L’abeille mellifère (Apis mellifera unicolor) à Mayotte by Samuel Perichon

“…Due to Mayotte’s perception of the honeybee as a wild animal, there is an incredulous and even suspicious attitude regarding the recent development of modern beekeeping on the archipelago. …”
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NcSWP8, a New Spore Wall Protein, Interacts with Polar Tube Proteins in the Parasitic Microsporidia <i>Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae</i> by Pengfei Wang, Dufu Li, Qianmin Hai, Siming Liu, Yueyue Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jinshan Xu, Zhengang Ma, Zeyang Zhou

“…<i>Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae</i> is a pathogen that affects <i>Apis mellifera</i> and <i>Apis ceranae</i> Fabricius, capable of spreading within and between honeybee colonies. The spore wall of microsporidia is the initial structure to contact the host cell directly, which may play a crucial role in the infection process. …”
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Evaluation of the Antioxidant Properties and Biological Effects of a Novel Combined Barberry Root–Propolis Extract on HEK293T Cells by Dana Marcinčáková, Nikola Hudáková, Michal Miłek, Mária Kolesárová, Małgorzata Dżugan, Dasa Cizkova, Jaroslav Legáth

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The health benefits of honeybee products and herbs are well known, and their appropriate combination may enhance their biological efficacy. …”
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Strategic selection of polliniser trees can improve fruit quality of lychee, a crop that exhibits mixed-mating by Stephen J. Trueman, Joel Nichols, Christopher J. Burwell, Wiebke Kämper

“…We aimed to: (1) identify flower visitors in a lychee orchard; (2) determine levels of selfing and outcrossing among two lychee cultivars (Kaimana and Kwai Mai Pink) at increasing distances from another cultivar in single-cultivar blocks; and (3) assess effects of pollen parentage on fruit size, skin colour, Brix, acidity, and mineral nutrient concentrations. The European honeybee and a rhiniid fly, Stomorhina discolor, were the most abundant flower visitors. …”
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