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Opportunities And Challenges In Augmenting Honey Bee Forage Resources With Pasture Legumes In Southern Australia, M. Kratz, M. Brown, M. T. Newell, R. C. Hayes
Opportunities And Challenges In Augmenting Honey Bee Forage Resources With Pasture Legumes In Southern Australia, M. Kratz, M. Brown, M. T. Newell, R. C. Hayes
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
More than 80% of Australian honey is produced from native tree and shrub species. However, with increasing demands on public lands along with production risks posed by drought, floods and wildfires, there is a need to identify alternative forage resources to augment Australian honey production. With over 30 pasture legumes now available for agriculture in southern Australia, opportunity exists to increase the utilisation of some species with co-benefits to multiple production industries. However, there is little understanding of the potential value of most pasture legumes for honey production, and side by side comparisons are complicated by factors such as differences …
Investigation Of Gene And Protein Expression Based On Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) Aging, Flight Experience, And Behavior, Azucena A. Benito, G. E. Mancinelli, A. Ammons, Michelle M. Elekonich
Investigation Of Gene And Protein Expression Based On Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) Aging, Flight Experience, And Behavior, Azucena A. Benito, G. E. Mancinelli, A. Ammons, Michelle M. Elekonich
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Honeybees undergo a process of adult behavioral development, spending their first 2-3 weeks working inside the constant environment of the hive. At about 3 weeks of age workers leave the hive as foragers who gather pollen and nectar. Previous research found that bees show an enormous decline in immunity as a result of their transition from regular hive jobs to more difficult foraging activities. Foragers can be forced to go back into hive-tasks, thus becoming “reverted nurses” which may also allow a reversal of immunosenescence. Understanding how this happens could prove to be useful because if there is flexibility in …