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Rachael, W., N. M. Williams, G. Hannah, J. S. Ascher & C. Kremen, 2008. Wild bee pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land-use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of applied ecology 45(3): 793-802. [Electronic Resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01418.x].

Rachinsky, A. & K. Hartfelder, 1990.  Corpora allata activity; a prime regulating element for caste-specific juvenile hormone titer in honey bee larvae (Apis mellifera carnica). Journal of Insect Physiology 36(3): 189-194.

Rachinsky, A. & K. Hartfelder, 1998. In vitro biosynthesis of juvenile hormone in larval honey bees: comparison of six media. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, Animal 34(8): 646-648. 

Rachinsky, A. & M. F. Feldlaufer, 2000. Responsiveness of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) corpora allata to allatoregulatory peptides from four insect species. Journal of Insect Physiology 46(1): 41-46.

Rachinsky, A., C. Strambi, A. Strambi & K. Hartfelder, 1990. Caste and metamorphosis: Haemolymph titers of juveline hormone and ecdysteroids in last instar honey bee.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 79(1): 31-38.

Rachinsky, A., S. S. Tobe & M. F. Feldlaufer, 2000. Terminal steps in JH biosynthesis in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.): developmental changes in sensitivity to JH precursor and allatotropin. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30(8/9): 729-737. 

Rack, G. & G. C. Eickwort, 1980. Biology and description of a new pygmephorid mite (Acarina: Tarsonemida) associated with the soil-nesting bee Agapostemon nasutus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Acarologia 21(2): 267-278.

Racys, J. 2000. Suitability of various hive types for Lithuania. Zemdirbyste, Mokslo Darbai No. 72: 268-280.

Racys, J. 2001. Heat losses from the nest of wintering bees through external constructions of a beehive. Zemdirbyste, Mokslo Darbai 76: 154-163.

Rada, V. & J. Petr, 2002. Enumeration of bifidobacteria in animal intestinal samples. Veterinarni Medicina 47(1): 1-4.

Radajewska, B. & L. Andrzejewska, 2001. The effect of flower pollination by a honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) on fruit set and size of peach and nectarine fruit. Folia Horticulturae 13(2): 129-135.

Radchenko, R. 1966.  Role of honeybees as pollinators in increasing the seed crop from cabbage and radish. Bdzhilnitstvo 2: 72-75.

Radchenko, V. G. 1978.  A new type of nest without cells in Metallinella atrocaeruleaEntomologicheskoe Obozrenie 57(3): 515-519. [In Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 57: 353-355.]

Radchenko, V. G. 1979. Nesting of Nomioides minutissimus (Rossi).  Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 58: 762-765. [In Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 58(4): 71-74.]

Radchenko, V. G. 1981. Nesting of four species of bees of the genus Andrena. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 60(4): 766-774. [In Russian.]

Radchenko, V. G. 1987.  Nesting of Dasypoda braccata Eversmann (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) in the wouthwestern Ukraine. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 67: 299-301. [In Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 67: 57-60.]

Radchenko, V. G. 1993.  The Eusocial Colony of the Halictine bees. Academiya Nauk Ukrania, Institut Zoologii, Kiev. 1-60 pp. [In Ukrainian.]

Radchenko, V. G. 1995.  Evolution of nest building in bees. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 74: 342-354. [In Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 75(4): 20-32, 1996.]

Radchenko, V. G. & Yu. A. Pesenko, 1989.  A key to the bees of the genus Dasypoda Latreille (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) of the European part of the USSR. Trudy Zoologicheskova Instituta, Akademii Nauk SSSR 188: 114-121. [In Russian.]

Radchenko, V. G. & Yu. A. Pesenko, 1994a. Biology of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea).  Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg. 350 pp. [In Russian, English Summary, pp.314-331.]

Radchenko, V. G. & Yu. A. Pesenko, 1994b. Protobee and its nests: A new hypothesis concerning the early evolution of Apoidea. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 73: 913-933. [In Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 75: 140-162, 1996.]

Rademacher, E. 2000a. Ameisensäure im Applikator zugelassen zur  Bekämpfung der Varroatose. Deutsches Bienenjournal 8: 6.

Rademacher, E. 2000b. Ameisensäure-Applikatoren zur Varroatosebekämpfung endlich zugelassen. Adiz/Die Biene/Imkerfreund 8: 17.

Rademacher, E. 2000c. Varroatosebekämpfung mit Ameisensäure im Applikator. Deutsches Bienenjournal 9: 10-11.

Rademacher, E. 2000d. Wer ist wofür zuständig? Bienenforschung in Berlin. Deutsches Bienenjournal  8: 31.

Rademacher, E. 2001a. Mitautorin: Varroa unter Kontrolle. 2001.  Bericht ausgegeben von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Institute für Bienenforschung.

Rademacher, E. 2001b. Das Zulassungsverfahren für Milchsäure als Varroatose-Bekämpfungs­mittel. Deutsches Bienenjournal 12: 12.

Rademacher, E. 2001c. Milchsäure als Varroatose-Bekämpfungsmittel. Adiz/Die Biene/Imkerfreund 12: p.?

Rademacher, E., D. Brückner, C. Otten & J. Radtke, 2000. El Ácido fórmico en el tratamiento contra la varroasis. Vida Apícola 101: 41-47.

Rademacher, E. & M. Harz, 2006. Oxalic acid for the control of varroosis in honey bee colonies - a review. Apidologie 37(1): 98-120.

Rademacher, E. & J. Radtke, 2001. Investigations on the use of Thymovar against varroatosis. Apidologie 32: 488-489.

Rademaker, M. C. J., T. J. de, Jong & E. van der Meijden, 1999. Selfing rates in natural populations of Echium vulgare: a combined empirical and model approach. Functional Ecology 13(6): 828-837.

Radloff,  P.  1987.  Africanized honey bee and mite   symposium. American Bee Journal 127(6): 422-423.

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, 1997a. Multivariate analysis of honeybees, Apis mellifera, of the Horn of Africa. African Entomology  5: 57-64.

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, 1997b. Multivariate analysis of honeybee populations (Apis mellifera L.) from west central Africa: morphometrics and pheromones. African Entomology 5: 195-204.

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 1998. The matter of sampling distance and confidence levels in the subspecific classification of honeybees, Apis mellifera L. Apidologie 29: 491-501.

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 1999a. Honeybees Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera : Apidae) of the Drakensberg mountains in relation to neighbouring populations. African Entomology 7: 35-41.

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 1999b. Honeybees Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera : Apidae) of equatorial Africa. African Entomology 7: 265-269.

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 2000. Population structure and morphometric variance in the Apis mellifera scutellata group of honeybees in Africa. Genetics and Molecular Biology 23: 305-316.

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 2001. Population structure of Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Filling the Uganda gap. African Entomology [In press].

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 2002. Morphometric analysis of the populations of Apis cerana in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region of western Asia. Apidologie [In Press].

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, 2003. Quantitative analysis of intracolonial and intercolonial morphometric variance in honeybees, Apis mellifera and Apis cerana. Apidologie [In press].

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn, C. Hepburn, P. de la Rua, 2002. Morphometric affinities and population structure of honeybees of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Apicultural Research 40: 81-90.

Radloff, S. E., R. Hepburn & S. Fuchs, 2005. The morphometric affinities of Apis cerana of the Hindu Kush and Himalayan regions of western Asia. Apidologie 36: 25-30.

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, S. Fuchs, G. W. Otis, S. Hadisoesilo, C. Hepburn & T. Ken, 2005. Multivariate morphometric analysis of the Apis cerana populations of oceanic Asia.  Apidologie 36(3): 475-492.

Radloff, S. E. & H. R. Hepburn & G. Koeniger, 2003. Comparison of flight design of Asian honeybee drones. Apidologie [In press].

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, P. Neumann, R. F. A. Moritz & P. Kryger, 2002. A method for estimating variation in the phenotypic expression of morphological characters by thelytokous parthenogenesis in Apis mellifera capensis.  Apidologie 33(2): 129-138.

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn & G. W. Otis, 2001. Flight machinery in the genus Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Apiculture in Tropical Climates [In press].

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, G. W. Otis, A. Nuru, C. Hepburn, K. Tan, S. Fuchs, 2003. Multivariate morphometric analysis of the Apis cerana populations of mainland southern Asia. Apidologie [In press].

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, M. P. Robertson, R. van Hille, Z. Davidson, & M. H. Villet, 1995. Discriminant analysis of the honeybee populations of southwestern Africa. African Entomology 4: 1-6.

Radloff, S. E., H. R. Hepburn, M. H. Villet, 1997. Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) of the woodland savanna of southeastern Africa. African Entomology 5: 19-27.

Radoszkowski, O. 1859. Sur quelques hyménoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la collection du Musée de l'Académie des sciences de St. Pétersbourg. Byulleten' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody 32: 479-486.

Radoszkowski, O. 1862. Sur quelques hyménoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Byulleten' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody 35: 589-598.

Radoszkowski, O. 1865. Description d’un genre nouveau, Pseudomelecta, et de quelques espèces du genre EumenesHoræ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 3: 53-60, pl.1.

Radoszkowski, O. 1867.  Matériaux pour servir à l’étude des insectes de la Russie IV.  Notes sur quelques Hyménoptères de la tribu des Apides. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 5: 73-90. Pl.III.

Radoszkowski, O. 1869.  Notes synonymiques sur quelques Anthophora et Cerceris, et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 6: 95-107.

Radoszkowski, O. 1872a.  [Résultats de ses études hyménoptèrologique, Megachilidae.] In Séance du 3 (15) Mai. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 8: 187-200. Bulletin pp. xvi-xviii.

Radoszkowski, O. 1872b.  Supplément indispensable à l’article publié par M. Gerstaecker en 1969, sur quelques genres d’ hyménoptères.  Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 45: 1-40, 1 pl.

Radoszkowski, O. 1873.  Supplément indispensable à l’article publié par M. Gerstaecker en 1969, sur quelques genres d’ hyménoptères.  Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 47: 133-151, 1 pl.

Radoszkowski, O. 1874a.  Supplément indispensable à l’article publié par M. Gerstaecker en 1969, sur quelques genres d’ hyménoptères.  Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 46(3) (1873): 133-151, 1 pl.

Radoszkowski, O. 1874b. Supplément indispensable à l’article publié par M. Gerstaecker en 1969, sur quelques genres d’ hyménoptères.  Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 48(1) (1873): 132-164.

Radoszkowski, O. 1876a. Matériaux pour servir à une faune hyménoptèrologique de la Russie. Trudy Russkago éntomologicheskago obshchestva 12: 82-110.

Radoszkowski, O. 1876b. Compte-rendu des hymenopteres recueilles en Egypte et Abyssinie en 1873. Trudy Russkago éntomologicheskago obshchestva 12: 111-150.

Radoszkowski, O. 1877a. In: Séance du 3 (15) Mai 1876. Trudy Russkago éntomologicheskago obshchestva 13: vii-viii.

Radoszkowski, O. 1877b. Essai d’une nouvelle méthode pour faciliter la détermination des espèces appartenant au genre Bombus. Byulleten' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody 52: 169-219.

Radoszkowski, O. 1881a. In: Sitzung am 5 (17) Februar. Trudy Russkago éntomologicheskago obshchestva 16: v-vii.

Radoszkowski, O. 1881b. Hymenopteres d'Angola. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 8(31): 197-221.

Radoszkowski, O. 1882. Wiadomosciznauk Przyrodzonch zeszyt II. P. 72-81, Warsa.

Radoszkowski, O. 1883. Sur quelques espèces Russes appartenant au genre Bombus. Byulleten' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody 58: 168-226.

Radoszkowski, O. 1884a. Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles du genre Bombus. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 59: 51-92.

Radoszkowski, O. 1884b. Quelques nouveaux Hyménoptères d’Amérique. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 18: 17-22, 1 pl.

Radoszkowski, O. 1885.  Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles de la tribu Philérémides. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 61: 359-370, pls. II,III.

Radoszkowski, O. 1886. Fauna Hyménoptèrologique Transcaspienne. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 20: 3-56, pls. 1-11.

Radoszkowski, O. 1887a.  Révision du genre Dasypoda Latr. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 20: 179-194, pls. XIII-XV.

Radoszkowski, O. 1887b. Hymenoptèrés de Korée.  Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 21: 428-436.

Radoszkowski, O. 1887c. Insecta in itinere cl. N. Przewalskii in Asia centrali novissime lecta III. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 21: 41-52, pls. ii & iii.

Radoszkowski, O. 1887d. Fauna Hymenoptera transcaspienne suit. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 21: 88-101, pls. iv & v.

Radoszkowski, O. 1887e. Sur quelques Osmia russes. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 21: 274-293. Pls. vii & viii.

Radoszkowski, O. 1887f. Etudes hyménoptèrologiques. 1. Révision des armures copulatrices de la famille Epeolus. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 21: 294-296. Pl. viii (part).

Radoszkowski, O. 1888a. Etudes hyménoptèrologiques. 1. Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles. 2. Description de nouvelles especes russes. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 22: 315-337, Taf. XII-XV. 

Radoszkowski, O. 1888b. Faune hyménoptérologique transcaspienne. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 22: 338-349.

Radoszkowski, O. 1889a. [Embrology of Hymenoptera including bees]. Bull. de la Société Entomologique de France (6)ix: clxx-clxxiv.

Radoszkowski, O. 1889b. Notice sur le genre BombusBulletin de la Société impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (Menzbier, Moscow) 1889: 202-209.

Radoszkowski, O. 1890.  Hymenoptères de Korée. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 24: 229-232.

Radoszkowski, O. 1891a. Revision des armures copulatrices des males du genre Colletes. Zool. Anz. 14: 249-260.  

Radoszkowski, O. 1891b. Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles des genres Cilissa et Pseudocilissa. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 25: 236-243.

Radoszkowski, O. 1893a. Fauna Hyménoptèrologique Transcaspienne. Horæ Societatis Entomologicæ Rossicæ 27: 38-81.

Radoszkowski, O. 1893b. Descriptions d'hyménoptères nouveaux. Revue d'entomologie 12: 241-245.

Radoszkowski, O. 1893c.  Revue des armures copulatrices des mâles des genre: Crocisa Jur., Melecta Lat., Pseudomelecta Rad., Chrysantheda Pert., Mesocheira Lep., Aglae Lep., Melissa Smith, Euglossa Lat., Eulema Lep., Acanthopus Klug. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 7: 163-188, pls. IV,VII.

Radovic, I. T. 1981. Anatomy and function of the sting apparatus of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 83: 269-273.

Radovic, I. T. & P. D. Hurd, 1980. Skeletal parts of the sting apparatus of selected species in the family Andrenidae (Apoidea: Hymenoptera). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 82: 562-567.

Radovic, I. & M. D. Krunic, 1977.  External morphology of the larvae of Anthophora [sic] (Amegilla) parietina (F.) var. fulvocinerea (Dours) and Anthophora (Amegilla) crinipes (Sm.) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).  Archiv Bioloskih Nauka, Beograd 27: 137-144.

Radtke, J. & E. Rademacher, 2001. Untersuchungen zum Einsatz von Thymovar zur Bekämpfung der Varroatose in Bienenvölkern. Tätigkeitsbericht LIB 2000, Deutsches Bienenjournal 7: 279-285.

Rafats, J. 1985-86. Killer bees. Spec. Ref. Briefs Natl. Agric. Libr. U.S. 01 : 11:00 PM.

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C. S.  1814.  Principes Fondamentaux de Somiologie…. Palermo. 52 pp. Privately printed.

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C. S.  1815.  Analyse de la Nature ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés. Palermo. 224 pp. Privately printed.

Ragheb,   M.   1994.   Illinois  association  concerned  about  Africanized  bees.  American Bee Journal  134(7): 447.                                        

Ragsdale, D. W. & B. Furgala,  1987. A serological approach to the detection of Acarapis woodi parasitism in honey bees using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Apidologie 18: 1-9.

Ragsdale, D. W. &  K. M. Kjer, 1989. Diagnosis of tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi Rennie) parasitism of honey bees using a monoclonal based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. American Bee Journal 129:   550-553.

Rahman, K. A. 1940. Insect pollinators of toria (Brassica napus Linn. var. dichtoma Prain), and sarson (Brassica campestris Linn.var. sarson Prain) at Lyallpur. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 10: 422-447.

Rahman, K. A. & S. Singh, 1940.  Beekeeping in IndiaIndian Farming 1: 10-17.

Rai, K. M. & B. P. Gupta, 1983. Role of honey bees and other insects as pollinators in apple and pear. Indian Bee Journal 45(2/3): 56-57.

Raina, R. & L. M. Gupta, 1999. Increasing seed yield in glory lily (Gloriosa superba) - experimental approaches. Acta Horticulturae 502: 175-179.

Rainbow, W. J.  1897.  The insect fauna of FunafutiMemoirs of Australian Museum 3: 93-102.

Raine, N. E. & L. Chittka, 2007. Pollen foraging: learning a complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Naturwissenschaften 94(6): 459-464.[Electronic Resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-006-0184-0].

Raine, N.E., T. C. Ings, A. Dornhaus, N. Saleh & L. Chittka, 2006. Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behavior. Advances in the study of behavior 36: 305-354.

Rains, Glen C., J. K. Tomberlin & D. Kulasiri, 2008. Using insect sniffing devices for detection. Trends in biotechnology 26(6): 288-294. [Electronic Resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.02.007].

Raj, D., V. K. Rana, et al. 1993. Comparative studies on pollen loads and pollen constancy of Apis mellifera L. and Apis cerana indica F. on rapeseed. Journal of Entomological Research, New Delhi 17(1): 43-48.

Raj, J. & G. P. Channabasavanna, 1980.  Influence of brood on the attraction and mobility of worker honey bees (Apis cerana). Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences 14(2): 224-226.

Rajotte, E. G.  1979.  Nesting, foraging and pheromone response of the bee Colletes validus Cresson and its association with lowbush blueberries. (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) (Ericaceae: Vaccinium). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 52: 349-361.

Rajpurohit, A. & Rajiv K. Gupta, 2006. The impact of insect pollination on seed yield of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek. Proceedings of the Nationa Academy of Sciences, India 76(B) II: 178-181.

Raju, A. J. S. & V. Ezradanam, 2002. Pollination ecology and fruiting behaviour in a monoecious species, Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae). Current Science 83(11): 1395-1398.

Raju, A. J. S., V. K. Raju, P. Victor & S. A. Naidu, 2001. Floral ecology, breeding system and pollination in Antigonon leptopus L. (Polygonaceae). Plant Species Biology 16(2): 159-164.

Raju, A. J. S. & S. P. Rao, 2002. Pollination ecology and fruiting behaviour in Acacia sinuata (Lour.) Merr. (Mimosaceae), a valuable non-timber forest plant species. Current Science 82(12): 1466-1471.

Ramalho, M. 1990.  Foraging by stingless bees of the genus Scaptotrigona (Apidae, Meliponinae).  Journal of Apicultural Research 29(2): 61-67.

Ramalho, M. [T.], C. Gionnini, K. Walagidi-Braaga & V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca, 1994. Pollen harvest by stingless bees forragers (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Grana 33: 239-244.

Ramalho, M., A. Kleinert-Giovannini & V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca,  1989.  Utilization of floral resources by species of Melipona (Apidae, Meliponinae): Floral preferences.  Apidologie20(3): 185-196.

Ramalho, M., A. Kleinert-Giovannini  & V. L. Imperatrizfonseca, 1990. Important bee plants for stingless bees and Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera) in neotropical habitats - A review. Apidologie  21(5): 469-488.

Ramalho, M., M. D. Silva & C. A. L. Carvalho, 2007. Harvesting dynamics of pollen sources by Melipona scutellaris Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a comparative analysis with Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Atlantic Forest Domain. (DinaÌ‚mica de uso de fontes de poÌ. len por Melipona scutellaris Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae): uma anaÌ. lise comparativa com Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), no DomiÌ. nio Tropical AtlaÌ‚ntico. Neotropical entomology 36(1): 38-45. [Electronic Resource: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_issuetoc&pid=1519-566X20070001&lng=en&nrm=iso].

Ramamurty, P. S. & W. Engels, 1977. Allatectomy and juvenile hormone effects on synthesis and incorporation of vitellogenin in the honeybee queen (Apis mellifica). Zool Jahrb. Abt. Allg. Zool. Physiol. Tiere. 81(2): 165-176.

Ramaraju, K. & M. Mohanasundaram, 2001. New phoretic mites (Acari : Chaetodactylidae) on carpenter bees from Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Acarology 27(2): 107-112.

Ramirez,  B. W. 1992. 10 years of  africanization in Costa Rica, the experience of a beekeeper. American Bee Journal 132(12): 795.

Ramirez,  B. W. 1993. Swarming of the African bees in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, Central America American Bee Journal 133(4): 283-284.

Ramirez, B. W. & P. L. D. Gomez, 1978.     Production of nectar and gums by flowers of Monstera deliciosa (Araceae) and of some species of Clusia (Guttiferae) collected by new world Trigona bees. Brenesia 1978(14/15): 407-412.  

Ramirez,  B. W. & G. W. Otis, 1986. Developmental phases in the life cycle of Varroa jacobsoni, an ectoparasitic mite on honeybees.  Bee World 67(3): 92-97. 

Ramírez-Arriaga, E., J. I. Cuadriello-Aguilar & E. Martínez Hernández, 1996.  Nest structure and parasite of Euglossa atroveneta Dressler (Apidae: Bombinae: Euglossini) at Unión Juárez, Chiapas, México.  Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69: 144-152.

Ramirez, M. V., S. M. Rueda, V. P. Tabla, R. Ayala & J. Navarro, 2002. Diversity of native bee visitors of cucurbit crops (Cucurbitaceae) in Yucatan, Mexico. Journal of Insect Conservation 6(3): 135-147.

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Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1987a. The adaptive significance of nest site selection by honey bee swarms: calculation of reproductive value of swarms using colony life table data. P.617. In: J. Eder & H. Rembold (eds.), Chemistry and biology of social insects. Verlag J. Peperny, Munich.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1987b. Bee space. Gleanings in Bee Culture 115: 573-5, 7. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W.1987c. Fall feeding. Gleanings in Bee Culture 115: 588-590. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1988a. Disease update: The spread of American foulbrood within a honey bee colony. Gleanings in Bee Culture 116

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1988b. Reproductive harmony via mutual policing by workers in eusocial Hymenoptera. American Naturalist 132: 217-236.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1988c. Improved bait hives. American Bee Journal 128: 125-127. 

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Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1989b. Sterilization of American foulbrood contaminated hive equipment using gamma irradiation. American Bee Journal 129: 191-193. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1990a. Africanized bees: Natural selection for colonizing ability. Pages 119-135. In: M. Spivak, M. D. Breed & D. J. C. Fletcher (eds), The Africanized honey bee. Westview Press, Boulder & Co. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1990b. The evolution of polyandry by highly eusocial bee queens: The importance of progressive versus mass provisioning and the timing of removal of diploid males. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 26: 342-348. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1990c. Assessment of queen mating frequency by workers in social Hymenoptera. Journal of Theoretical Biology 142: 87-94. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1990d. Worker policing in social insects. Pp. 365-366. In: Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B., Viraktamath, C. A. Social insects and the environment. (Proceedings of the 12th congress of IUSSI). Oxford, New Delhi

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1990e. Constraints to queen rearing discrimination in the honey bee. Pp. 109-110. In: G. K. Veeresh, B. Mallik, C. A. Viraktamath (eds), Social insects and the environment. (Proceedings of the 12th Congress of IUSSI). Oxford, New Delhi

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1991a. Facultative sex allocation biasing by workers in social Hymenoptera. Evolution 45: 281-292.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1991b. The evolution of genetic cue diversity in social Hymenoptera. American Naturalist 137: 202-226.

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1991c. Evolution of discriminatory aggression in marine invertebrates. Journal of Theoretical Biology 152: 557-565.

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1992a. Evidence for an egg-marking pheromone in the honey bee. American Bee Journal 132: 813. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1992b. American foulbrood: A review of an important honey bee disease. Bee World 73: 177-191. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1992c. Conflict and cooperation in the bee hive. Proceedings of the Western Apicultural Society 25-29. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1993. Egg-laying, egg-removal, and ovary development by workers in queenright honey bee colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 32: 191-198. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1994a. Worker policing in honey bees. Page 582. In: A. Lenoir, G. Arnold, M. Lepage (eds), Les Insectes Sociaux. (Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of IUSSI). [Abstract]. Université Paris Nord, Paris. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1994b. Cox Honeyland: an innovative honey business from Utah. Gleanings in Bee Culture

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1995. Evidence for a queen-produced egg-marking pheromone and its use in worker policing in the honey bee. Journal of Apicultural Research 34: 31-37. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1996a. Evolution of unstable and stable biparental care. Behavioral Ecology : 490-493. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1996b. Worker reproduction and worker policing: how the balance is set. P. 124. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. [Abstract.] 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1996c. Varroa: What to do. Beekeepers News. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1996d. Langstroth, WBC, or National hive—the bees don't mind but you might! Beekeepers News

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1996e. Do you have nasty (defensive) bees? Then do something. Beekeepers News.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1996f. Beekeeping is not cruel to bees. Beekeepers News

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1998. Conflict and cooperation in insect societies. Pages 14-17. In: M. P. Schwarz, K. Hogendoorn (eds), Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of IUSSI. IUSSI.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1998a. Information sources in reproductive manipulation. Page 387. In: M. P. Schwarz, K. Hogendoorn (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of IUSSI. IUSSI.

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1998b. Why breeding bees is different. Bee Improvement 2: 6-7. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 1999. Tasmanian black bees. Bee Improvement 4: 5-6. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2000a. Worker policing in the honey bee: basic facts and ideas. Insect Social Life 3: 3-10. (Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the Italian Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Grugliasco (Torino), Sept. 8-10, 1999). 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2000b. BABE: Beekeeping and Apis biodiversity in Europe. Bee Improvement 7: 13.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2000c. Why do researchers study the honey bee? Bee Improvement 7: 4-5. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2000d. How far do bees forage. Bee Improvement 6: 10-11. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001a. Sociality and eusociality in insects. Bee Improvement 8: 20-21.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001b. Heirs and spares: caste conflict and excess queen production in Melipona bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 5: 467-473. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001c. Are you being served? Supermarkets and bee hives. The Beekeepers Quarterly [In Press.]

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001d. The last word: Bee lines 1. New Scientist 2301 (28 July 2001): 137. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001e. The last word: Bee lines 2. New Scientist 2303 (11 August 2001): 93. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001f. Prisons in the bee hive. The Beekeepers Quarterly 66: 15-16.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. 2001g. Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects. The Beekeepers Quarterly 65: 9-10.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & C. Anderson, 1999a. Task partitioning in insect societies: natural history, ergonomics, and information. Actes Colloq. Insectes Sociaux. 12: 1-10.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & C. Anderson, 1999b. Task partitioning in insect societies. Insectes Sociaux 46: 95-108.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & C. Anderson, 1999c. Task partitioning in insect societies. II. Use of queueing delay information in recruitment. American Naturalist 154: 536-548.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & J. J. Boomsma, 1995. Facultative sex allocation by workers and the evolution of polyandry by queens in social Hymenoptera. American Naturalist 145: 969-993. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & J. J. Boomsma, 1997. On the robustness of split sex ratio predictions in monogynous social Hymenoptera. Journal of Theoretical Biology 185: 423-439.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & A. G. Hart, 2001a. Melipona beecheii beekeeping in the Yucatan. Bee Improvement. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & A. G. Hart,  2001b. Meliponinae bees: the other highly social bees. Bee Improvement. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & L. Keller, 1998. Queen control of egg fertilization in the honey bee. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 44: 57-61.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W., A. Lapish & L. Tann, 2001. Honey bee guards, Apis mellifera, accept own subspecies non-nestmates more than other subspecies non-nestmates. Insectes Sociaux 48: 287-288. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & D. G. Miller, 1993. Division of honey bee drones during swarming. Animal Behaviour 46: 803-805. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W., T. Monnin & K. R. Foster, 2001. Inclusive fitness theory: novel predictions and tests in eusocial Hymenoptera. Annales Zoologici Fennici 38(3/4): 201-214.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & T. A. Nolan, 1988. New York Beekeepers and their knowledge and need for information on brood diseases. Am. Bee J. 128: 761-764. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & R. Nowogrodzki, 1987. The hobby beekeeper and American foulbrood: How to wisely use antibiotics as a preventive. Information bulletin of the New York State Apiary Inspection Program. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & R. Nowogrodzki, 1988. Small Scale Queen Rearing. Cornell University Cooperative Extension. Information Bulletin No. 209. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & J. Nowakowski, 1989. Honey bee swarms accept bait hives contaminated with American foulbrood disease. Ecological Entomology 14(4): 475-478. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & B. V. Pedersen, 1999. Phylogeny of British black bees. Bee Improvement 5: 6-7. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W., M. Piery & I. Cuadriello, 1991. The natural nest of the Africanized honey bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) near Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Canadian Entomologist 123: 353-359. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & H. K. Reeve, 1991. The evolution of queen-rearing nepotism in social Hymenoptera: effects of discrimination costs in swarming species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4: 93-115. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & H. K. Reeve, 1992. The structure of conflict in hymenopteran societies: processes that reduce conflict in advanced eusocial species. Journal of Theoretical Biology 158: 33-65.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & P. K. Visscher, 1989. Worker policing in the honey bee. Nature 342(6251): 796-797. 

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & P. K. Visscher, 1996. African bees and crop pollination: lessons from Sinaloa, Mexico. California Agriculture 50(4): 24-28.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W. & P. K. Visscher, 1996. Sinaloan beekeepers adapt pollination to Africanized bees. California Agriculture 50(4): 24-28.  

Ratnieks, F. L. W., P. K. Visscher & R. Vetter, 1995. Treating American foulbrood using gamma radiation: a case history. American Bee Journal 135(8): 557-561.  

Ratnieks, F. L.W., T. Wossler, P. Neumann & B. P. Oldroyd, 2002. Egg laying and egg removal in honey bee colonies with different levels of anarchy. Insectes Sociaux [In press].

Rattanawannee, A., C. Chanchao & S. Wongsiri, 2007. Morphometric and genetic variation of small dwarf honeybees Apis andreniformis Smith, 1858 in Thailand. Insect science 14(6): 451-460. [Electronic Resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00173.x].

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Rayment, T.  1925. A new species of honey-bee. Australian Beekeeper 27: 67-69.

Rayment, T.  1927a.  A new Australian cliff-bee (Euryglossa asperithorax)Victorian Naturalist 44: 75.

Rayment, T.  1927b.  The cliff bees. Victorian Naturalist 44: 76-84.

Rayment, T.  1927c.  A new halictine bee (Halictus platycephalus).  Victorian Naturalist 44: 101-102.

Rayment, T.  1927d.  The sand-hopper bees. Victorian Naturalist 44: 103-109.

Rayment, T.  1928a.  A new prosopid bee. Victorian Naturalist 45: 97-98.

Rayment, T.  1928b.  Studies of Australian bees. Victorian Naturalist 45: 95-97.

Rayment, T.  1929a.  The plumed bees.  Victorian Naturalist 46: 155-161.

Rayment, T.  1929b.  Trichocolletes nigroclypeatus sp.nov.  Victorian Naturalist 46: 162.

Rayment, T.  1929c.  Bees from east Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 46: 124-129.

Rayment, T.  1929d.  The cuckoo-bbes, Coelioxys frogatti [sic] Cockerell. Victorian Naturalist 46: 58-61.

Rayment, T.  1930a.  Microglossa and Melitribus, new genera of Australian bees.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.) 42: 211-220,  pl.21. [Microglossa is a pemphereonine wasp (Spilomena), not a bee. – Michener, 2000.]

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Rayment, T.  1931b.  Studies in Australian bees. A dweller among the reeds: Gnathoprosopis marianella Rayment.  Victorian Naturalist 47: 135-141.

Rayment, T.  1931c.  The furrow-bees and a fly.  Victorian Naturalist 47: 184-189.

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Rayment, T.  1933.  A remarkable leaf-cutter bee. Victorian Naturalist 50: 9-11.

Rayment, T.  1934.  Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, VIII. Apoidea, with descriptions of new species.  Journal of the Royal society of Western Australia 20: 201-212.

Rayment, T.  1935.  A Cluster of Bees.  Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Endeavour Press, Sydney. 752 pages.

Rayment, T.  1936-37.  Biology of a new halictine bee and specific descriptions of its parasites. Arb. Physiol. Angew. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem 3: 289-295;  4: 30-60.

Rayment, T.  1939.  Bees from the highlands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294, pls. 23,24.

Rayment, T.  1942 [1944].  A critical revision of species in the sonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part I).  Treubia [Dobutu Gaku-Iho], hors ser. (Japanese edition), pp.1-30. (Although marked 1942, Dr. M.A. Lieftinck wrote that the date of issue was actually May 29, 1944. – C. D. Michener, 2000).

Rayment, T.  1946a.  New bees and wasps, Part I.  Victoria Naturalist 62: 178-184.

Rayment, T.  1946b.  New bees and wasps, Part II.  Victoria Naturalist 62: 230-236.

Rayment, T.  1946c.  Native bees on Mount BuffaloVictoria Naturalist 63: 23-24.

Rayment, T.  1946d.  New bees and wasps, Part III.  Victoria Naturalist 63: 63-68.

Rayment, T.  1946e. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part I).  Treubia  18: 1-33.

Rayment, T.  1947a.  New bees and wasps, Part VI.  Victoria Naturalist 64: 102-103.

Rayment, T.  1947b. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II).  Treubia  19: 46-73.

Rayment, T.  1947c.  Biology and taxonomy of the solitary bee, Parasphecodes fulviventris (Friese).  The Australian Zoologist 11: 76-95, pls. 7-10.

Rayment, T.  1948a.  New bees and wasps, Part VII.  Victoria Naturalist 65: 85-91.

Rayment, T.  1948b.  Notes on remarkable wasps and bees.  The Australian Zoologist 11: 238-254, pls. 19-21.

Rayment, T.  1948c.  Some bees from the Victoria alps.  Victoria Naturalist 65: 201-202.

Rayment, T.  1949a.  New bees and wasps, Part VIII - A new species of Exoneura, with notes on other reed-bees from the Grampians. Victoria Naturalist 65: 208-212.

Rayment, T.  1949b.  New bees and wasps, Part IX - Four undescribed species of Exoneura, with notes on their collection, and description of new parasites discovered on the genus. Victoria Naturalist 65: 247-254.

Rayment, T.  1949c.  New bees and wasps, Part X. Victoria Naturalist 65: 271-272.

Rayment, T.  1949d.  New bees and wasps, Part XI. Victoria Naturalist 66: 33-36.

Rayment, T.  1949e.  New bees and wasps, Part XII - A new blue bee and an old white-ant. Victoria Naturalist 66: 147-151.

Rayment, T.  1950a.  New bees and wasps. Part XIII. Victoria Naturalist 67: 20-25.

Rayment, T.  1950b.  New bees and wasps, Part XIV - Three new bees in the genus Cladocerapis, and their role in the pollination of several Persoonia species ("Geebungs").. Victoria Naturalist 67: 101-111.

Rayment, T.  1950c.  A new and remarkable organ on a resin-bee. Victoria Naturalist 66: 163-168. (Chalicodoma).

Rayment, T.  1950d.  Sex-linked characters in bees. Victoria Naturalist 66: 233-238.

Rayment, T.  1951a.  Biology of the reed bees with descriptions of three new species and two Allotypes of ExoneuraThe Australian Zoologist 11: 285-313, pls. 27-32.

Rayment, T.  1951b.  New bees and wasps, Part XV - Bees from two mountains, with description of a new species and notes on the biology of another. Victoria Naturalist 68: 10-13.

Rayment, T.  1951c.  A critical revision of species in the genus Asaropoda by new characters. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 17: 65-80, pls. I-V.

Rayment, T.  1952.  Golden peas make golden puddings.  Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of new South Wales, for 1950-1951. pp. 18-23. (Andrenopsis.)

Rayment, T.  1953a. Bees of the Portland District.  Portland Field Nature Club, Portland, Victoria, Australia. 39 pages.

Rayment, T.  1953b.  New bees and wasps,  Part XX. Victoria Naturalist 70: 50-51.

Rayment, T.  1954a.  Remarkable bees from the rain forest.  Australian Zoologist 12: 46-56.

Rayment, T.  1954b.  New bees and wasps, Part XXII - The altruistic reed-bees, Exoneura. Victoria Naturalist 71: 13-16.

Rayment, T.  1954c.  Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees.  Australian Zoologist  12: 26-38.

Rayment, T.  1955a. Dimorphism and parthenogenesis in halictine bees.  The Australian Zoologist 12: 142-152, pls. [20]-22.

Rayment, T.  1955b. Historic pole 346.  Proceedings of the royal Zoological Society of New south Wales, for 1953-1954. pp. 63-67.

Rayment, T.  1955c.  New bees and wasps, Part XXIV. Victoria Naturalist 71: 145-148.

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Rayment, T.  1956b.  Some have eyes-ohters have none.  Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society New south Wales for 1954-1955, pp. 50-54. (Chalicodoma).

Rayment, T.  1956c.  She trips the trigger.  Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society New south Wales for 1954-1955, pp. 55-59. (Pollination by Exoneura).

Rayment, T.  1956d.  The Nomia australica Sm. complex – Its taxonomy, morphology and biology with description of a new mutillid wasp.  Australian Zoologist 12: 176-200, pls. 23-25.

Rayment, T.  1957a.  First steps from the cave.  Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society New south Wales for 1955-1956, pp. 83-86.

Rayment, T.  1957b.  The Nomia australica Smith Complex; its taxonomy, morphology and biology, with the description of a new mutilid wasp.  The Australian Zoology 12: 176-200.

Rayment, T.  1958.  Evolution of royal jelly. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society New south Wales for 1956-1957, pp. 78-79.

Rayment, T.  1959a.  A new genus of bees in the family Colletidae.  The Australian Zoologist 12: 324-329, pl. 38.

Rayment, T.  1959b.  A new and remarkable colletid bee.  Australian Zoologist 12: 334-336, pl. 40.

Rayment, T.  1961a.  A tiny bee and a very large flower. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society New south Wales for 1958-1959, pp. 96-97. (Trigona).

Rayment, T.  1961b.  The marker of the iris.  Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society New south Wales for 1958-1959, pp. 102-107.

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Third issue 15 April, 2004                                                                                                               Fourth issue 15 Sept. 2004

Fifth issue 20 Feb., 2005.                                                                                                                Sixth issue 5 August 2005

Seventh issue 17 Feb., 2006                                                                                                           Eighth issue 11 Oct. 2006

 

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