Native and non-native species for dryland afforestation: bridging ecosystem integrity and livelihood support

O Reisman-Berman, T Keasar, N Tel-Zur - Annals of Forest Science, 2019 - Springer
Key message We propose a silvicultural-ecological, participatory-based, conceptual
framework to optimize the socioeconomic-ecological services provided by dryland …

A survey and review of the status of wild bees in the West-Palaearctic region

S Patiny, P Rasmont, D Michez - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
Abstract Bees (aka Apoidea Anthophila) are among the main pollinators in most
ecosystems. The yearly value of the ecological services provided worldwide by pollinators …

Comparison of the physicochemical characteristics of sidr (Ziziphus spp.) honey produced by Apis florea F. and Apis mellifera L.

EKA Taha, S Al-Kahtani, R Taha - Journal of Apicultural Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between species of honey bees
and properties of their produced honey. Honey samples were obtained during sidr (Ziziphus …

Biogeography of the dwarf honeybees, Apis andreniformis and Apis florea

HR Hepburn, SE Radloff - Apidologie, 2011 - Springer
The geographical distributions of the dwarf honeybees, Apis andreniformis and Apis florea,
are defined and mapped. The analysis is based primarily on data in the literature for both …

Phylogenetic structure and ecological niche modeling of the red dwarf honey bee across its native range

T Ghassemi-Khademi, R Khosravi, S Sadeghi… - Apidologie, 2023 - Springer
We evaluated the genetic structure and ecological niche segregation of Apis florea Fabricius
1787 (Apidae: Apini) across its native range using genetic and ecological niche data. The …

Invasion of the dwarf honeybee Apis florea into the near East

RFA Moritz, N Haddad, A Bataieneh, B Shalmon… - Biological …, 2010 - Springer
The dwarf honeybee, Apis florae, is an open nesting honeybee typical to Southern Asia. In
the past decades it has been accidentally introduced by man to East Africa and the Arabian …

Biogeography

HR Hepburn, SE Radloff - Honeybees of Asia, 2010 - Springer
Although the natural distribution area of the Asian species encompasses some 40 Mkm 2 of
continental and oceanic Asia, honeybees occupy less than 20% of these lands. Current …

Discovery of Apis florea colonies in northeastern Egypt

MA Shebl - African Entomology, 2017 - journals.co.za
In this note, attention is focused on Apis species in particular the dwarf honeybees, while in
previous studies we studied non-Apis bees (Shebl et al. 2013, 2014, 2015). Apis florea is …

Assessment of connectivity between core habitats of the red dwarf honey bees in Iran based on climate and environmental niche modeling

T Ghassemi-Khademi, R Khosravi… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years many bee species have expanded/contracted their ranges in response to
natural or human-induced changes in habitats. Therefore, identifying suitable habitats and …

[PDF][PDF] Morphometric studies on dwarf honey bee Apis florea F. workers in Saudi Arabia

SN Al-Kahtani, EKA Taha - Journal of apicultural science, 2014 - sciendo.com
Saad N. AL-Kahtani1 EL-Kazafy A. Taha1, 2* abstract here we performed a morphometric
analysis of dwarf honey bee (apis florea f.) workers from saudi arabia, and we detected …