Honey bee http://honeybee.drawwing.org/ en Brain http://honeybee.drawwing.org/brain <span>Brain</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/brain.png?itok=UsPCIbXa" width="600" height="334" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Sun, 10/08/2023 - 20:11</span> <div><p>Brain of honey bee worker.</p> <p>Ao - aorta</p> <p>AL - antenal lobes (blue)</p> <p>CA - corpora allata</p> <p>CC - corpora cardiaca</p> <p>MB - mashroom bodies (red)</p> <p>OL - optical lobes (yellow)</p> <p>Oe - oesophagus</p></div> Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:11:02 +0000 Adam Tofilski 6192 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/brain#comments Nosema spores http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/nosema-spores <span>Nosema spores</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/nosema-photo.png?itok=iABS5fb1" width="600" height="400" alt="Nosema, spores" title="Nosema, spores" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Tue, 03/15/2022 - 07:37</span> <div><p>Nosema spores (indicated by red arrows) under phase contrast microscope.</p> </div> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 06:37:10 +0000 Adam Tofilski 6187 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/nosema-spores#comments Apis mellifera mellifera http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/apis-mellifera-mellifera <span>Apis mellifera mellifera</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/Apis-mellifera-mellifera.png?itok=4H4QChST" width="600" height="510" alt="Apis mellifera mellifera" title="Apis mellifera mellifera" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Wed, 01/06/2021 - 09:57</span> <div><p>Hypothetical natural distribution of <em>Apis mellifera mellifera</em>.<br /> In comparison to other subspecies <em>A. m. mellifera</em> is better adapted to low temperatures <span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-1"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/x57856lt58286600/">Adaptations of honeybees Apis mellifera mellifera L. and Apis mellifera carpathica to low winter temperatures</a></span>,<br /><span class="biblio-authors">Russian Journal of Ecology</span><br /> , Volume 43, Number 5, p.409–411, (2012)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-1&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[1]</a>.</p> </div> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:57:17 +0000 Adam Tofilski 6165 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/apis-mellifera-mellifera#comments Mandibles http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/mandibles <span>Mandibles</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/mandibles.png?itok=JyVr1tUW" width="600" height="218" alt="honey bee, mandibles" title="honey bee, mandibles" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Sun, 10/11/2015 - 14:01</span> <div><p>Ventral view of left mandible of honey bee queen (A), worker (B) and drone (C). After Snodgrass (1956, fig. 23) <span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-2"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="/node/718">Anatomy of the honey bee</a></span>,<br /> , Ithaca, p.334, (1956)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-2&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[2]</a>.<br /> From evolutionary point of view the mandibles are homologous with coxae of mandibular (forth) head segment.</p> </div> Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:01:43 +0000 Adam Tofilski 5332 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/mandibles#comments Internal anatomy of larva http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/internal-anatomy-larva <span>Internal anatomy of larva</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/larva_anatomy.png?itok=v0QU5dox" width="600" height="229" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Sun, 07/12/2015 - 10:40</span> <div><p>Internal anatomy of first instar of honey bee larva (blue - digestive system, green - silk gland, red - nervous system). After Schnetter (1934, fig. 26) <span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-3"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="/node/5003">Morphologische untersuchungen über das differenzierungszentrum in der embryonal-entwicklung der honigbiene</a></span>,<br /><span class="biblio-authors">Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere</span><br /> , Volume 29, Number 1, p.114–195, (1934)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-3&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[3]</a>.</p> <p>Abbreviations:<br /> Br - brain<br /> Gng - ganglion<br /> Ht - heart<br /> Mal - Malpighian tubules<br /> Ov - ovary<br /> Proc - proctodaeum<br /> skGld - silk glang<br /> Sp - spiracle<br /> Tra - trachea<br /> Vent - ventriculus</p> </div> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:40:04 +0000 Adam Tofilski 5251 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/internal-anatomy-larva#comments Trophallaxis http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/trophallaxis <span>Trophallaxis</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/trophalaxis.png?itok=ggpnvVzB" width="600" height="159" alt="honey bee, trophalaxis" title="honey bee, trophalaxis" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Sat, 07/11/2015 - 16:58</span> <div><p>Trophallaxis between two honey bee workers. The worker on the left is collecting food from the worker on the right.<br /><span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-4"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="/node/233">The transmission of food between worker honeybees</a></span>,<br /><span class="biblio-authors">British Journal of Animal Behaviour</span><br /> , Volume 5, p.41-47, (1957)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-4&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[4]</a><span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-5"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="/node/415">The nature of trophallaxis in honeybees</a></span>,<br /><span class="biblio-authors">Insectes Sociaux</span><br /> , Volume 29, p.209-221, (1982)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-5&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[5]</a></p> </div> Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:58:03 +0000 Adam Tofilski 5249 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/trophallaxis#comments Mouthparts, folding http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/mouthparts-folding <span>Mouthparts, folding</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/mouthparts_side.png?itok=hpVw-_z8" width="600" height="431" alt="Mouthparts, folding" title="Mouthparts, folding" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Fri, 07/03/2015 - 17:27</span> <div><p>Mouthparts of honey bee worker (side view). After Goodman (2003, fig. 5-13) <span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-6"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="/node/849">Form and function in the honey bee</a></span>,<br /> , Cardiff, p.220, (2003)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-6&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[6]</a>. Most of the time the honey bee mouthparts are folded and hidden behind the head. Then bees can use their mandibles to manipulate solid substances. In order to collect liquid food bees need to unfold the mouthparts.</p> </div> Fri, 03 Jul 2015 15:27:26 +0000 Adam Tofilski 5234 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/mouthparts-folding#comments Queen development http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/queen-development-0 <span>Queen development</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/queen_development.png?itok=kM1Zb_6p" width="600" height="325" alt="honey bee, queen development" title="honey bee, queen development" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Fri, 11/22/2013 - 13:22</span> <div><p>Development of honey bee queen. Numbers indicate day of development after egg laying.</p> <hr /> Small amount of pollen can be present in food of queens larvae <span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-7"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226861514001423">Diversity in life history of queen and worker honey bees, Apis mellifera L.</a></span>,<br /><span class="biblio-authors">Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology</span><br /> , Volume 18, p.145–149, (2015)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-7&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[7]</a>. </div> Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:22:24 +0000 Adam Tofilski 4278 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/queen-development-0#comments Varroa entering a cell http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/varroa-entering-cell <span>Varroa entering a cell</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/varroa_entering.png?itok=b1KRA-me" width="493" height="600" alt="varroa, entering cell" title="varroa, entering cell" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Mon, 11/18/2013 - 09:07</span> <div><p>Female of Varroa (markerd red) entering a brood cell. </p> <hr /> When a worker infested with Varroa approaches brood cell just before capping, the mite leaves the worker and goes to the cell rim or capping of the nearby cell. Next the mite enters the cell and hides behind the larva at the cell bottom. This takes about one minute <span class="tooltip visually-hidden" data-tooltip-id="tooltip-8"><span class="biblio-title"><a target="_blank" href="/node/4265">Behaviour of Varroa mites invading honey bee brood cells</a></span>,<br /><span class="biblio-authors">Experimental and Applied Acarology</span><br /> , Volume 18, Number 6, p.371–379, (1994)<br /></span><a data-tooltip="{&quot;block&quot;:&quot;tooltip-8&quot;,&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;top&quot;}">[8]</a>. </div> Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:07:56 +0000 Adam Tofilski 4264 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/varroa-entering-cell#comments Varroa, front view http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/varroa-front-view <span>Varroa, front view</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/honeybee.drawwing.org/files/styles/wide/public/varroa_anterior.png?itok=e15v6JtQ" width="600" height="251" alt="varroa, front view" title="varroa, front view" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/users/adam-tofilski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adam Tofilski</span></span> <span>Mon, 11/18/2013 - 07:20</span> <div><p>Female of Varroa destructor, front view. (scale bar = 0.5 mm)</p> </div> Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:20:14 +0000 Adam Tofilski 4258 at http://honeybee.drawwing.org http://honeybee.drawwing.org/book/varroa-front-view#comments