In Gabon, like elsewhere in Africa, crops are often sources of conflict between humans and wildlife. Wildlife damage to crops can drastically reduce income, amplifying poverty and creating a negative perception of wild animal conservation among rural people. In this context, crop-raiding animals like elephants quickly become "problem animals". To deter elephants from raiding crops beehives have...

Civil Surgeon, Coorg I he loiiowmg case was unusual, m that tne maternity, as well as the paternity of a child was under dispute. The case was heard in the Criminal Court in Mercara on 10th June, 1941. Kengappa and his wife Chennamma claimed that their four-year-old son had been kidnapped a year previously by Syed Fakir and his wife Fathima Bee, who however stated that the boy was their own. Th...

The diurnal time-activity patterns of the Small Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) were studied between 2005 and 2006 in the Nagapattinam District of Southern India. Bee-eaters were observed to spend an average of 52.5% of their day time scanning, 21.3% feeding, 13.3% flying, 8.8% resting and 4.1% engaging in preening activities. The time spent on scanning varied among seasons in 2005 (p<0.05) and a...

Generalist pollinators like the buff-tailed bumble bee, Bombus terrestris, encounter both nutrients and toxins in the floral nectar they collect from flowering plants. Only a few studies have described the gustatory responses of bees toward toxins in food, and these experiments have mainly used the proboscis extension response on restrained honey bees. Here, a new behavioral assay is presented ...

Honey bee colony feeding trials were conducted to determine whether differential effects of carbohydrate feeding (sucrose syrup (SS) vs. high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS) could be measured between colonies fed exclusively on these syrups. In one experiment, there was a significant difference in mean wax production between the treatment groups and a significant interaction between time and trea...

this research was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding fermented diets as a protein supplement, using different diets in a completely randomized design with 6 treatments and 7 replications per treatment for 50 days in apiary in karaj area. honey bee colonies were assimilated in terms of honey, population and same age sister queen. experimental treatments included: 1. fermented gluten me...

The aim of the study was to determine effectiveness drug "Cobazin" on productivity bee colonies during increase in strength (increase number young bees colony) spring and autumn.&#x0D; Materials methods. Control experimental groups were formed test feed supplement. It fed 5 times with an interval days. Bee from control group received a pure sugar solution (1:1) amount 0.5 liters per colony, col...

Traffic is often acknowledged as a threat to biodiversity, but its effects have been mostly studied on roads subjected to high traffic intensity. The impact of lower traffic intensity such as those affecting protected areas is generally neglected, but conservation-oriented activities entailing motorized traffic could paradoxically transform suitable habitats into ecological traps. Here we quest...

role of vitamins in bee nutrition is very important especially in case of supplemental feeding with sugar and pollen substitutes. in this experiment effects of different levels of vitamin c on the rate of queen lying and workers body protein were studied. experimental colonies had the same age queens and the same population (5 frames). this study was held at april and july 2011 in three levels ...

We measured the distribution of sugar solution within groups of caged honey bees (Apis mellifera) under standard in vitro laboratory conditions using 14C polyethylene glycol as a radioactive marker to analyze ingestion by individual bees after group feeding. We studied the impact of different experimental setups by varying the number of bees, age of bees, origin of bees, duration of experiment,...