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_____________ Hymenoptera 12- Honey Bees

                                                     HONEY BEE Apis mellifera (WORKER)

                                                      HONEY BEE Apis mellifera (WORKER)

• Honey Bees have been suffering severe population crashes recently. One reason for this is parasitism by the Varroa jacobsoni mite, but there may be other as yet inadequately explained causes of this decline. An authoritative account of the effect of this mite (in the USA, although the same principles apply elsewhere) may be found at: http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef608.asp

• The biology of these bees and many other species will be described in detail in David Baldock's forthcoming 'Bees of Surrey', a book which will be of value to hymenopterists throughout the UK and possibly in northern Europe. This book is due to be published in the Autumn of 2008 and there will be distribution maps for Surrey (VC17) and also numerous colour photographs.

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