Evidence for global bee population declines has catalyzed a rapidly evolving area of
research that aims to identify the causal factors and to effectively assess the status of …

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 …

Agricultural and apicultural practices expose honeybees to a range of pesticides that have
the potential to negatively affect their physiology, neurobiology, and behavior. Accumulating …

The high loss rates of honey bee colonies drive research for solutions aimed to mitigate
these losses. While honey bee colonies are superorganisms, experiments that measure the …

Nosemosis C, a Nosema disease caused by microsporidia parasite Nosema ceranae, is a
significant disease burden of the European honey bee Apis mellifera which is one of the …

The gut microbiota plays an essential role in the health of bees. To elucidate the effect of
feed and Nosema ceranae infection on the gut microbiota of honey bee (Apis cerana), we …

ABSTRACT RNA interference (RNAi) is a post-transcriptional gene silencing mechanism
triggered by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) that is homologous in sequence to the silenced …

Nutrition is involved in regulating multiple aspects of honey bee biology such as caste,
immunity, lifespan, growth and behavioral development. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a …

Interactions between pesticides and parasites are believed to be responsible for increased
mortality of honey bee (A pis mellifera) colonies in the northern hemisphere. Previous efforts …

An isolated bacterium TBE-8, was identified as Leuconostoc mesenteroides according to the
sequences of 16S rDNA and the 16S–23S rDNA intergenic spacer region. The probiotic …