Falko Drijfhout's Outputs (5)

The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies (2014)
Journal Article
Drijfhout. (2014). The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies. Apidologie, 315 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-014-0324-z

A method for conducting multiple-choice bioassays, incorporating within-hive replication, is described and demonstrated here. This method has been used to study the influence of phagostimulants in pollens on food uptake within honey bee colonies. Exp... Read More about The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies.

Hydrocarbon profiles throughout adult Calliphoridae aging: A promising tool for forensic entomology (2014)
Journal Article
Pechal, J. L., Moore, H., Drijfhout, F., & Benbow, M. E. (2014). Hydrocarbon profiles throughout adult Calliphoridae aging: A promising tool for forensic entomology. Forensic Science International, 245, 65-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.019

Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are typically the first insects to arrive at human remains and carrion. Predictable succession patterns and known larval development of necrophagous insects on vertebrate remains can assist a forensic entomologist... Read More about Hydrocarbon profiles throughout adult Calliphoridae aging: A promising tool for forensic entomology.

Separation of Scaptotrigona postica Workers into Defined Task Groups by the Chemical Profile on Their Epicuticle Wax Layer (2014)
Journal Article
Poiani, S. B., Morgan, E. D., Drijfhout, F. P., & da Cruz-Landim, C. (2014). Separation of Scaptotrigona postica Workers into Defined Task Groups by the Chemical Profile on Their Epicuticle Wax Layer. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(4), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0423-3

During evolution, the cuticle surface of insects acquired functions in communication, such as inter- and intra-specific recognition, identification of gender, physiological state, and fertility. In eusocial bees, the information in the cuticular surf... Read More about Separation of Scaptotrigona postica Workers into Defined Task Groups by the Chemical Profile on Their Epicuticle Wax Layer.

Identifying 1st instar larvae for three forensically important blowfly species using “fingerprint” cuticular hydrocarbon analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Moore, H. E., Adam, C. D., & Drijfhout, F. P. (2014). Identifying 1st instar larvae for three forensically important blowfly species using “fingerprint” cuticular hydrocarbon analysis. Forensic Science International, 240, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.002

Calliphoridae are known to be the most forensically important insects when it comes to establishing the minimum post mortem interval (PMImin) in criminal investigations. The first step in calculating the PMImin is to identify the larvae present to sp... Read More about Identifying 1st instar larvae for three forensically important blowfly species using “fingerprint” cuticular hydrocarbon analysis.

Chemical deception among ant social parasites (2014)
Journal Article
Guillem, R. M., Drijfhout, F., & Martin, S. J. (2014). Chemical deception among ant social parasites. Current Zoology, 60(1), 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/60.1.62

Deception is widespread throughout the animal kingdom and various deceptive strategies are exemplified by social parasites. These are species of ants, bees and wasps that have evolved to invade, survive and reproduce within a host colony of another s... Read More about Chemical deception among ant social parasites.