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Andrada, A. C. and Telleria, M. C. (2005). Pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from south of Calden district (Argentina) Botanical origin and protein content. Grana 44, 115-122. 

Nabors, R. A. (1997). Trapping pollen collection of the honey bee Apis mellifera L. to determine pollen flow periods. Am. Bee J. 137, 215-216. 

Taylor, K.S., G.D. Waller, and L.A. Crowder. 1987. Impairment of a classical conditioned response of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) by sublethal doses of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides. Apidologie 18 243-252. Theophilidis, G., M. Benaki, and E. Papadopoulu-Mourkidou. 1997. Neurotoxic action of six pyrethroid insecticides on the isolated sciatic nerve of a frog (Rana ridibunda). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118C 97-103. Tippe, A. 1987. Evidence for different mechanisms of action of the three pyrethroids, deltamethrin, cypermethrin, and fenvalerate, on the excitation threshold of myelinated nerve. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 28 67-74. 

Pilling ED, Jepson PC (1993) Synergism between EBI fungicides and a pyrethroid insecticide in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Pestic Sci 39 293-297... 

Pilling ED, Bromley-Challenor KAC, Walker CH et al (1995) Mechanism of synergism between the pyrethroid insecticide /amMti-cyhalothrin and the imidazole fungicide prochloraz in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Pestic Biochem Physiol 51 1-11... 

A new alarm component discovered in the sting apparatus of the Africanized honeybees Apis mellifera L.] was identified as 3-methyl-2-buten-l-yl acetate. ... 

Molecular biology melittin/ Sigma 2000 protein/binding to calmodulin/reagent for protein analysis hon bee (Apis mellifera (L.), Ins. voiom... 

Cheung, A.C. Kinetic properties of arginine phosphokinase from honeybees, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 154, 28-39 (1973)... 

Callow R. K. and Johnson N. C. (1960) The chemical constitution and synthesis of queen substance of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Bee World 41, 152-153. 

Ledoux M. N., Winston M. L., Higo H., Keeling C. I., Slessor K. N. and LeConte Y. (2001) Queen and pheromonal factors influencing comb construction by simulated honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) swarms. Insectes Soc. 48, 14—20. 

Moritz R. F. A., Crewe R. M. and Hepburn H. R. (2002) Queen avoidance and mandibular gland secretion of honeybee workers (Apis mellifera L.). Insectes Soc. 49 86-91. 

PankiwT. and PageR. E., Jr (2001) Brood pheromone modulates honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) sucrose response thresholds. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 49, 206-213. 

Briand L., Nespoulous C., Huet J. C., Takahashi M. and Pernollet J. C. (2001) Ligand binding and physico-chemical properties of ASP2, a recombinant odorant-binding protein from honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Eur. J. Biochem. 268, 752-760. 

Danty E., Arnold G., Huet J. C., Huet D., Masson C. and Pemollet J. C. (1998) Separation, characterization and sexual heterogeneity of multiple putative odorant-binding proteins in the honeybee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera Apidea). Chem. Senses 23, 83-91. 

Guidugli-Lazzarini, K.R., do Nascimento, A.M., Tanaka, E.D., Piulachs, M.D., Hartfelder, K., Bitondi, M.G. and Simoes, Z.L. (2008). Expression analysis of putative vitellogenin and lipophorin receptors in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and workers. J. Insect Physiol., 54, 1138-1147. 

Katzav-Gozansky, T., Soroker, V., Hefetz, A., Cojocaru, M.D., Erdmann, H. and Francke W. (1997). Plasticity of caste-specific Dufour s gland secretion in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Naturwissenschaften, 84, 238-241. 

McDaniel, C.A., Howard, R. W., Blomquist, G. J. and Collins, A.M. (1984). Hydrocarbons of the cuticle, sting apparatus, and sting shaft of Apis mellifera L. Identification and preliminary evaluation as chemotaxonomic characters. Sociobiology, 8, 287-298. 

C. (1997). Biochemical characterization, molecular cloning and localization of a putative odorant binding protein in the honeybee Apis mellifera L. FEBS Lett., 414, 595-598. 

Downs, S.G. and Ratnieks, F.L.W. (2000). Adaptive shifts in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) guarding behavior support predictions of the acceptance threshold model. Behav. Ecol., 11, 326-333. 

Whereas chromatograms obtained as background controls for many agricultural crops vary with the natural chemical composition and degree of ripeness, chromatograms for pollen can become further complicated by the unpredictable foraging habits of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.), and the question of what constitutes a valid background control sample. 

Beeswax, White, occurs as a yellow-white solid, somewhat translucent in thin layers, with a faint, characteristic odor, free from rancidity. It is the bleached, purified wax from the honeycomb of the bee Apis mellifera L. (Fam. Apidae), and it consists primarily of myricyl palmitate (myricin), cerotic acid and ester, and some high-carbon paraffins. Its specific gravity is about 0.95. Beeswax, White, is insoluble in water and sparingly soluble in cold alcohol. Boiling alcohol dissolves cerotic acid and part of the myricin. It is completely soluble in chloroform, in ether, and in fixed and volatile oils. It is partly soluble in cold carbon disulfide and is completely soluble in it at temperatures of 30° or above. 

Griliione, P. Federici, F. Miller, M. W. In Yeasts from honey bees (Apis mellifera L) Fifth International Yeast Symposium London, Canada 1980. 

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