the life history, behavior and morphology of the immature stages of enochrus quadripunctatus herbst from iran are studied. the results of the work on the life history and behavior of this species in the immature stages and as newly-emerged adults have been presented as part i. the morphology of the egg cases, larvae, pupae, and the male genitalia of the adult is covered in the present work. mea...

The life history, behavior and morphology of the immature stages of Enochrus quadripunctatus Herbst from Iran are studied. The results of the work on the life history and behavior of this species in the immature stages and as newly-emerged adults have been presented as part I. The morphology of the egg cases, larvae, pupae, and the male genitalia of the adult is covered in the present work....

A novel feeding protocol for delivery of bio-active agents to Varroa mites was developed by providing mites with honey bee larva hemolymph supplemented with cultured insect cells and selected materials delivered on a fibrous cotton substrate. Mites were starved, fed on treated hemolymph to deliver selected agents and then returned to bee larvae. Transcript levels of two reference genes, actin a...