Status of Pollinators in North America (2007) / Chapter Skim
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American foul brood A bacterial disease (caused by Paenibacillus) of honey bees that produces a foul odor in dead bee larvae.
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Immature honey bees live in the central portion of older darkened combs; pollen and honey are stored at the periphery of the brood area. Bulbil Asexual bulb-shaped reproductive unit of agaves and other plants.
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Drone A male honey bee that does not forage for itself at flowers, but is fed by its sisters. Haplodip loid genetic sex determination in bees, ants, and wasps results in males having one set of chromo somes.
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of a honey bee colony. Also called the nest or nest box.
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. Nosema bombi is a disease of bumble bees.
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Pollination The transfer of pollen grains from flower to flower and usually plant to plant by wind, water, or animals. Queen bee The mother of the bees in a nest; usually a single queen inhabits a mature bee colony.
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Tracheal mite Acarapis woodi, parasite of honey bees, acciden tally introduced into the United States that has caused colony mortality in many locations. Trioecious Staminate, pistillate, and perfect flowers borne on different plants.
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