BA Daisley, AP Pitek, C Torres, R Lowery… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
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 …
AK Hassanyar, J Huang, H Nie, Z Li… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
J Ludvigsen, Å Andersen, L Hjeljord, K Rudi - Veterinary sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …
A Brown, V Rodriguez, J Pfister, V Perreten… - Apidologie, 2022 - Springer
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 …
AF Brown, V Rodriguez, C Brzoska, J Pfister… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …
EE du Rand, CWW Pirk, OO Okosun… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
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 …