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This Amegilla bee was observed foraging on small plant in suburban area of south Punjab, Pakistan. Will you please help me to identify its species? South Punjab climate is mostly hot and arid with...
07 October 2017 2,686 3 View
I want to compare 16S rRNA sequences of gut bacteria isolated from honeybee of different countries. Is there any way at NCBI web site to search the sequences from a particular country?
28 October 2016 9,014 2 View
This gut bacterium was cultured on BSM agar (Bifido selective media). Can anyone help to identify it from the attached picture?
09 March 2016 2,143 6 View
I have to collect honeybees for gut microbial study through a culture dependent method. I have planned to collect in 95% ethanol. If the bee samples remain in 95% ethanol for many days, will all...
27 October 2014 3,920 9 View
The Hymenoptera, an order of holometabolous neopterans is mainly classified in two suborders, the “Symphyta” (wood wasps and sawflies) and Apocrita (wasps, bees, and ants). Within the Apocrita, the...
11 September 2014 9,878 3 View
It is assumed that the unbalanced species distributions of gut microbiota (especially that of Lactic acid bacteria (LAB), Bifidobacterium and Acetic acid bacteria (AAB)) may negatively impact the...
26 December 2013 9,023 1 View
Some insects, like rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae), have four intracellular genomes i.e. nuclear, mitochondrial, principal endosymbiont, and Wolbachia. Can we stain these different genomes with...
28 November 2013 2,646 0 View
Varroa mites are a very serious pest of honey bees. Is there any technique to rear this pest in a laboratory, so that we may perform some in vitro studies on it?
01 November 2013 898 7 View
The organism that reproduce sexually invest resources (cost of rearing and supporting throughout life) in both male and female individuals and it seems an extra cost on male counterpart. If they...
29 October 2013 1,664 6 View
It has been observed during the Apis mellifera L. honey analysis that the electric conductivity and fructose percentage of tree-origin honey was high compared to herb- and shrub-origin honey. One...
23 October 2013 3,130 3 View
