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Nationwide genomic surveillance reveals the prevalence and evolution of honeybee viruses in China
BackgroundThe economic and environmental value of honeybees has been severely challenged in recent years by the collapse of their colonies worldwide,...
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Honeybee Silk and Chitosan: A Promising Biocomposite for Wound Healing Applications
PurposeBiopolymeric materials, especially composites, are extensively used as wound healing scaffolds in tissue engineering due to their ability to...
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Expansion microscopy in honeybee brains for high-resolution neuroanatomical analyses in social insects
The diffraction limit of light microscopy poses a problem that is frequently faced in structural analyses of social insect brains. With the...
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Strain-level profiling with picodroplet microfluidic cultivation reveals host-specific adaption of honeybee gut symbionts
BackgroundSymbiotic gut microbes have a rich genomic and metabolic pool and are closely related to hosts’ health. Traditional sequencing profiling...
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Geographical resistome profiling in the honeybee microbiome reveals resistance gene transfer conferred by mobilizable plasmids
BackgroundThe spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has been of global concern as one of the greatest environmental threats. The gut...
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PCR-based detection of the honeybee tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) in Türkiye
Acarapis woodi (Rennie
1921 ) (Acari: Tarsonemidae) is one of the mites that settles in the respiratory system of honeybees ( Apis mellifera L....
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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Cavity-Nesting Honeybee, Apis cerana abansis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
AbstractApis cerana abansis is a unique ecological type of the Asian bees, Apis cerana, distributed mainly over China’s western Sichuan plateau. We...
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Short-term effects of controlled mating and selection on the genetic variance of honeybee populations
Directional selection in a population yields reduced genetic variance due to the Bulmer effect. While this effect has been thoroughly investigated in...
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Cold case: The disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970’s Egypt
In 1977, a sample of diseased adult honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) from Egypt was found to contain large amounts of a previously unknown virus, Egypt bee...
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The neuroethology of olfactory sex communication in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
The honeybee Apis mellifera L. is a crucial pollinator as well as a prominent scientific model organism, in particular for the neurobiological study...
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Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Suggest That Nature Reserve Maintains Novel Haplotypes and Genetic Diversity of Honeybees (Apis cerana)
AbstractDeclining wild honeybee ( Apis ) resources could cause the extinction of symbiotic relationships between plants and honeybees, reducing food...
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Learning-dependent plasticity in the antennal lobe improves discrimination and recognition of odors in the honeybee
Honeybees are extensively used to study olfactory learning and memory processes thanks to their ability to discriminate and remember odors and...
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Development of a TaqMan qPCR assay for trypanosomatid multi-species detection and quantification in insects
BackgroundTrypanosomatid parasites are widely distributed in nature and can have a monoxenous or dixenous life-cycle. These parasites thrive in a...
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Genetic Structure of the Apis mellifera L. Population from Altai Krai
AbstractThis study presents the results of the analysis of subspecies of honeybee from Altai krai using SSR loci Ap243 , 4a110 , A24 , A8 , A43 , A113 , A88 ...
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Identification of the mutual gliding locus as a factor for gut colonization in non-native bee hosts using the ARTP mutagenesis
BackgroundThe gut microbiota and their hosts profoundly affect each other’s physiology and evolution. Identifying host-selected traits is crucial to...
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Virus-Host Interactions Methods and Protocols
This detailed volume spotlights methods to investigate a variety of virus-host interactions in humans, other mammals, fish, or insects. It explores...
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Olfactory coding in honeybees
With less than a million neurons, the western honeybee Apis mellifera is capable of complex olfactory behaviors and provides an ideal model for...
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Vairimorpha ceranae was the only detected microsporidian species from Iranian honey bee colonies: a molecular and phylogenetic study
Nosemosis caused by Vairimorpha ceranae is one of the most important threats to honeybee colonies worldwide. This study aimed to determine the...
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Effect of Propolis, a Honeybee Product, Against a Parasite (Ligictaluridus floridanus) from Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Gills
PurposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of propolis against Ligictaluridus floridanus on Ictalurus punctatus ...
