NOT THE HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA L.) QUEEN, BUT THE DRONE DETERMINES THE TERMINATION OF THE NUPTIAL FLIGHT AND THE ONSET OF OVIPOSITION - THE POLEMICS, ABNEGATIONS, CORRECTIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS

Not the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Queen, but the Drone Determines the Termination of the Nuptial Flight and the Onset of Oviposition - The Polemics, Abnegations, Corrections and Supplements

This paper emphasizes the topics concerning honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) mating biology, which have not been described in the recently published book of Koeniger et al.(2014).At the beginning of natural mating, the drone becomes paralyzed.However, the muscles in the abdomen continuously contract shrinking the abdomen till mating has ended and the

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Novel approach toward the understanding of genetic diversity based on the two types of amino acid repeats in Erwinia amylovora

Abstract Erwinia amylovora is a notorious plant pathogenic bacterium of global concern that has devastated the apple g35 coupe fender and pear production industry worldwide.Nevertheless, the approaches available currently to understand the genetic diversity of E.amylovora remain unsatisfactory because of the lack of a trustworthy index and data cov

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