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Land Use and Season Interactively Affect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Body Size and Fat Stores

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
Habitat fragmentation and loss due to anthropogenic activities have impacted the foraging success of many animals, including pollinators. In this study, we found that summer honeybees in urban and mixed habitats were smaller and had greater wing wear but had larger fat stores compared to those in agricultural areas, where fat stores dropped during the ...
Yongqiang Wu, Florian Menzel, Christoph Grüter   +2 more
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Genetic and Transcriptomic Basis of Enhanced Nectar and Resin Foraging in Honey Bees

Agriculture
The collection of honey and propolis is crucial for the nutrition and health of honey bee colonies. In this study, Apis mellifera with high productivity for both honey and propolis (MJ) was developed through long-term selective breeding using Apis ...
Haibin Jiang, Kai Xu, Xiaoyin Deng, Yali Du, Yuling Liu, Qingsheng Niu   +5 more
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Differences in the suitability of published honey bee (Apis mellifera) reference genes between the African subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata and European derived Apis mellifera

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 15, August 2025.
Abstract Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is a method widely used to determine changes and differences in gene expression. As target gene expression is most often quantified relative to the expression of reference genes, the validation of suitable reference genes is of critical importance.
Anja Buttstedt, Christian W. W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of pure caucasian, carniolan and native anatolian ecotype honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in the eastern anatolia region with reciprocal F1 hybrids

Bioscience Journal
The aim of this study was to compare specific physiological and behavioral characteristics of A. m. caucasica, A. m. carnica, and native honeybees, as well as reciprocal crosses, within the ecological conditions of East Anatolia (Van province), Turkey ...
Cengiz Erkan, Veysel Serkan Günbey, Belgin Günbey, Fırat Cengiz   +3 more
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No chronic effects on biochemical biomarkers, feeding and survival of carnolian honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica) after exposure to nanosized carbon black and titanium dioxide

Acta Biologica Slovenica, 2016
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important pollinators threatened by environmental pollution, plan protection products and other potential contaminants.
Anita Jemec, Tamara Milivojević, Damjana Drobne, Kristina Sepčić, Gordana Glavan   +4 more
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Grooming behavior in relation to varroa (Varroa destructor) infestation level of Carniolan honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera carnica) [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2018
Grooming behavior is one of the traits that enables Apis cerana resistance to ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor. The study examines the proportion of damaged mites on 52 colonies (5 genotypes) of A. m. carnica in Croatia.
Marin Kovačić, Zlatko Puškadija, Marica Dražić   +2 more
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INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT OF HONEYBEE VENOMS (APITOXIN) FROM APIS MELLIFERA CAUCASICA AND APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA

Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi
The discovery of new therapeutic agents is crucial in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The antimicrobial potential of apitoxin from Apis mellifera caucasica and A. m. carnica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was tested in vitro against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC-25923, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC-29212), Gram-negative (Escherichia coli ...
Mehmet Çolak, Esra Taş
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Floral diversity enhances winter survival of honeybee colonies across climatic regions

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 1487-1497, June 2025.
Our study highlights the critical role of including floral resource diversity and weather conditions in a comprehensive framework for studying honeybee hibernation. It suggests that increasing plant diversity around apiaries and implementing agricultural practices that enhance floral resources can significantly improve winter survival, with honeybee ...
Giulia Mainardi, Douglas Sponsler, Etienne Minaud, Filippos Vardakas, Leonidas Charistos, Fabrice Requier, Fani Hatjina, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter   +7 more
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Towards a Stable Host–Parasite Relationship Between Honey Bees and Varroa Mites Through Innovative Beekeeping

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 27, Issue 5, May 2025.
An innovative Varroa treatment increases Varroa pressure and Deformed Wing Virus (DWV‐B) load in summer. The increased mite and virus levels are reduced with effective summer treatment so that finally there is no difference between both groups in terms of DWV‐B and mite load shortly before overwintering.
Lioba Hilsmann, Lena Wolf, Markus Thamm, Sylvie Vandenabeele, Ricarda Scheiner   +4 more
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Correlation of Total Polyphenol and Flavonoid Content With Antioxidant Activity of Caucasian Bee Honey

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2025.
This study includes the correlation between the phenolic contents and antioxidant activities of 54 Caucasian bee honey samples obtained from the Artvin and Ardahan regions, the most important gene centers of the Caucasian bee in Türkiye. The difference in the phenolic content and antioxidant activities of Caucasian bee honey is due to its geographical ...
Tuğba Nigar Bozkuş
wiley   +1 more source