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The State of Beekeeping in India: Insights, Gaps, and Emerging Opportunities

Entomological Research, Volume 55, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT India's beekeeping industry primarily revolves around two domesticated honey bee species, Apis cerana and A. mellifera, which are central to commercial beekeeping. In addition, there are four wild honey bee species—A. dorsata, A. laboriosa (sympatric with A. dorsata), A. florea, and A. andreniformis (sympatric with A.
Sampat Ghosh, Dharam Pal Abrol, Chuleui Jung   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing pathogen risk for wild bumblebees (Bombus spp., Apidae) in Canada

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2025.
Pathogen spillover poses a significant threat to wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Canada. Our study maps areas of overlap between high conservation priority regions for bumble bees and regions of pathogen spillover risk from managed bees, incorporating uncertainty in pathogen prevalence.
Amanda R. Liczner, Sheila R. Colla, Gordon Fitch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape‐Wide Metabarcoding Shows Interactions Among the Gut Microbiome and Pollen Diversity in the Invasive Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2025.
The study examines how environmental factors and dietary diversity influence the gut microbiome of the invasive European buff‐tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in Tasmania. We found that gut bacterial composition and diversity were significantly affected by annual precipitation, pasture percentage, temperature and interactions between pollen ...
Sabrina Haque, Hasinika K. A. H. Gamage, Cecilia Kardum Hjort, Fleur Ponton, Francisco Encinas‐Viso, Ian T. Paulsen, Rachael Y. Dudaniec   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of an External Electric Field (EEF) on Deep Eutectic Solvent Based on Monoterpenes (V Type DESs) With Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach

Engineering Reports, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2025.
A deep eutectic solvent (DES) comprising menthol (MEN) as a hydrogen bond donor (HBD) and thymol (THY) as a hydrogen bond acceptor (HBA) is comprehensively investigated through COSMO‐RS and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. COSMO‐RS is employed to predict the solid–liquid equilibrium, along with σ‐profiles and σ‐surfaces, to elucidate intermolecular
Samaneh Barani Pour, Nasrin Jabbarvand Behrooz, Jaber Jahanbin Sardroodi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fecal sampling protocol to assess bumble bee health in conservation research

Journal of Pollination Ecology
An increasing number of wild bee species are declining or threatened with extinction worldwide. Decline has been proposed to be caused by a combination of threats, including increasing wild bee disease prevalence and pathogen spillover from managed bees
Mathilde L. Tissier, Cole Blair, Sarah MacKell, Lynn S. Adler, J. Scott MacIvor, Patrick Bergeron, Carolyn Callaghan, Geneviève Labrie, Sheila Colla, Valérie Fournier   +9 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Answering key bumble bee conservation questions by studying discovered wild nests: A Bombus affinis case study

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 303-318, May 2025.
The information learned from discovered wild bumble bee nests can be of great conservation value if studied in situ and post‐season excavation in a standardised way. We provide standardised guidance to follow when nest discoveries arise, including key conservation questions and methodological guidelines to study behaviour, floral use, genetics, body ...
Tamara A. Smith, Michelle Boone, Steven Choy, Elaine Evans, Jeffrey G. Everett, Justin E. Palmer, Ian Pearse, Genevieve Pugesek, Ben M. Sadd, Jennifer Szymanski, Ashley E. Tessnow, Jay C. Watson, John M. Mola   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The smell of infection: Disease surveillance in insects using volatile organic compounds

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 81-89, February 2025.
Abstract Insects play crucial roles in nearly every ecosystem and provide a wide array of ecosystem services. However, both managed and wild insect populations face threats from parasites and pathogens, which require surveillance to mitigate. Current infectious disease surveillance methods for insects often involve invasive, time‐consuming and ...
Ayman Asiri, Sarah E. Perkins, Carsten T. Müller   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What proteomics has taught us about honey bee (Apis mellifera) health and disease

PROTEOMICS, Volume 25, Issue 1-2, January 2025.
Abstract The Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, is currently navigating a gauntlet of environmental pressures, including the persistent threat of parasites, pathogens, and climate change – all of which compromise the vitality of honey bee colonies.
Maor Arad, Kenneth Ku, Connor Frey, Rhien Hare, Alison McAfee, Golfam Ghafourifar, Leonard J. Foster   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variable effects of nicotine, anabasine, and their interactions on parasitized bumble bees [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2015
Secondary metabolites in floral nectar have been shown to reduce parasite load in two common bumble bee species. Previous studies on the effects of nectar secondary metabolites on parasitized bees have focused on single compounds in isolation; however ...
Lukas P. Thorburn, Lynn S. Adler, Rebecca E. Irwin, Evan C. Palmer-Young   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating Crithidia spp. in ulcer smear of patients suspected of leishmaniasis in Aq-Qala, Golestan province, Northern Iran, 2019-2020

Jorjani Biomedicine Journal
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic infection that causes significant health problems. This study aimed to survey the prevalence of Leishmania and Crithidia spp. co-infection in the wounds of patients with suspected Leishmaniasis in Golestan Province, northern Iran.
Ali Khademi, Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Farideh Tohidi   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source