Academic Staff

                                        Dr. Zahra Naef Ayoub
Dr. Zahra Naef Ayoub
Assist. Profesor
Biology /Biology of honey bee
    • B.Sc. Plant Protection, College of Agriculture & Forest/ Mosul/ Iraq 1986
    • M.Sc. Apiculture, College of Agriculture/ Duhok University/ Kurdistan/ Iraq 2003
    •  Ph.D, Biology of honey bee, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences/ Jagiellonian University/ Poland 2011
  • 1- M.Sc thesis,  Effect of supplemental proteins and vitamins on the development of specific tissues with special concern to their fine structure in relation to the activity of  honey bee worker Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera:Apidae), 2003

     

    2- Workers larvae development, Eureco GFO conference, Germay, 2008

     

    3- Impact of pollen supplement and vitamins on the development of hypopharyngeal glands and on brood area in honey bees in a queenless colony of honey Bee. Journal of Apicultural Science/Poland Vol. 52 (2) 2008

     

    4- Worker reproduction after colony fission in honey bees. International Union of Social Insects (IUSSI) XVI congress in Copenhagen/Denmark 2010

     

    5- Ph.D, thesis, Workers ontogeny in queenless or broodless colonies of honeybee Apis mellifera.2011.

     

    6- Woyciechowski M., Kuszewska K., Ayoub Z. N. Rójka i jej wpływ na żywotność   robotnic pszczoły miodnej. XLVIII Naukowa Konferencja Pszczelarska, Pszczyna 4-7.04.2011.

     

    7- Kuszewska K., Ayub Z. N., Wantuch M., Woyciechowski M. Wpływ osierocenia rodziny pszczelej (Apis mellifera) na zmiany anatomiczne i długość życia robotnic pszczoły miodnej. XLV Naukowa Konferencja Pszczelarska, Puławy 11-12 03.2008.

     

    8- Kuszewska K., Ayub Z. N., Wantuch M., Woyciechowski M. Efekt osierocenia rodziny pszczelej (Apis mellifera) na zmiany w wielkości jajników, gruczołu gardzielowego i długości życia robotnic. XV Sympozjum Sekcji Hymenopterologicznej Polskiego Towarzystwa Entomologicznego, Ojców, 12-13.05.2008.

     

    9- Woyciechowski M., Kuszewska K., Ayoub Z. N. Worker larvae development in a queenless colony of honeybee. 4th IUSSI European Metting La Roche-en-Ardenne; Belgium 30 VIII – 04 IX. 2008.

    10- Kuszewska K., Ayoub Z. N., Wantuch M., Woyciechowski M. Wpływ czerwiu na zmiany anatomiczne i długość życia robotnic pszczoły miodnej (Apis mellifera) XLVI Naukowa Konferencja Pszczelarska, Puławy 10-11 03.2009.

     

    11- Kuszewska K., Ayub Z. N., Woyciechowski M. Wpływ rójki na strategie rozrodcze robotnic pszczoły miodnej. XLVII Naukowa Konferencja Pszczelarska, Puławy 10-11 03.2010.

     

    12- Ayoub Z.N., Saeed A.Y., Vandame J. Detection of American foulbrood diseases in the  apiaries of Duhok province, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. 2013, Vol.6 (3), pp: 18-21.

     

    13- Ayoub Z.N., Varroa Mite Infestation in Apiaries of Duhok Province, Kurdistan region/ Iraq, Acarina / Russia, 22 (1) 2014

     

    14- Ayoub Z.N., Impact of Varroa Mite infestation on mandbular glands and hypopharyngeal glands of honey bee workers, Acarina / Russia, 22 (2),2015

     

    15- Some morphological and anatomical characteristics of honey bees from Duhok province, Iraq, Journal of Duhok University/ 20 / N. 1/2017 

     

    16- Propolis impact on the honey bee life span, varroa mite infestation and population growth of the colony, Journal of Duhok University/ 2019

  • 1- Varroa mite infestation

    2- Methods of honey bee queen production

    3- Gland system of honey bee

    4- Nest architecture

    • Undergraduate courses/ Principles of Plant Protection, General Entomology and Apiculture (Theory and Practic), Insect ecology
    • Post graduate courses (M.Sc.): Advanced Insect Biology, Advanced Beekeeping and Advanced Bee Pests.

  • 1- Two Master students (Apiculture)

    2- Apiary of college of Agriculture/ Duhok University

  • 1 - Scientific committee of department of plant protection

     

    2-Scientific committee of fields and projects

     

    3 - Participation in a TV program (Kurdistan TV) about honey bees in Duhok province in 2010

     

    4 - Presentation in Iraq festival of honey (Duhok province 2012)

     

    5 - Coordinator at the college of Agriculture for the cooperation with ( iecd) organization in 2013

     

    6-Survey of apiaries in Duhok province in 2013

     

    7 - Evaluation committee of festival of honey in Duhok province; September/ 2018

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      Zahra.Ayoub@uod.ac

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