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Honey bee biology

Honey bee biology. Jamie Ellis, PhD – jdellis@ufl.edu Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory University of Florida. Epidermis + cuticle = integument. Johnston Organ. The fore and hind wings are held together with little hooks called hamuli. Honey bee hairs are branched.

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Honey bee biology

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  1. Honey bee biology Jamie Ellis, PhD – jdellis@ufl.edu Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory University of Florida

  2. Epidermis + cuticle = integument

  3. Johnston Organ

  4. The fore and hind wings are held together with little hooks called hamuli

  5. Honey bee hairs are branched corbiculum opposed to scopa

  6. spermatheca

  7. Complete metamorphosis, development times differ

  8. egg fertilized? male not queen worker not well-fed?

  9. Apis florea

  10. Apis dorsata

  11. 40 liters

  12. Apis mellifera spp.

  13. Nasonov

  14. footprint

  15. Isoamyl acetate

  16. 9-oxodecenoic acid (9-ODA) 9-hydroxy-(E)-2-decenoic acid (9-HDA)

  17. Brood pheromones

  18. 41o F 86o F 88o F 66o F 95o F 95o F

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