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Guía de producción de jalea real para el sector apícola costarricense
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2019)
La presente guía incluye información general sobre la definición de la jalea real, así como su composición, propiedades, beneficios y usos comerciales. Además, incluye los diferentes métodos utilizados en Costa Rica para ...
Manual de diversificación de productos apícolas
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
Durante cientos de años la miel ha sido utilizada por nuestros antepasados gracias a sus propiedades como antioxidante, energética, antibacteriana, entre otras (Torres, 2008). Es por ello que la miel es empleada en diferentes ...
Nest-specific composition of the trail pheromone of the stingless bee Trigona corvina within populations
(Springer, 2012)
Social insects have evolved highly developed communication systems, enabling them to coordinate complex interactions in their colonies. Pheromones play a major role in the coordination of many tasks. In Trigona corvina, a ...
Learnt information in species-specific ‘trail pheromone’ communication in stingless bees
(Elsevier, 2013)
Specificity in biological signalling systems is often important to keep information private. Foragers of
several species of stingless bees deposit chemical marking signals to guide nestmates to food sources.
The markings ...
Comparación de la habilidad reproductiva y mortalidad del ácaro Varroa destructor en celdas con cría de obrera y zángano en abejas africanizadas de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2014-10-31)
Se estudió la reproducción del ácaro Varroa destructor en celdas con cría de obrera
y zángano. Además se evaluó la mortalidad de la progenie de V. destructor, especialmente la
muerte o ausencia del macho. El estudio se ...
An unusual recruitment strategy in a mass-recruiting stingless bee, Partamona orizabaensis
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016-07-13)
Foragers of several stingless bee species deposit attractive scent marks on solid substrates to precisely recruit nestmates to food. Interestingly, Partamona workers quickly recruit large numbers of nest mates to resources, ...
The antimicrobial activity and microbiological safety of stingless bee honeys from Costa Rica
(International Bee Research AssociationTaylor and Francis, 2014)
Stingless bee honeys from Costa Rica possess etnopharmacological value mainly as a wound dressing. The microbiological study by APHA methods reported that 83 % of the honeys analysed had microbial counts that comply with ...
Reproduction of Varroa destructor and offspring mortality in worker and drone brood cells of Africanized honey bees
(Springer, 2012-01-24)
Varroa destructor is known to be the most serious parasite of Apis mellifera worldwide. In order to reproduce varroa females enter worker or drone brood shortly before the cell is sealed. From March to December 2008, the ...
Stingless bees of Costa Rica
(Springer, 2012-11-19)
The keeping of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) or meliponiculture is carried out in a rustic and traditional way in Costa Rica. This is an activity present in several regions of the country, especially among the ...
Costa rican pot-honey: Its medicinal use and antibacterial effect
(Springer, 2012-11-19)
There are very few records on the use of pot-honey by indigenous people of Costa Rica. Our evaluation concerns antimicrobial activity of honey samples from Tetragonisca angustula, Melipona beecheii and Apis mellifera, ...