TRACES OF A NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDE STIMULATE DIFFERENT HONEY BEE COLONY ACTIVITIES, BUT DO NOT INCREASE COLONY SIZE OR LONGEVITY

Traces of a neonicotinoid pesticide stimulate different honey bee colony activities, but do not increase colony size or longevity

How neonicotinoid contamination affects honey bees remains controversial.Studies have yielded contradictory results, and few have examined effects on colony development.Here we report the results of a comprehensive five-year study of the effects of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid on honey bee colonies.Colonies fed 5 ng/g (ppb) imidacloprid in Summer

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Hyperkalemia-induced complete heart block

Background: Potassium, as an extracellular ion, plays an important role in the electrophysiologic function of the myocardium and any change in extracellular concentration of this ion might have a marked impression upon myocyte electrophysiologic gain.High serum potassium levels are thought to impair pulse conduction in Purkinje fibers and ventricle

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SELEKSI UMPAN DAN BENTUK PERANGKAP PLASTIK UNTUK MENANGKAP KEONG MACAN (Selection on Bait and Shape of Plastic Trap in Catching Babylon Snail)

ABSTRACT The paper describes the result of experimental research on plastic trap to catch babylon snail (Babylonia NEEM TOOTHPASTE CINNAMINT spirata).The aims of the research were to have the effective shape of trap to catch babylon snail.The shapes of trap were dome, truncated pyramid, and block.While, 2 kinds of baits were shark (Rhinodon typicus

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Economic figures of apple production at national level of Hungary

Apple is the most important fruit in Hungary, despite of that, it is a paradox that during the last years, apple growing was the most unsuccessful enterprise among the prosperous ones in the country.The real cause of regression was unequivocally the low price, which could be obtained and the inadequate structure of apple varieties.A heavy problem Y

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