[PDF][PDF] Bees just wanna have fungi: a review of bee associations with nonpathogenic fungi

D Rutkowski, M Weston… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bee–fungus associations are common, and while most studies focus on entomopathogens,
emerging evidence suggests that bees associate with a variety of symbiotic fungi that can …

Micro” bee” ota: Honey bee normal microbiota as a part of superorganism

D Smutin, E Lebedev, M Selitskiy, N Panyushev… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey bees are model organisms for microbiota research. Gut microbiomes are very
interesting for surveys due to their simple structure and relationship with hive production …

The gut microbiota protects bees from invasion by a bacterial pathogen

MI Steele, EVS Motta, T Gattu, D Martinez… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Commensal microbes in animal guts often help to exclude bacterial pathogens. In honey
bees, perturbing or depleting the gut microbiota increases host mortality rates upon …

The promise of probiotics in honeybee health and disease management

K Abdi, M Ben Said, E Crotti, AS Masmoudi… - Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Over the last decades, losses of bee populations have been observed worldwide. A panoply
of biotic and abiotic factors, as well as the interplay among them, has been suggested to be …

Compartmentalization of bacterial and fungal microbiomes in the gut of adult honeybees

M Callegari, E Crotti, M Fusi, R Marasco… - npj Biofilms and …, 2021 - nature.com
The core gut microbiome of adult honeybee comprises a set of recurring bacterial
phylotypes, accompanied by lineage-specific, variable, and less abundant environmental …

Yeast communities related to honeybees: occurrence and distribution in flowers, gut mycobiota, and bee products

A Agarbati, S Gattucci, L Canonico, M Ciani… - Applied Microbiology …, 2024 - Springer
Honeybee (Apis mellifera) is an important agricultural pollinator and a model for sociality. In
this study, a deep knowledge on yeast community characterizing the honeybees' …

[HTML][HTML] Solitary bees host more bacteria and fungi on their cuticle than social bees

M Thamm, F Reiß, L Sohl, M Gabel, M Noll, R Scheiner - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bees come into contact with bacteria and fungi from flowering plants during their foraging
trips. The Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) shows a pronounced hygienic behavior with …

Gut yeast diversity of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under different dietary conditions

M Yu, Y Li, J Ji, Y Lei, Y Sun - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Yeast is one of the important symbiotic flora in the insect gut. However, little is known about
the gut yeast in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under various dietary …

Honeybee Defense Mechanisms: Role of Honeybee Gut Microbiota and Antimicrobial Peptides in Maintaining Colony Health and Preventing Diseases

N Mojgani, M Bagheri, S Ashique, A Islam… - Microbial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Honeybees play a vital role in pollination and the maintenance of ecosystem biodiversity,
making their health and well-being crucial for agriculture and environmental sustainability …

Short-term effects of Brevibacillus laterosporus supplemented diet on worker honey bee microbiome: a pilot study

N Stanisavljević, M Malešević, S Rašić… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the current study, honey bees' diet was supplemented with spores of Brevibacillus
laterosporus BGSP11 at concentration of 108 CFU/ml in sucrose solution and its short-term …