Directory of Apis Resources

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The genus Apis includes the social hive building honeybees, including the domesticated honeybees, and the giant and little honeybees of south and southeast Asia.

Subcategories

• Africanized Honey Bees

Resources in This Category

• Apis mellifera: Honey Bee

  http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Honey-Bee/Apis/mellifera.html
  Several photographs and some insect facts.

• Bee Behavior

  http://www.beebehavior.com/
  A project studying the behavior of bees as individuals and as a colony, including a live feed from a hive.

• Cognitive Architecture of a Mini-brain: The Honeybee

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11166636
  Abstract of an article by Randolf Menzel and Martin Giurfa examining the extent to which adaptive behaviour in honeybees exceeds elementary forms of learning, and identifying the neural mechanisms involved.

• European Honey Bee: Apis mellifera

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/natrop_coli/
  Research project by Colin Natrop on this domesticated insect including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.

• Honey Bee Research at the University of Illinois

  http://www.life.illinois.edu/robinson/
  Research in Gene E. Robinson's lab that studies the mechanisms of social behavior in honey bees.

• Honeybees of the Genus Apis

  http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0083e/X0083E02.htm
  Descriptions of the common species, with more detailed accounts of the giant and dwarf honeybees, Apis dorsata and Apis florea.

• Insect Insights: The Honey Bee

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97b/insecin1.html
  Photographic study by Dave Walker on the hairy eyes and amazing legs of this insect.

• Interactive Honey Bee Worker

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul05/dwapis.html
  Diagram of a honey bee and downloadable images of the different body parts.

• ScienceDaily Magazine - 'Undertaker' Bees

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/09/970910052734.htm
  Article on those workers that remove dead bees from the hive, from Illinois University research.

• Tales from the Hive - NOVA Online

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/
  Companion web site to the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive". Includes Quicktime clips of bee "dancing".

• The Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

  http://www.biology-resources.com/bee-01.html
  Information on the bee including its anatomy, the organization of the colony, the roles of queen, worker and drone, their development and other aspects of the lives of bees and that of the colony.

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