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Honey bees (Apis mellifera) modify plant-pollinator network structure, but do not alter wild species' interactions.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely used for honey production and crop pollination, raising concern for wild pollinators, as honey bees may compete with wild pollinators for floral resources.
Sydney H Worthy, John H Acorn, Carol M Frost   +2 more
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Honey bee colony losses: Why are honey bees disappearing?

Sociobiology, 2021
The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L., Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a species of crucial economic, agricultural and environmental importance.In the last ten years, some regions of the world have suffered from a significant reduction of honey bee colonies.
Hristov, Peter, Shumkov, Rositsa, Palova, Nadezhda, Noev, Boyko   +3 more
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Analysis of Pollination Services Provided by Wild and Managed Bees (Apoidea) in Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton) Production in Maine, USA, with a Literature Review

Agronomy, 2020
Maine is the largest producer of wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton) in the United States. Pollination comes from combinations of honey bees (Apis mellifera (L.)), commercial bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson), and wild bees.
Sara L. Bushmann, Francis A. Drummond
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B-Vitamins Influence the Consumption of Macronutrients in Honey Bees

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Insects require dietary sources of B-vitamins, but relatively little is known about whether they regulate B-vitamin intake in the same way they regulate other nutrients.
Walaa Ahmed Elsayeh, Walaa Ahmed Elsayeh, Chelsea Cook, Geraldine A. Wright, Geraldine A. Wright   +4 more
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Comparing levels of geitonogamous visitation by honey bees and other pollinators

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023
Geitonogamy, the transfer of pollen from one flower to another on the same plant, is often the primary means of self-pollination in flowering plants.
Dillon Travis, Joshua Kohn
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Hornets and Honey Bees: A Coevolutionary Arms Race between Ancient Adaptations and New Invasive Threats

Insects, 2021
Hornets and honey bees have a long history of coevolution resulting in a plethora of captivating adaptations and counteradaptations between predator and prey.
Federico Cappa, Alessandro Cini, Laura Bortolotti, Juliette Poidatz, Rita Cervo   +4 more
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A Potential Fungal Probiotic Aureobasidium melanogenum CK-CsC for the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Aureobasidium melanogenum has been used as an animal feed additive for improving thehealth of pets, however, it has not yet been applied in honey bees. Here, a fungal strain CK-CsC isolated from bee bread pollen, was identified as A.
Chih-Kuan Hsu, Dun-Yan Wang, Ming-Cheng Wu   +2 more
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Effects of various sugar feeding choices on survival and tolerance of honey bee workers to low temperatures

Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 2017
Beekeepers usually supply their colonies with alternatives to nectar (i.e. sugar feeding) during dearth periods of the year, especially cold times of winter.
H.F. Abou-Shaara
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Honey bee hearts [PDF]

Baylor 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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Honey Bee Viruses [PDF]

, 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
Chen, Yan Ping, Siede, Reinhold
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