The gut microbiota can have profound effects on hosts, but the study of these relationships in
humans is challenging. The specialized gut microbial community of honey bees is similar to …

Highlights•The honey bee gut microbiome contains five core bacterial species mainly in
hindguts.•This core microbiome is implicated in nutrition and development of adult …

Adult honeybees harbor a specialized gut microbiota of relatively low complexity. While
seasonal differences in community composition have been reported, previous studies have …

The gut microbiota of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) offers several advantages as an
experimental system for addressing how gut communities affect their hosts and for exploring …

Highlights•Honey bees harbor a simple gut microbiota that is experimentally tractable.•The
gut microbiota increases body weight gain and confers pathogen resistance.•Fermentation …

Dysbiosis, defined as unhealthy shifts in bacterial community composition, can lower the
colonization resistance of the gut to intrinsic pathogens. Here, we determined the effect of …

Highlights•Ecological succession of gut bacteria occurs throughout the life of the adult
worker.•Dysbiosis can involve untimely shifts or complete displacement of core …

Seasonal changes in the environment, such as varying temperature, have the potential to
change the functional relationship between ectothermic animals, such as insects, and their …

The gut microbiome plays a key role in animal health, and perturbing it can have detrimental
effects. One major source of perturbation to microbiomes, in humans and human‐associated …

Gut microbiota research is an emerging field that improves our understanding of the
ecological and functional dynamics of gut environments. The honey bee gut microbiota is a …