honey-bee colony
1Honey bee life cycle — The honey bee life cycle, here referring exclusively to the domesticated Western honey bee, depends greatly on their social structure. Colony life Unlike a bumble bee colony or a paper wasp colony, the life of a honey bee colony is perennial.… …
2Bee colony optimization — The bee colony optimization algorithm is inspired by the behaviour of a honey bee colony in nectar collection. This biologically inspired approach is currently being employed to solve continuous optimization problems, training neural networks,… …
3Honey bee pheromones — are mixtures of chemical substances released by individual bees into the hive or environment that cause changes in the physiology and behaviour of other bees. IntroductionHoneybees have one of the most complex pheromonal communication systems… …
4Honey bee — For other uses, see Honey bee (disambiguation). This article refers collectively to all true honey bees; for the common domesticated honey bee, see European honey bee. Honeybees Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent …
5honey bee — /ˈhʌni bi/ (say hunee bee) noun 1. a bee that collects and stores honey in nests constructed out of wax secreted by workers in the colony, especially the European honey bee, Apis mellifera. 2. Aboriginal English any non native bee. 3. Aboriginal… …
6Diseases of the honey bee — or abnormal hive conditions include: Contents 1 Pests and parasites 1.1 Varroa mites 1.1.1 Treatment 1.2 Acarine (Tracheal) mit …
7Colony collapse disorder — Honey bees entering a beehive Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the… …
8European honey bee — Taxobox name = Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) image caption = Honey bee approaching a Milk Thistle flowerhead regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Apoidea familia =… …
9Colony Collapse Disorder — (or CCD) is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term Colony Collapse Disorder was first applied to a… …
10Bee learning and communication — Honey bees learn and communicate in order to find food sources and for other means. LearningLearning is essential for efficient foraging. Honey bees are unlikely to make many repeat visits if a plant provides little in the way of reward. A single …
