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6 de may. de 2024 · The western honey bee is a colonial insect which is housed, transported by and sometimes fed by beekeepers. Honey bees do not survive and reproduce individually, but as part of the colony (a superorganism). Western honey bees collect flower nectar and convert it to honey, which is stored in the hive.
3 de may. de 2024 · Western honeybee, (Apis mellifera), economically important species of honeybee (order Hymenoptera) valued for its pollination services and for its production of honey and beeswax. Western honeybees are native to Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East but are kept and have become naturalized.
Hace 5 días · The best known honey bee is the western honey bee, (Apis mellifera), which was domesticated for honey production and crop pollination. The only other domesticated bee is the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana), which occurs in South, Southeast, and East Asia.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Honey bees are key pollinators of many crops but face global threats of declining health and colony loss. 1 The valuable pollination services that western honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) provide come at a cost for beekeepers, who must manage parasites and pathogens that spread quickly within and among colonies. 2, 3 Outside the hive ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · The health of honey bee queens is crucial for colony success, particularly during stressful periods like overwintering. To accompany a previous longitudinal study of colony and worker health,...
17 de abr. de 2024 · Honey bees are key pollinators of many crops but face global threatsofdeclininghealthandcolonyloss.1 Thevaluablepollina-tion services that western honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) provide comeatacostforbeekeepers, whomustmanageparasites and pathogens that spread quickly within and among colonies.2,3
17 de abr. de 2024 · Our analysis suggests a middle ground where honey bees are not responsible for the vast majority of crop pollination as has often been assumed in the agricultural literature, and likewise wild insects are not vastly more important than honey bees, as recent global analyses have reported.
