The Source and Structure of Girl World: Tina Fey's Mean Girls and Rosalind Wiseman's Queen Bees and Wannabes

One of the most important aspects of endemic populations conservation of modern honeybee breeds of is study in the field of drones morphological features identification in the apiaries, as the assessment of Queen bees’ purity breed and the potential for recovery of the populations. In this regard, studies of the honeybee drones’ breed in the Chuvash Republic (Chuvashia) are relevant and have scientific and prac-tical value. The raw material was a sample collection of drones (126000 pcs. from 4200 of the bee fami-lies) from 21 districts, which are covering all natural honey gathering zones of the Chuvash Republic: forest-steppe, forest and steppe. Three characteristics are identified: colour of the hairs on a scale of Gotze, cubital index and the length of the proboscis. The binocular microscope MBS-10 was used in the work. In the process of research, biogenetic potential of the Chuvash population of Central Russian breed (Apis mellifera mellifera) is established, in the conditions of hybridization, with the observed trend of an annual increase. Five subpopulation structures or administrative districts (Morgaushsky, Kras-noarmeysky, Krasnochetaysky, Shumerlinsky and Batyrevsky) are registered, where, the territory of "pure" breeding is stored and gradually created thanks to the selection-breeding works. The obtained re-sults prove the effectiveness of implemented local and regional programs and activities of breeding and distribution of Central Russian breed bees in the Chuvash Republic.

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Evaluation of the Standards Compliance of the Queen Bees Reared in the Mediterranean Region in Turkey

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.03.009 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Servet Arslan ◽

Mahir Murat Cengiz ◽

Aziz gül ◽

Samy Sayed

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Region ◽

Standards Compliance ◽

Queen Bees ◽

The Mediterranean

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Inbreeding and heterosis in queen bees in relation to brood area and honey production

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.1071/ar9880959 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 959 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

BP Oldroyd ◽

RD Goodman

Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Brood Production ◽

Honey Production ◽

Queen Bees

The brood area and weight gain of colonies headed by hybrid queens were compared with those headed by their inbred parentals. Although the colonies headed by hybrid queens had increased brood production, this did not lead to increased honey production. There was a significant increase in the longevity of hybrid queens compared with inbreds, and this alone may justify their use by apiarists.

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Tropilaelaps of bees - epizootiological picture with special emphasis on the first description of the parasite in bumblebees and bees in Serbia

Veterinarski glasnik ◽

10.2298/vetgl1406371m ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 68 (5-6) ◽

pp. 371-378

Author(s):

Marija Manic ◽

Bosiljka Djuricic ◽

Z. Raicevic

Keyword(s):

Royal Jelly ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Acarapis Woodi ◽

Real Risk ◽

International Transport ◽

Queen Bees ◽

The Republic ◽

Bee Disease ◽

First Time ◽

Bee Colonies

Honey bees are the most significant pollinators of plants worlwide. Importance of plant pollination widely exceeds all other economic benefits of modern beekeeping such as production of honey, Royal jelly, propolis, beeswax, honeybee venom etc. The issues concerning bees diseases are of extreme importance in modern commercial beekeeping. That especially regards to the fact that the number of disease agents in bees has considerably increased in recent decades. Using international transport, export or import of bees and their products, the possibility of entering various agents (parasites, bacterias, viruses and fungi) into bee colonies. In recent years one of the biggest problems in beekeeping in Asia has become tropilaelaps - ectoparasitic bee disease caused by mites of the genus Tropilaelaps. But because of prevalent interest in parasites Varroa destructor and Acarapis woodi, the threat of mites from Tropileaps family has not been familiar for a long period of time. Today, Tropilaelaps is on the list of diseases endangering the whole world, made by OIE. There is a real risk of its spreading, mostly through trade, that is import of bees, swarms, queen bees, bee products and equipment. In the Republic of Serbia, this disease was described for the first time in April-May 1981 in bumblebees and bees in which a mass infestation with until then unknown parasites was detected. By additional analysis there was found out that the parasite in question was from Laelapidae (Mesostigmata) family, Tropilaelaps.

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The Balling of Queen Bees

Bee World ◽

10.1080/0005772x.1925.11095860 ◽

1925 ◽

Vol 7 (6) ◽

pp. 83-83

Author(s):

J. B. Lamb

Keyword(s):

Queen Bees

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Experiences with Queen Bees: A South African study exploring the reluctance of women executives to promote other women in the workplace

South African Journal of Business Management ◽

10.4102/sajbm.v42i4.504 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 47-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Z. Johnson ◽

B. Mathur-Helm

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Women Executives ◽

Banking Sector ◽

Work Culture ◽

Senior Managers ◽

Women In The Workplace ◽

Corporate Environments ◽

Queen Bees ◽

Retail Banks

This study explores the experiences of women executives and senior managers in South Africa in respect of the Queen Bee syndrome. Queen Bee behaviour is a term used to describe women executives that, after reaching senior positions, alienate other women and hence prevent more junior women from advancing through the ranks. Such behaviour has in the past specifically been observed in corporate environments with a tradition of male domination. This study specifically focussed on the banking sector as an example of a previously male-dominate environment.Twenty-five women executives and senior managers from South Africa’s five national retail banks were interviewed to obtain data on their unique personal experiences and perceptions of Queen Bee behaviour. The qualitative data were then content-analysed.This study is one of the first studies that reports on Queen Bee behaviour in South Africa, and confirms the existence of Queen Bee behaviour in South Africa, despite the efforts in the corporate world to advance the gender cause. While this paper does not provide evidence that women’s advancement and growth in corporate organisations are solely reliant on the support and assistance of other women it, however, indicates the constraints of a hierarchical and male lead work culture in most organisations that could be a block to the promotion of professional women.Future studies are required to investigate the other sectors and to develop tools to detect and discourage Queen Bee behaviour.

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