Sentence examples for responsible for colony from inspiring English sources

"This study is further evidence of the toxicity of neonicotinoids to bees, but the levels of pesticide in the food fed to the bees was higher than would be found in pollen and nectar in treated crops, hence it would be stretching the point to claim that it was strong evidence that neonicotinoids are responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder," he said.

Imidacloprid, one of the neonicotinoid family of pesticides introduced over the past 15 years, is likely to be responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the recently observed phenomenon in which bees abandon their hives en masse, according to the study by scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States.

The 2012 documentary, Nicotine Bees, appears to offer substantial anecdotal and scientific proof that the class of neo nicotinoid pesticides are principally responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder.

Our hypotheses for the evolution of multiple paternity all assume that ecology is largely responsible for colony size and nest site variation [ 21], and that paternity traits evolve in response to these two traits.

The mutated cells were then grown in conditions that would normally cause S. rosetta to form rosette colonies; the cells that continued to live in isolation in these conditions were then studied further, as this meant that mutations had occurred in the genes responsible for colony formation.

Because this defense system is so specific, researchers hope they could use this seminal immune system to look for bees that can defend themselves against other diseases like the bee-killing Varroa mites thought to be responsible for widespread colony losses.

The members of the Boston church successfully induced Vane to withdraw his resignation, while the General Court began to debate who was responsible for the colony's troubles.

They have also established the chemical nature of molecules produced by the bacteria that are responsible for inducing colony formation in S. rosetta (Alegado et al., 2012a).

The defensive morphs are thus ideally placed at the point most vulnerable to predation while the morphs most directly responsible for the colony's fitness are located in the safest area of the nest.

It is men like him who are generally responsible for the colonies of Mexican peasants and barrio dwellers who have settled from Alaska to Alabama.

These cells may be responsible for the colonies observed after TMZ treatment.