The method can be scaled down for the extraction of Varroa destructor mites (see the BEEBOOK paper on varroa (Dietemann et al ., 2013) for details on sampling) or bee embryos and up for larger larvae and pupae (see section 1.2. 1  Extract only the abdomen and/or thorax if possible. 2  Put tissue from a single bee in a 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube. 3  Add ...
Health benefits of Pistachios. Pistachios are delicious tree nuts recognized for their wholesome nutrition properties. Together with walnuts, almonds, and cashew, they offer good sources of protein, fats, and minerals to inhabitants living around otherwise dry and arid regions of Central, West and South Asia.
Each pistachio tree averages around 50 kilograms (110 lb) of seeds, or around 50,000, every two years. The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it is sometimes dyed red or green in commercial pistachios.he tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food. Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio. These other species can be distinguished by their geographic distributions (in the wild) and their seeds which are much smaller and have a soft shell.