Ecophysiology of Development: Brood Bodies

Results of Doxycycline Administration on Bee Colonies

The aim of the study was to estimate the impact of antibiotic doxycycline on the spring development of the bee colonies, worker bees’ bodies chemical composition, development of hypopharyngeal glands and some physicochemical parameters of honey. The experiment was conducted during the spring stimulating feeding at apiary of Research Center of Stockbreeding and Agriculture, Smolyan, Bulgaria. Tw...

Synaptic organization in the adult honey bee brain is influenced by brood-temperature control during pupal development.

Recent studies have shown that the behavioral performance of adult honey bees is influenced by the temperature experienced during pupal development. Here we explore whether there are temperature-mediated effects on the brain. We raised pupae at different constant temperatures between 29 and 37 degrees C and performed neuroanatomical analyses of the adult brains. Analyses focused on sensory-inpu...

Daily Thermal Fluctuations Experienced by Pupae via Rhythmic Nursing Behavior Increase Numbers of Mushroom Body Microglomeruli in the Adult Ant Brain

Social insects control brood development by using different thermoregulatory strategies. Camponotus mus ants expose their brood to daily temperature fluctuations by translocating them inside the nest following a circadian rhythm of thermal preferences. At the middle of the photophase brood is moved to locations at 30.8°C; 8 h later, during the night, the brood is transferred back to locations a...

Investigation of relationship between some biological characteristics of female broodstocks with hatching, survival and early growth in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) larvae

In regarding to study the effect of biological parameters of female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) brood stocks on girt, 30 specimen of rainbow trout brood stocks were selected from 3 different age class (3, 4, 5 years). The results showed, maximum of girt 36.35± 0.35cm , ovary weight 600±11.25 gr, hatching 90±4 % and larvae weight after hatching 0.15±0.01 were in 5 and 3 years old brood s...

Ecophysiology of Development: Spore Germination