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1. Simone-Finstrom M, Spivak M (2010) Propolis and bee health: the natural history and
significance of resin use by honey bees. Apidologie 41(3):295–311. https://doi.org/10.1051/
apido/2010016
2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2015) Pollinators, USA. http://www.fws.gov/pollinators/.
Updated November 2015
3. International Bee Research Association., IBRA.org.uk. Solitary bees. http://www.
ibrabeeworldproject.com/solitary-bees/. Retrieved Nov 2015
4. Hood WM. Bumble bees as pollinators. Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences,
Clemson University, SC, USA. http://www.clemson.edu/extension/beekeepers/factsheets/
bumble_bees_as_pollinators.html. Retrieved Nov 2015
5. Moisset B, Buchmann S (2011) Bee basics: an introduction to our native bees. USDA Forest
Service, Pollinator Partnership, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, USA
6. Parker FD, Batra SWT, Tepedino VJ (1987) New pollinators for our crops. Agric Zool Rev
2:279–304
7. Adjare S (1990) Chapter 2 Colony life and social organization. In: Beekeeping in Africa, FAO
Agricultural Services Bulletin, 68/6. ISBN 92-5-102794-3. http://www.fao.org/3/t0104e/
T0104E00.htm. Retrieved Oct 2015
8. U.S. Food Drug Administration (2015) Helping agriculture’s helpful honey bees, USA. http://
www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/ResourcesforYou/AnimalHealthLiteracy/ucm309134.htm
9. Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium. The colony and its organization, USA. https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/honey-bee-biology/the-colony-and-its-organiza
tion/. Retrieved Nov 2015
10. University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture. Beekeeping in Arkansas: what is a swarm?
USA. http://uaex.edu/farm-ranch/special-programs/beekeeping/swarms.aspx. Retrieved Nov
2015
11. Free JB (1987) Pheromones of social bees. Chapman and Hall, London, UK
12. Trhlin M, Rajchard J (2011) Chemical communication in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.): a
review. Vet Med, Czech 56(6):265–273
13. Bortolotti L, Costa C (2014) Chapter 5 - Chemical communication in the Honey Bee Society.
In: Neurobiology of chemical communication. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/
NBK200983/
14. Sagili RR, Pankiw T, Metz BN (2011) Division of labor associated with brood rearing in the
honey bee: how does it translate to colony fitness? PLoS One 6(2):e16785. http://www.ncbi.
nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035648/
15. Katzav-Gozansky T, Soroker V, Hefetz A (2002) Honey bees Dufour’s gland: idiosyncrasy of
a new queen signal. Apidologie 33:525–537
16. Dyer FC, Seeley TD (1991) Dance dialects and foraging range in three Asian honey bee
species. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 28:227–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00175094
17. Sherman G, Visscher PK (2002) Honeybee colonies achieve fitness through dancing. Nature
419:920–922. Bibcode:2002Natur.419..920S. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01127
18. NOVA Online (1999) Dances with bees. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/dancesroun.
html. Retrieved Nov 2015
19. Riley J, Greggers U, Smith A, Reynolds D, Menzel R (2005) The flight paths of honeybees
recruited by the waggle dance. Nature 435(7039):205–207. https://doi.org/10.1038/
nature03526. Bibcode:2005Natur.435.205R. PMID 15889092
20. Seeley TD, Visscher PK, Passino KM (2006) Group decision making in honey bee swarms.
Am Sci 94:220–229. https://doi.org/10.1511/2006.3.220
21. Walker M (2009) Honeybees warn of risky flowers. BBC Earth News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/
earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8176000/8176878.stm
22. Abbott KR, Dukas R (2009) Honeybees consider flower danger in their waggle dance. Anim
Behav 78(3):633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.029
46
C. Li