Wax moth larvae burrow through the comb in hives gradually destroying the cells where broods are raised and honey stored.
On a recent show, for instance, her character reacts to the appearance of her estranged boyfriend and his curvaceous date by furiously scratching her own neck as if she's breaking out in hives.
Parisi's common-law wife, Susanna Massimi, once broke out in hives when she touched its leaves. (She, for her part, is not allowed to wear perfume or put cream on her hands when entering the basement sanctorum.) Dark, resinous and furry like sage, the Pelo de Oro plant is prone to disease and easily infects other crops.
Five businesses who have signed up are hosting 40, 000 bees in eight hives on their roofs and terraces.
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Instead of going out, they stayed in their hives and ate their honey.
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Their analysis revealed the presence of various bacteria, fungi and viruses that were lurking in the hives and the royal jelly.
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Trials of Exomite carried out in the hives of members of the Meridian Beekeepers Association showed that it did a good job.
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Bishop answers by depicting the life of Donald Smiley, 46, who tends 700 hives in the Florida panhandle.
Finally, he extracts the honey from the hives in a small, richly scented "honey house" behind his home.
They then looked to see whether there was anything in the abandoned hives that was not found elsewhere.
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Left to their own devices, honeybees construct their hives in cavities, usually in trees and preferably with small openings that face south.
Dr Susan Parham, head of urbanism at the University of Hertfordshire, will monitor the impact of hosting hives in a working environment.
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"There are honey farmers, but using hives in the field to pollinate crops is not at all common in India, " he said.
This second virus was also found only in the abandoned hives.
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Allen Miller, whose company Bees Be Gone removed the hive after the attack, said he's seen more Africanized bee hives in the past few weeks than he normally sees in a year.
Van Engelsdorp does not normally keep bees himself, but at the time that I went to visit him, a few weeks ago, he had eight hives in his yard, arranged in a horseshoe.
InMidtown, a group representing firms in Holborn, Bloomsbury and St Giles, said it has offered hives to 560 businesses in a pilot scheme.
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Now he has branched out from urban beekeeping to extra hives hidden away in woods.
Such changes to the industry have been reflected in the prices for bee hives.
This happens frequently on bee farms, where hives are kept in unnatural proximity and abundance, and are frequently transported together in trucks.
Declining bee populations were first spotted in the U.S. in late 2006 when some hives were reported to have hemorrhaged as much as 90 percent of their populations for no apparent reason.
Yet this virus was also present in many of the apparently healthy hives.
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Dozens of hives have been placed in spaces including museums and rooftops as part of the Bee Buddies project run by the Groundwork Sheffield charity.
Some 500 members who take their hives across the border in early summer to Kyrgyzstan's cooler mountains had been learning the letter of the law to counter the border guards' demands for bribes.
"In summer, he spends hours a day working on his hives, marking queens, and going out on 'swarm patrol' with me in response to calls from anywhere within seven miles from Hebden Bridge".
He has a dozen or so hives around the area and others in different parts of the city.
Businesses in central London are being offered free bee hives to see if they will enhance office morale.
BBC: London offices offered bee hives to 'boost work morale'
In Utah to this day, bees and hives are imprinted on sidewalks, the state flag and the transoms of bank doors.
"It's important to realise that bee hives can't just be stuck in urban space without creating a habitat for them, " says Michael Smith, the co-founder of Johnny's Garden.
In industrialised nations, such as the US and in Europe, many farms employ the services of commercial hives to pollinate fruit trees and food crops, and ensure they harvest adequate yields.
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