Sentences with phrase «brood cells»
The researchers also discovered another kind of bee, Megachile rotundata, an alfalfa leafcutter, was using pieces of polyethylene - based plastic bags to construct its brood cells.
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Turns out that M. campanulae was occasionally replacing plant resins with polyurethane - based exterior building sealant, such as caulking, in its brood cells — created in a nest to rear larva.
Varroa mites are external parasites that lay eggs in the brood cells within the hive and emerge attached to the host when the bee hatches out of its cell.
The first step of the investigation consisted of isolating the fungus from brood cells and characterizing it in the laboratory.
According to an article by Brazilian researchers published in 2015 in the journal Current Biology, the newborn larvae of Scaptotrigona depilis, a species of stingless bee native to Brazil, feed on filaments of a fungus cultivated in the brood cells.
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«McVeigh was polite, personable and thoughtful in his jail cell, yet silent, brooding and disengaged in court.
Juan José Soler, A. P. Moller, M. Soler, and J. G. Martinez — 1999 (2) Keywords: brood parasitism, Clamator glandarius, competition, haematocrit, leukocytes, Leucocytozoon, Pica pica, T - cell response
The chimeras then foster the sperm / eggs of the germ - cell donor, meaning when bred they will lay eggs and brood offspring of the donor.