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Honey bee biology is a fascinating subject. One of the reasons is that Apis mellifera is a social insect. Another is that a range of bee products are available from this insect.

Magnetite in honey bees and other arthropods, July 2000.

Thelytokous parthenogenesis found in African bees in Arizona? June, 2000.

Bees as mathematicians; cell construction, March 2000.

Bee nutrition and what we don't know; new techniques to measure protein, September 1999.

The value of drones in a colony, July 1999.

Hygienic behavior in honey bees, September 1998.

Narrowing the honey bee genetic base, October 1997.

Queen storage: the pheromonal connection, September 1997.

Brood pheromone: the revolution continues, August 1997.

How worker honey bees may rebel in the colony by using the queen's own pheromones which are supposed to control them, June 1997.

QMP, queen mandibular pheromone and its control, June 1997.

Determining the number of drones a queen mates with, April 1996.

Sex determination in bees vs humans, April 1996.

Honey bee domestication and Varroa, April 1996.

Honey bees under attack in Australia as poor pollinators and introduced species, March 1993

Environmental contamination can affect bees in several ways, May 1994.

Discussion of effects on crowding bees, Journal of Economic Entomology, January 1994.

Biology of hybrid bees, a new frontier, December 1993.

Florida research on why honey bee hybrids might fail, June 1993.

Swarming discussion; two kinds prevalent? April 1993.

Discussion of how bees hear, January 1993.

How swarming is controlled in the colony; royal pheromone's role, December 1992.

Bees used in biocontrol; distributing beneficial bacteria in apples, October 1992.

Bees getting drunk in fermenting honey in Africa, October 1992.

Complexities in queen breeding explained, September 1992.

Honey bees as pollinators; the good and bad, June 1992.

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