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Microsporidiosis Causing Necrotic Changes in the Honeybee Intestine

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
Background: Microsporidia from the Nosema (Vairimorpha) genus are pathogenic fungi that complete their life cycle in the honeybee intestine. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of the course of infection on the viability of ...
Aneta A. Ptaszyńska, Marek Gancarz
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Effects of Traditional Orchard Abandonment and Landscape Context on the Beneficial Arthropod Community in a Mediterranean Agroecosystem

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Agricultural abandonment is one of the main land-use changes in Europe, and its consequences on biodiversity are context- and taxa-dependent. While several studies have worked on this topic, few have focused on traditional orchards, especially in ...
Víctor de Paz   +3 more
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Quality Evaluation of Bee Products

open access: yes, 2023
Bee products, such as honey, bee pollen, bee bread, royal jelly, propolis, and bee-related insect foods, are widely consumed as natural/functional foods or supplements, owing to their nutritional/bioactive characteristics, which are beneficial to human ...

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The effect of hymenoptera venom immunotherapy on neutrophils, interleukin 8 (IL-8) and interleukin 17 (IL-17)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020
Objectives Venom immunotherapy (VIT) is an effective treatment method and is addressed to patients with a history of an anaphylactic reaction to Hymenoptera stings. However, the immunological mechanisms of protection have not been explained yet.
Krzysztof Pałgan   +3 more
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Characterization of Bacillus Strains from Natural Honeybee Products with High Keratinolytic Activity and Antimicrobial Potential

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
Two efficient feather-degrading bacteria were isolated from honeybee samples and identified as Bacillus sonorensis and Bacillus licheniformis based on 16S rRNA and genome sequencing.
Diego Martín-González   +4 more
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The importance of controlled mating in honeybee breeding

open access: yesGenetics Selection Evolution, 2019
Background Controlled mating procedures are widely accepted as a key aspect of successful breeding in almost all animal species. In honeybees, however, controlled mating is hard to achieve.
Manuel Plate   +3 more
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Tank mixtures of insecticides and fungicides, adjuvants, additives, fertilizers and their effects on honey bees after contact exposure in a spray chamber

open access: yesJulius-Kühn-Archiv, 2018
In agriculture honey bees may be exposed to multiple pesticides. In contrast to single applications of plant protection products (PPP), the effects of tank mixtures of two or more PPP on honey bees are not routinely assessed in the risk assessment of ...
Wernecke, Anna   +5 more
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Anti-Varroa Efficiency of Coumaphos and Its Influence on Oxidative Stress and Survival of Honey Bees

open access: yesActa Veterinaria, 2020
Apart from the efficiency of coumaphos against Varroa mites, its impact on the oxidative status and survival of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) was assessed. The research was conducted on hives from the same apiary, equalised regarding the number of bees,
Zikic Biljana   +6 more
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Two new species of Scaptotrigona Moure, 1942 from the Amazon forest (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

open access: yesEntomoBrasilis, 2022
The aim of this study was to describe Scaptotrigona nigrohirta sp. nov. and Scaptotrigona hylaeana sp. nov., in order to make their names valid, since at least one of these species has already been widely studied and cited, however, never been formally ...
David Silva Nogueira   +5 more
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What We Know about Sting-Related Deaths? Human Fatalities Caused by Hornet, Wasp and Bee Stings in Europe (1994–2016)

open access: yesBiology, 2022
Epidemiology of Hymenopteran-related deaths in Europe, based on official registers from WHO Mortality Database (Cause Code of Death: X23), are presented.
Xesús Feás   +2 more
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