Publications
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Nov 2014
Honeybee Nests - Composition, Structure, Function
Hepburn, H. Randall, Pirk, Christian W.W., Duangphakdee, Orawan
1 General Introduction 2 Nesting: Sites, Space and Density in Comb-building 3 Self-organization of Nest Contents 4 Intraspecific...
Oct 2014
Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine
Human, H., Archer, C. R., du Rand, E. E., Pirk, C. W. W. et al.
Journal of Insect Physiology
The effects of pesticides on honeybee larvae are less understood than for adult bees, even though larvae are chronically exposed...
Jan 2014
A survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the Republic of South Africa - 2009 to 2011
Pirk, Christian Walter Werner, Human, Hannelie, Crewe, Robin M., vanEngelsdorp, Dennis
Journal of Apicultural Research
This study reports honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colony losses that occurred in South Africa over two consecutive years. The...
Jan 2014
Infestation rates of Varroa destructor and Braula coeca in the savannah honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata)
Strauss, U., Pirk, C. W. W., Dietemann, V., Crewe, R. M. et al.
Journal of Apicultural Research
Aug 2014
A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera
Wallberg, Andreas, Han, Fan, Wellhagen, Gustaf, Dahle, Bjorn et al.
Nat Genet
The honeybee Apis mellifera has major ecological and economic importance. We analyze patterns of genetic variation at 8.3 million...
Jul 2014
) Lasting influence of biochemically contrasting organic inputs on abundance and community structure of total and proteolytic bacteria in tropical soils.
Rasche F, Musyoki MK, Röhl C, Muema EK et al.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
The SOM field experiments in Kenya, which have been initiated in 2002 on two contrasting soils (clayey Humic Nitisol (sand: 17%;...
2014
Testing naturally repulsive plant species against gypsy moth attacks
Pal E, Lavoir AV, Morel E, Brinquin AS et al.
IOBC-WPRS Bulletin
Jul 2014
Disentangling the low-energy states of the major light-harvesting complex of plants and their role in photoprotection
Krüger, T.P.J., Ilioaia, C., Johnson, M.P., Ruban, A.V. et al.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
The ability to dissipate large fractions of their absorbed light energy as heat is a vital photoprotective function of the...
2014
Photosynthetic energy transfer and charge separation in higher plants
Krüger, T.P.J., Novoderezhkin, V.I., Romero, E., van Grondelle, R.
The Biophysics of Photosynthesis