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A look into the sex-determining gene in Australian honeybees
...Sex in honeybees is determined by a gene named the complementary sex determiner (csd). Unfertilised eggs emerge to become drones, whilst fertilised eggs become queen and worker bees. Like other genes, csd has numerous alleles. Alleles are different variations of the same gene.A queen bee has two...
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Fires, Flowers and Bees: How Prescribed Burns Affect The Honeybee and Pollination Industry
... and the significant risk that fire presents. Prescribed burns are integral to Australia’s fire mitigation strategy. While intended to protect people, property and biodiversity, they can have unintended consequences on flower-visiting insects such as honeybees. The impact of prescribed burning can sometimes...
Progressing implementation of genetic selection in Australian Honeybees
..., and limited in detail of pedigree, but results show the existence of useful genetic variation in production and health traits, providing the basis for genetic improvement.This follow-up project aims to progress genetic improvement of Australian honeybees for production and health traits through a combination...
Testing pollen substitutes that meet the nutritional needs of honeybees
... for preference and palatability by honey bees. To test ingredients and feedstuffs developed by John Black Consulting (RIRDC Project JLB-4A) for preference and palatability. To test the final substitute feeds in cage experiments for their effect on honeybee longevity. PRO_CLAQ...
Development of a pollen substitute meeting the nutritional needs of honeybees
...custr13_HBE PRJ-000643 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 John Black Black, John John L Black Consulting Substances that are attractive to honeybees will be identifiedIgredients that meet the nutritional needs of honeybees and are not toxic will be idenitifedAlternative pollen substitutes...