Honey bees feed on floral nectar and pollen that they store in their colonies as honey and
bee bread. Social division of labor enables the collection of stores of food that are consumed …

Adequate nutrition supports the development of healthy honey bee colonies. We give an
overview of the nutritional demands of honey bee workers at three levels:(1) colony nutrition …

This book describes and illustrates the results of more than fifteen years of elegant
experimental studies conducted by the author to investigate how a colony of bees is …

The pollen content of the gastrointestinal tract of honeybee workers was investigated in the
morning before the beginning of flight activity. It was low in young bees, largest in about 9 …

Elucidating the mechanisms by which honey bees process pollen vs. protein supplements
are important in the generation of artificial diets needed to sustain managed honeybees. We …

For honey bee workers, protein requirements and consumption, digestion, intestinal
absorption and utilisation all depend on the worker's age and functional status in the system …

Aloe greatheadii var. davyana is the most important indigenous South African bee plant.
Fresh, bee-collected and stored pollen of this aloe was collected and analysed for its …

Dietary sources of essential amino acids (EAAs) are used for growth, somatic maintenance
and reproduction. Eusocial insect workers such as honeybees are sterile, and unlike other …

Temperate honey bees (Apis mellifera) are challenged by low temperatures and abrupt
dietary shifts associated with behavioral changes during winter. Case studies have revealed …

Drones and workers have completely different roles in a honeybee colony. This is reflected
in many physiological, morphological and behavioural differences. Our overview mainly …