Pesticide exposure, infectious disease, and nutritional stress contribute to honey bee
mortality and a high rate of colony loss. This realization has fueled a decades-long …

Managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations play a crucial role in supporting pollination
of food crops but are facing unsustainable colony losses, largely due to rampant disease …

Antibiotics have been applied to honey bee (Apis mellifera) hives for decades to treat
Paenibacillus larvae, which causes American foulbrood disease and kills honey bee larvae …

Floral nectar and pollen commonly contain diverse secondary metabolites. While these
compounds are classically thought to play a role in plant defense, recent research indicates …

Royal jelly (RJ), a substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of
nurse worker bees, is widely used in medical products, dietary supplements, health foods …

Honeybees represent one of the most important insect species we have, particularly due to
their pollinating services. Several emerging fungal and bacterial diseases, however, are …

Honey stores of Apis mellifera colonies are replaced with sugar water by beekeepers, which
may result in malnutrition. Nutritional supplements have been developed, but the importance …

Gut microbiota are known to foster pollen digestion in honey bee workers, Apis mellifera,
thereby enhancing longevity and body weight gain. However, it is currently not known how …

The social organization of honey bee colonies is predominantly controlled by the
pheromonal cues produced by the queen, workers and brood. Pheromone composition is …

An individual's nutrient intake affects its growth (1), immunity, reproductive success and
survival (2). Nutrition influences behaviours including mate choice (3) and migration (4), and …