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Biotechnical methods in colony management, and the use of Apiguard® and Exomite™ Apis for the control of the varroa mite (Varroa destructor) in Irish honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies.

Mary Frances Coffey

Oral toxicity of essential oils and organic acids fed to honey bees (Apis mellifera).

Timothy A Ebert, Peter G Kevan, Bert L Bishop, Sherrene D Kevan, and Roger A Downer

46

4

220

Morphometric characterization of Iranian (Apis mellifera meda), Central Anatolian (Apis mellifera anatoliaca) and Caucasian (Apis mellifera caucasica) honey bee populations.

M Bagher Farshineh Adl,H Vasfi Gençer, Çetin Firatli and Rasoul Bahreini1

46

4

225

Using 20% honey solution eye drops in patients with dry eye syndrome.

Jurate Jankauskiene, Dalia Jarushaitiene, Violeta Cheksteryte and Jurgis Rachys

46

4

232

A study on the genetic diversity of the Apis mellifera meda population in the south coast of the Caspian Sea using microsatellite markers

M. Royan,G. Rahimi, S. Esmaeilkhanian, S. Z. Mirhoseini and Z. Ansari

46

4

236

Effect of induced defecation on the effectiveness of insemination in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens

Krystyna Czekonska and Bozena Chuda-Mickiewicz

46

4

242

Nesting biology of equatorial Afrotropical stingless bees (Apidae; Meliponini) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Robert Kajobe

46

4

245

The effects of three acaricides on the developmental biology of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida).

James D. Ellis and Keith S. Delaplane

46

4

256

A histochemical study of the hypopharangeal glands of the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and Apis florea.

Guntima Suwannapong, Paitoon Seanbualuang and Siriwat Wongsiri

46

4

260

An evaluation of mini-nucleus honey bee hives for the pollination of honeydew melons in enclosures.

Tamar Keasar, Sayfuddin Shihadeh, Avi Shmida, Nadal Majali, Dan Weil and Noga Reuven

46

4

264

Minerals in honey: environmental, geographical and botanical aspects.

Stefan Bogdanov, Max Haldimann, Werner Luginbühl and Peter Gallmann

46

4

269

The effect of the availability of bee forage plants and environmental conditions on the nesting of Apis dorsata Fabr.

Ramesh P Singh, Akhilesh K Singh, and Rudra P Singh

46

4

276

Direct encounters and effect of vapours from three ant species (Formicidae) on Varroa destructor mites in laboratory trials

Arthur R Davis, Darya Bikey, Anirudh Mirakhur and Dennis Dyck.

46

4

282

Are orphan Scaptotrigona mexicana workers attracted to physogastric queens?

Julieta Grajales-Conesa, Julio C. Rojas, Miguel Guzmán-Díaz and Leopoldo Cruz-López

46

4

291

Effect of flower age on honey bee behaviour when rewards are kept constant.

Victoria J MacPhail, Peter G Kevan, and Colleen Fuss.

46

4

293

A retrospective history of the expansion of Africanized honeybees in Mexico

J. Javier G. Quezada-Euán

46

4

295

IBRA News

IBRA

46

4

301

Conference Calendar

IBRA

46

4

303

Obituary. Betty May Showler (1926–2007).

IBRA

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304