Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2340985993> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 78 of
78
with 100 items per page.
- W2340985993 abstract "The Importance of the Honey Bee lationship between honey bees and pesticides and to suggest how honey bees can better be protected The honey bee is just one of the many kinds of from the potential hazards of these chemicals. bees endemic to Florida. However, it is the most imHoney bees are vegetarians, usually consuming portant bee to Florida agriculture and to that of the only pollen and nectar from plant blooms or sweets United States as a whole. The honey bee is credited like sugar syrup and honey dew. These insects are with approximately 85% of the pollinating activity highly social and a colony may contain as many as necessary to supply about one-third of the nation's 10,000 to 100,000 individuals, depending on the food supply. Well over 50 major crops are either time of year, prevailing weather conditions and dependent on these insects for pollination or proavailability of nectarand pollen-bearing blossoms. duce more abundantly when honey bees are plentiEach colony consists of three kinds of individuals. A ful. Although some beekeepers routinely supplement single fertile queen is usually present to provide retheir income by renting colonies of bees for pollinaplacement bees, and there may be from a few to tion, most honey bee activity is a service provided several thousand drones. The latter are male bees free of charge. This intangible benefit from the whose major function is to mate with virgin queens keeping of honey bees, however, is no small contrito ensure survival of the species. bution to agriculture. In fact, it is estimated to be Finally, the vast majority of the bees in a colony somewhere between ten to twenty times the total are sterile females called workers. As the name sugvalue of honey and wax produced by these insects. gests, they are responsible for doing all the work, inThere are an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 beecluding gathering and processing food, caring for keepers in the state of Florida, managing a total of the brood of young bees, defending the colony and 350,000 to 400,000 colonies and producing between maintaining the colony's temperature. 20-30 million pounds of honey annually. Each year, this industry is affected by use of chemicals called Poisoning and Developmental Stages pesticides, marketed to control populations of weeds, plant pathogens, nematodes, insects, Worker bees are those primarily affected by pestirodents, birds, and other pests. This publication is cides. The symptoms of poisoning can vary dependwritten to inform beekeepers, commercial growers ing on the developmental stage of the individual bee and the general public about the often complex reand kind of chemical employed (see Figure 1)." @default.
- W2340985993 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W2340985993 creator A5005791154 @default.
- W2340985993 date "1993-01-01" @default.
- W2340985993 modified "2023-09-24" @default.
- W2340985993 title "Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides 1" @default.
- W2340985993 cites W1522032074 @default.
- W2340985993 cites W2320580254 @default.
- W2340985993 cites W2325033331 @default.
- W2340985993 cites W2909372041 @default.
- W2340985993 cites W2981781858 @default.
- W2340985993 cites W3112326196 @default.
- W2340985993 hasPublicationYear "1993" @default.
- W2340985993 type Work @default.
- W2340985993 sameAs 2340985993 @default.
- W2340985993 citedByCount "13" @default.
- W2340985993 countsByYear W23409859932012 @default.
- W2340985993 countsByYear W23409859932013 @default.
- W2340985993 countsByYear W23409859932015 @default.
- W2340985993 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
- W2340985993 hasAuthorship W2340985993A5005791154 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C102789151 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C121434348 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C137793583 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C147490343 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C168197293 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C18903297 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C21078798 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C24556401 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C2777096740 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C2777907900 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C2779982806 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C2780618852 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C33070731 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C44872808 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConcept C86803240 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C102789151 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C121434348 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C137793583 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C147490343 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C168197293 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C18903297 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C21078798 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C24556401 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C2777096740 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C2777907900 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C2779982806 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C2780618852 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C33070731 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C44872808 @default.
- W2340985993 hasConceptScore W2340985993C86803240 @default.
- W2340985993 hasLocation W23409859931 @default.
- W2340985993 hasOpenAccess W2340985993 @default.
- W2340985993 hasPrimaryLocation W23409859931 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W1567082540 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W1650395292 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W184731779 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W1996685102 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2077103683 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2202180539 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2245479723 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2259307300 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2261397444 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2552975108 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2781108835 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2806309664 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2923808522 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W2982958433 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W3113034118 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W3129048834 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W3132625687 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W604679589 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W642774483 @default.
- W2340985993 hasRelatedWork W3097378625 @default.
- W2340985993 isParatext "false" @default.
- W2340985993 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W2340985993 magId "2340985993" @default.
- W2340985993 workType "article" @default.