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Effects of different artificial diets on commercial honey bee colony performance, health biomarkers, and gut microbiota

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background Honey bee colonies managed for agricultural pollination are highly dependent on human inputs, especially for disease control and supplemental nutrition.
Vincent A. Ricigliano   +2 more
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Antioxidant Activity in Bee Products: A Review

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2021
Bee products have been used since ancient times both for their nutritional value and for a broad spectrum of therapeutic purposes. They are deemed to be a potential source of natural antioxidants that can counteract the effects of oxidative stress ...
Marianna Martinello, Franco Mutinelli
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Genetic Variation in Antimicrobial Activity of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Seminal Fluid

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Honey bees can host a remarkably large number of different parasites and pathogens, and some are known drivers of recent declines in wild and managed bee populations.
Shannon Holt   +7 more
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Reliability of Morphological and PCR Methods for the Official Diagnosis of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): A European Inter-Laboratory Comparison

open access: yesInsects, 2021
The Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida Murray, 1867) is an invasive scavenger of honeybees. Originally endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, it is regulated internationally in order to preserve the areas still free from this species. To ensure the reliability of
Stéphanie Franco   +6 more
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Honey Bee Viruses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Viruses are significant threats to the health and well-being of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. To alleviate the threats posed by these invasive organisms, a better understanding of bee viral infections will be of crucial importance in developing effective and environmentally benign disease control strategies. Although knowledge of honey bee viruses has
Yan Ping, Chen, Reinhold, Siede
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Honey bee hearts [PDF]

open access: yesBaylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2018
At a recent family dinner, we discussed the plight of honey bees. Everywhere bees are disappearing, and a new syndrome has been coined: “Colony collapse disorder.” The etiology is unknown, though p...
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In silico identification and assessment of insecticide target sites in the genome of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida

open access: yesBMC Genomics, 2020
Background The small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, is a rapidly emerging global pest of honey bee colonies. Small hive beetle infestation can be extremely destructive, which may cause honey bees to abscond and render colony infrastructure unusable. Due to
Frank D. Rinkevich, Lelania Bourgeois
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A Comparative Study of Environmental Conditions, Bee Management and the Epidemiological Situation in Apiaries Varying in the Level of Colony Losses

open access: yesJournal of Apicultural Science, 2014
Explaining the reasons for the increased mortality of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) in recent years, in Europe and North America, has become a global research priority in apicultural science.
Pohorecka Krystyna   +4 more
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Building composite indices in the age of big data – Application to honey bee exposure to infectious and parasitic agents

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Pollinator insects play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and agricultural production worldwide. Yet they are subject to various infectious and parasitic agents (IPAs).
M. Huyen Ton Nu Nguyet   +7 more
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Morphmetric analysis of apis cerana populations in Huangshan, China

open access: yesJournal of Apicultural Science, 2013
Honey bees (Apis cerana Fabricius) were collected from 195 colonies at seven different localities spanning the main beekeeping areas in Huangshan. Morphometric methods were used to measure seven standard morphometric characters, and these bees were ...
Yu Linsheng   +5 more
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