• Aportes polínicos invernales en colmenas de Sierra Morena (Córdoba, España) 

      Pellín, P.P.; Flores Serrano, J.M.; Peralta, M.; Puerta Puerta, F.; Bustos Ruiz, M.; Padilla-Alvarez, F. (Universidad de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Botánica; Asociación de Palinólogos de Lengua Española, 1990)
      Se ha rcal~do un esaudio de aportes polfnkos invernales en colmc.nas de b SM:.rra (C6<doba, EspañJ). Adcmis de les p61cnes descrito; oon an1erioridad pan b tcmporad.l alla de recolecci6o, apartccn ellos tipoc poUnicas ...
    • Cría controlada de abejas reinas de Apis mellifera iberica 

      Flores Serrano, J.M.; Campano Cabanes, Francisco; Ruiz, J.A.; Ruz, J.M.; Puerta Puerta, F.; Bustos Ruiz, M.; Padilla-Alvarez, F. (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1998)
      Apis mellifera iberica is the spanish bee race mostly used by breeders. Queen rearing is necessary for genetic selection . Our research team uses the Doolittle method; Mainly it is based on transfering young (a few hours ...
    • Estudio biométrico de la abeja melífera (Apis mellifera, Linneo 1758) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) de la isla de La Palma del Archipiélago Canario. II. Ángulos y longitudes de las alas. 

      Padilla-Alvarez, F.; Reyes López, J.; Hernández Fernández, R. (Universidad de Granada, Departamento de Biología, 2001)
      The honey bees (A. mellifera L.) from the island of La Palma constitute a morphological group within which differences related to the geographical location of the apiaries are difficult to distinguish, probably due to the ...
    • Estudio biométrico de las abejas domésticas de La Palma. I. Proboscis, pata posterior, índice cubital aib, 32 y 411 terguito y 32 y 4° esternito 

      Puerta Puerta, F.; Bustos Ruiz, M.; Hernández Fernández, R.; Flores Serrano, J.M.; Padilla-Alvarez, F. (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1997)
      A morphometrical study was made of worker bees from 14 hives an the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands. The study analysed 15 morphological characters. Bees were found to form a homogeneus group, presenting no ...
    • Estudio de la diversidad morfológica existente en las abejas melíferas (apis mellifera l.) del sur de Europa y del continente sudamericano 

      Sereno, S.; Padilla-Alvarez, F. (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2005)
      We have studied 9 corporal characteristics in 118 samples of honey bees coming from the Iberian Peninsula, Madeira, Canary Island and Brazil. The results show that the bees originating of Brazil form a morphological group. ...
    • Estudio morfológico de las abejas melíferas del Archipiélago Canario (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera) 

      Hernández Fernández, R.; Padilla-Alvarez, F.; Puerta Puerta, F.; Reyes López, J.; Flores Serrano, J.M. (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1998)
      A morphological study was made of worker bees from 49 hives located at four island from the Canary archipelago. The study analysed 18 morphological characters and we have found that the bees from Gran Canaria and Tenerife ...
    • El Grooming en Apis mellifera iberica frente a Varroa jacobsoni Oud 

      Padilla-Alvarez, F.; Ruiz, J.A.; Bustos Ruiz, M.; Puerta Puerta, F.; Ruz, J.M.; Flores Serrano, J.M.; Campano Cabanes, Francisco (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1998)
      We checked grooming in 8 colonies of the race Apis mellifera iberica. We studied fallen mites on plastic sheets put on the bottom board. Tests were repeated 12 times. Grooming was detected in A. m. iberica race: 5.07 percent ...
    • Inseminación artificial de abejas reinas 

      Flores Serrano, J.M.; Padilla-Alvarez, F.; Ruiz, J.A.; Ruz, J.M.; Puerta Puerta, F.; Bustos Ruiz, M.; Campano Cabanes, Francisco (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1998)
      The race commonly used by spanish beekeepers is Apis mellifera iberica. Up to date, any selection process has been carried out with this race, and a lot of characteristics in the colony can be improved. Artificial insemination ...
    • Morphometric study of andalusian bees 

      Puerta Puerta, F.; Padilla-Alvarez, F.; Bustos Ruiz, M.; Flores Serrano, J.M. (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1992)
      The biological and behavioral characteristics of the iberian bees are much less known than the other european races. This paper studies the morphological characteristics (Proboscis length; Forewing length; Forewing width; ...
    • Valoración del éxito reproductivo de Varroa jacobsoni en Apis mellifera iberica 

      Ruiz, J.A.; Ruz, J.M.; Campano Cabanes, Francisco; Valenzuela, M.; Martínez, F.; Flores Serrano, J.M. (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1998)
      We checked no-reproduction of Varroa jacobsoni in a honeybee race, Apis mellifera iberica. Two groups of three colonies from different apiaries located in Cazorla (Jaén) were checked. Only cells containing white pupa with ...