Conserving African honey bees

Have you ever thought what would happen if honey bees disappeared? A world without honey bees and their pollination services also means a world without many of our food sources.

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  • Dr Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf
Dr Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf's general research interests revolves around the study of the behaviour and chemical ecology of social insects. Specifically, he seeks to understand pheromone communication and reproductive dominance in bees, ants and termites at the colony, individual and cellular levels. He does this using a wide range of techniques within the fields of analytical chemistry, behavioural and molecular ecology as well as mathematical biology.
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