Volume 44, Issue 2, March 2013

ISSN: 0044-8435 (Print) 1297-9678 (Online)

In this issue (12 articles)

  1. Original article

    Bombus cullumanus—an extinct European bumblebee species?

    Paul H. Williams, Alexandr Byvaltsev, Cory Sheffield, Pierre Rasmont Pages 121-132
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    Vestigial spermatheca morphology in honeybee workers, Apis cerana and Apis mellifera, from Japan

    Ayako Gotoh, Fuminori Ito, Johan Billen Pages 133-143
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    Chemical composition of the ‘low quality’ pollen of sunflower (Helianthus annuus, Asteraceae)

    Susan Wendy Nicolson, Hannelie Human Pages 144-152
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    Trophic niche breadth and niche overlap in a guild of flower-visiting bees in a Brazilian dry forest

    Cândida M. L. Aguiar, Gilberto M. de M. Santos, Celso F. Martins… Pages 153-162
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    Discovery and characterization of microsatellites for the solitary bee Colletes inaequalis using Sanger and 454 pyrosequencing

    Margarita M. López-Uribe, Christine K. Santiago, Steve M. Bogdanowicz… Pages 163-172
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    A scientific note on a protozoan pathogen of the small hive beetle

    Natasha Wright, Donald Steinkraus Pages 173-175
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    Seasonal production and spatial distribution of Melipona bicolor schencki (Apidae; Meliponini) castes in brood combs in southern Brazil

    Ney Telles Ferreira Jr, Betina Blochtein, José Eduardo Serrão Pages 176-187
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    Microsatellite analysis in museum samples reveals inbreeding before the regression of Bombus veteranus

    Kevin Maebe, Ivan Meeus, Jafar Maharramov, Patrick Grootaert, Denis Michez… Pages 188-197
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    The influence of Bt-transgenic maize pollen on the bacterial diversity in the midgut of Apis mellifera ligustica

    Li-Li Geng, Hong-Juan Cui, Ping-Li Dai, Zhi-Hong Lang, Chang-Long Shu… Pages 198-208
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    Predation pressure dynamics study of the recently introduced honeybee killer Vespa velutina: learning from the enemy

    Karine Monceau, Nevile Maher, Olivier Bonnard, Denis Thiéry Pages 209-221
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    Galenics: studies of the toxicity and distribution of sugar substitutes on Apis mellifera

    Eva Rademacher, Anja Fahlberg, Marlene Raddatz, Saskia Schneider… Pages 222-233
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    Introducing nests of the oil-collecting bee Centris analis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini) for pollination of acerola (Malpighia emarginata) increases yield

    Celso B. Magalhães, Breno M. Freitas Pages 234-239
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