Diversity of Potential Resistance Mechanisms in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Selected for Low Population Growth of the Parasitic Mite, Varroa destructor

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) bred for resistance to the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, were examined for potential Varroa resistance mechanisms following bidirectional selection for low (resistant) or high (susceptible) Varroa population growth (LVG and HVG, respectively) based on mite fall in colonies at two different time points.Hygienic and g

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Violence and the Brazilian Reality: Civilization or Barbarity?

This article uses Frankfurtian studies to analyze the operation of life within modern society.It is based on a critical discussion of the current state of the Brazilian situation of here conviviality with the phenomenon of violence which, in addition to being alarming, reveals how the state of law has not been consolidated.This situation creates a

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