Monday, 27 October 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

204/210 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Ten-Minute Papers, Section Cb. Apiculture and Social Insects

Moderator(s): Anita M. Collins
Robyn M. Underwood
8:00 AM0262Bottom board screens for control of Varroa destructor in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
Thomas C. Webster, Fritz E. Vorisek, Etta M. Thacker
8:12 AM0263Mechanisms of resistance to Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) by Russian honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Lilia I. De Guzman, Thomas E. Rinderer
8:24 AM0264Survey of Varroa mite (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) resistance to pesticides in honey bee colonies (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Diana Sammataro, Jennifer Finley, Felix D. Guerrero
8:36 AM0265Feral Africanized bees in Puerto Rico: reduced defensiveness and presence of Varroa
Bert Rivera-Marchand, Devrim Oskay, Tugrul Giray
8:48 AM0266Tracking Nosema spores in colonies headed by hygienic and regular queens
Qin Yuchuan, Zachary Huang
9:00 AM0267Residue hazards associated with lincomycin and tylosin treatment of honey bee colonies in northern climates
Stephen Pernal, Don Nelson, Adony Melathopoulos
9:12 AM0268Analysis of tylosin in honey by HPLC
Jan Kochansky
9:24 AMBreak
9:36 AM0269Sublethal effects of coumaphos in beeswax on new honey bee queens
Anita M. Collins, Jeff Pettis, Mark F. Feldlaufer, Reg Wilbanks
9:48 AM0270Fitness of honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones: too many duds, not enough studs
G. McAneney-Lannen, Gard W. Otis, J. Jarolimek
10:00 AM0271Sampling error while estimating effective paternity in honey bee colonies
David R. Tarpy, David I. Nielsen
10:12 AM0272Extraordinary queens - honey bee queens control sex ratio by overriding a highly stereotyped behavioral program
Zachary Huang
10:24 AM0273Where do 2-alkanones in bee mandibular glands come from?: Implications from mandibular gland analyses
Hiromi Sasagawa, Shigeru Matsuyama
10:36 AMBreak
10:48 AM0274The frequency of subtle and overt European honey bee colony invasions by African bees
Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Stanley S. Schneider
11:00 AM0275Does the africanization process of feral honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from the southern US involve hybridization
Alice M. Pinto, William L. Rubink, Robert N. Coulson, John C. Patton, John S. Johnston
11:12 AM0276Role of phagostimulants in honey bee feeding and nutrition
Justin O. Schmidt, Anita Hanna
11:24 AM0277Octopamine treatment changes amount and type of material collected by honey bee foragers
Tugrul Giray, Alberto Galindo-Cardona, Devrim Oskay
11:36 AM0278Flight performance of typical and precocious honey bee foragers
Devrim Oskay, Tugrul Giray
11:48 AM0279The extrinsic mortality risk on honey bee foragers
Olav Rueppell, Michael K Fondrk, Robert E. Page

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