Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are key pollinators that support global agriculture and are long-
established models for developmental and behavioural research. Recently, they have …

Stingless bees form perennial colonies of honey-making insects. The> 600 species of
stingless bees, mainly Neotropical, live throughout tropical latitudes. Foragers influence …

Background Individuals that band together create new ecological opportunities for
microorganisms. In vertical transmission, theory predicts a conserved microbiota within …

While bee–angiosperm mutualisms are widely recognized as foundational partnerships that
have shaped the diversity and structure of terrestrial ecosystems, these ancient mutualisms …

Simple Summary It is increasingly recognized that gut microbiota plays crucial roles in host
health and function. Various ecological and physiological factors influence the structure of …

Social bees harbor conserved gut microbiotas that may have been acquired in a common
ancestor of social bees and subsequently codiversified with their hosts. However, most of …

Bees provide important ecological services, and many species are threatened globally, yet
our knowledge of wild bee ecology and evolution is limited. While evolving from carnivorous …

The gut microbiota of bees affects nutrition, immunity and host fitness, yet the roles of diet,
sociality and geographical variation in determining microbiome structure, including variant …

Pathogens and parasites of solitary bees have been studied for decades, but the
microbiome as a whole is poorly understood for most taxa. Comparative analyses of …

Bees and their microbes interact in complex networks in which bees form symbiotic
relationships with their bacteria and fungi. Microbial composition and abundance affect bee …