Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Apostolides, Zeno"

Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Apostolides, Zeno"

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  • Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake in honeybees 
    Archer, C. Ruth; Kohler, Angela; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Oosthuizen, Vinette; Apostolides, Zeno; Nicolson, Sue W. (Elsevier, 2014-12)
    Over-consuming amino acids is associated with reduced survival in many species, including honeybees. The mechanisms responsible for this are unclear but one possibility is that excessive intake of amino acids increases ...
  • The metabolic fate of nectar nicotine in worker honey bees 
    Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Nicolson, Sue W.; Apostolides, Zeno (Elsevier, 2017-04)
    Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are generalist pollinators that forage for nectar and pollen of a very large variety of plant species, exposing them to a diverse range of secondary metabolites produced as chemical defences ...
  • Proteomic and metabolomic analysis reveals rapid and extensive nicotine detoxification ability in honey bee larvae 
    Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Human, Hannelie; Smit, Salome; Beukes, Mervyn; Apostolides, Zeno; Nicolson, Sue W.; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner (Elsevier, 2017-03)
    Despite potential links between pesticides and bee declines, toxicology information on honey bee larvae (Apis mellifera) is scarce and detoxification mechanisms in this development stage are virtually unknown. Larvae are ...