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CALDO CULTIVO [3 records]

Record 1 2011-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beekeeping
DEF

An aromatic reddish substance collected by honeybees from tree buds and bark, consisting of a mixture of tree resins, balsams, and waxes which are altered by the bees' own secretions, [especially] saliva and beeswax, and used by them to seal cracks in the hive and varnish the cells of the comb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des abeilles
CONT

La propolis est une substance visqueuse et collante, de couleur variant du jaune clair au noir en passant par le vert et le brun, fabriquée par les abeilles à partir de résines naturelles.

OBS

[La propolis] est utilisée par les ouvrières pour colmater les fissures et les trous de leur ruche, ou comme substance antiseptique pour enrober un corps étranger putrescible, qu'elles ne parviennent pas à évacuer de la ruche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de abejas
DEF

Sustancia resinosa utilizada por las abejas para cubrir y proteger la colmena.

CONT

El própolis [...] sustancia resinosa [...] de los vegetales superiores(árboles). La abeja la recoge y transforma, para desinfectar la colmena, sellar grietas y embalsamar intrusos que no puede expulsar por su tamaño. El propóleo es lo que garantiza la total asepsia de un ambiente como la colmena, verdadero caldo de cultivo de virus y bacterias, a causa de sus tenores de temperatura y humedad.

Key term(s)
  • propóleos
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Record 2 2003-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
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Record 3 2000-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
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