AGGREGATA CONTAMINATION ON ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEES IN A LOOSE CELL INCUBATION SYSTEM (Aug 2005)
item IMPACT OF DISINFECTING NESTING BOARDS ON CHALKBROOD CONTROL IN THE ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE (Aug 2005)
item EVALUATION OF A STANDARD ARTIFICIAL FLOWER DESIGN TO FEED INDIVIDUAL BEES KNOWN AMOUNTS OF PESTICIDES (Jul 2005)
item TEMPORALLY PERSISTENT PATTERNS OF INCIDENCE AND ABUNDANCE IN A POLLINATOR GUILD AT ANNUAL AND DECADAL SCALES: THE BEES OF LARREA TRIDENTATA (Jul 2005)
item A NEW PHASE BEGINS FOR THE USDA-ARS RUSSIAN HONEY BEE BREEDING PROGRAM (Jul 2005)
item POLLINATION NEEDS OF ARROWLEAF BALSAMROOT, BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA (HELIANTHEAE: ASTERACEAE) (Jul 2005)
item CHANGING BEE COMPOSITION AND FREQUENCY ON A FLOWERING LEGUME, ANDIRA INERMIS (WRIGHT) KUNTH EX DC. DURING EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA YEARS (1997-1999) IN NORTHWESTERN COSTA RICA. (Apr 2005)
item INSECTS AFFECTING PRODUCTION OF NATIVE LEGUME SEED IN THE GREAT BASIN (Feb 2005)
item PAN-TRAPPING FOR BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIFORMES) IN UTAH'S WEST DESERT: THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOR DIVERSITY (Feb 2005)
item TEMPERATURE AND CHALKBROOD DEVELOPMENT IN THE ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE (Jan 2005)
item LIPIDS STIMULATE SPORE GERMINATION IN THE ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ASCOMYCETE ASCOSPHAERA AGGREGATA (Dec 2004)
item CHALKBROOD IN THE ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE: DNA METHODS FOR DETECTING INFECTIONS (Nov 2004)
item MULTIVARIATE MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF APIS FLOREA IN THAILAND (Nov 2004)
item EFFECT OF PRE-WINTERING AND WINTERING TEMPERATURE REGIMES ON WEIGHT LOSS, SURVIVAL, AND EMERGENCE TIME IN THE MASON BEE OSMIA CORNUTA (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE) (Nov 2004)
item THE NATIVE BEES OF GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT (Nov 2004)
item EFFECT OF SCREEN FLOORS ON POPULATIONS OF HONEY BEES AND PARASITIC MITES (VARROA DESTRUCTOR) (Nov 2004)
item LEAFHOPPER ASSEMBLAGES ON NATIVE AND RESEEDED GRASSLANDS IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA (Oct 2004)
item Varroa Resistance of Hybrid ARS Russian Honey Bees (Oct 2004)
item A REVIEW OF THE SPHAEROPTHALMA URO SPECIES-GROUP (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE), WITH TAXONOMIC CHANGES (Aug 2004)
item EFFECT OF SCREEN OR WOOD BOTTOMBOARDS ON POPULATIONS OF HONEY BEES AND VARROA MITES (May 2004)
item HIGH LEVELS OF COTTON POLLEN COLLECTION AND FORAGING RESPONSES OF ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN HONEY BEES GIVEN HIGH AND LOW LEVELS OF POLLEN FORAGING STIMULI (May 2004)
item PATERNITY OF OFFSPRING FROM HONEY BEE QUEENS RE-INSEMINATED AFTER PRODUCING WORKER BROOD (May 2004)
item GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR TESTING THE PATHOGENICITY AND TOXICITY OF NEW MICROBIAL SUBSTANCES TO AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS (Mar 2004)
item FOR NONNATIVE CROPS, WHENCE POLLINATORS OF THE FUTURE? (Jan 2004)
     
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