Honey bee biology
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Honey bee biology Jamie Ellis, PhD – [email protected] Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory University of Florida
Transcript of Honey bee biology
Honey bee biology
Jamie Ellis, PhD – [email protected]
Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory
University of Florida
Epidermis + cuticle = integument
Johnston
Organ
The fore and hind wings are held together with little hooks called hamuli
Honey bee hairs are branched
corbiculum opposed to scopa
spermatheca
Complete metamorphosis, development times differ
not
well-fed?
egg
fertilized?
not
queen worker
male
Apis florea
Apis dorsata
40 liters
Apis mellifera spp.
Nasonov
footprint
Isoamyl acetate
9-oxodecenoic acid (9-ODA)
9-hydroxy-(E)-2-decenoic acid (9-HDA)
Brood pheromones
86o F41o F
95o F
88o F
95o F
66o F