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A propolis-rich hive environment affects redox gene expression and gut microbiota at the individual and social level in honey bees

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Short-term combined exposure of sublethal imidacloprid and glyphosate to gynes induces physiological, metabolic, reproductive, and transgenerational toxicity in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

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Mycotoxins as an Underestimated Honeybee Stressor: Aflatoxin, Contaminated Pollen, and Colony-Level Risk

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miR‐375‐3p regulates food wanting in honeybees by mediating the dopamine synthesis pathway

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Analysis of Diversity and Composition of Apis Cerana Gut Microbiome in Overwintering Period

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Apirhabdus apintestini gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of a novel genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from the gut of the western honey bee Apis mellifera

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Isolation and characterization of beneficial bacteria from Apis Cerana honeybees from Hanoi, Vietnam

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Effects of synergistic fermentation of tea bee pollen with bacteria and enzymes on growth and intestinal health of Apis cerana cerana

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First evaluation of the Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae genome’s DNA replication genes as targets for RNA interference-mediated suppression of the honey bee Apis mellifera nosemosis

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Single-species detection

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Microsensors for the characterization of the insect gut environment

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Paleoenvironments

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Gut and Colony Microbiota of Honey Bees Apis mellifera: Social Immunity, Opportunistic Disease and Survival Overwinter.Preprint

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Trypanosome Infection Disturbs the Gut Microbiota of Bumble Bee Hosts

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Gain and loss of gut symbionts during stingless bee diversification is linked to host group sizePreprint

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The future of eDNA metabarcoding

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Some early landmark studies

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Host-associated microbiota

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Peso e capacidade de armazenamento da vesícula melífera de abelhas africanizadas no Sul de Santa Catarina

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Environment-host-microbe interactions shape human metabolism

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O papel da microbiota bacteriana intestinal de abelhas eussociais: uma revisão de literatura

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Gut and Colony Microbiota of Honey Bees: Social Immunity and Opportunism OverwinterPreprint

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Social structure affects the gut microbiota in honey bees: The physiological cost of precocious foragingPreprint

Copeland, D. C., Mott, B. M., & Anderson, K. E. (2022) · doi:10.22541/au.164579996.69999571/v1

Sampling

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Freshwater ecosystems

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes.

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DNA extraction

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Insect’s (Honey Bee) Diversity: A Rapidly Growing Threat Accelerated by Environmental Pollutants

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Zinc and laboratory emerge date impact honey bee gut microbiota and survivalPreprint

Soares, K. O., Ricke, D., de Oliveira, C. J. B., Lima, M. V., Mrofchak, R., Rodrigues, A. E., Madden, C. C., Johnson, R. M., & Hale, V. L. (2022) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2022.12.07.519529

APPLICATION OF PROBIOTICS TO INCREASE THE VITALITY OF BEES

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Examples of primer pairs available for DNA metabarcoding

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Three-hundred and eighty-four (384) tags of eight nucleotides, with at least three differences among them

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Copyright Page

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Preface

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Investigating Eco-evolutionary Interactions between Hosts and Members of Their Gut Microbiota

Sauers, L. A. (2023) · doi:10.30707/etd2023.20231004061830166186.999942

ESTRESSORES QUÍMICOS: IMPACTO EM DUAS ESPÉCIES DE ABELHAS EUSSOCIAIS POLINIZADORAS

Caldas, M. J. M., dos Santos, J. A., Rebouças, J. S., Pinheiro, E. E. G., Santana, J. D. C., Santos, E. F., Silva, I. P., Costa, M. A. P. D. C., & de Carvalho, C. A. L. (2023) · Multidisciplinary Sciences Reports · doi:10.54038/ms.v3i4.53

Toxicological assessments of lethal and sublethal effects caused by exposure to agrochemicals in stingless bees (APIDAE, Meliponini)

Botina, L. L. (2022) · doi:10.47328/ufvbbt.2022.468

Additional file 5 of High royal jelly production does not impact the gut microbiome of honey bees

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Additional file 5 of The different dietary sugars modulate the composition of the gut microbiota in honeybee during overwintering

Wang, H., Liu, C., Liu, Z., Ying, W., Ma, L., & Xu, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11998647

Additional file 2 of High royal jelly production does not impact the gut microbiome of honey bees

Damico, M. E., Rueppell, O., Shaffer, Z., Han, B., & Raymann, K. (2021) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.16614311

Additional file 2 of Strain-level analysis reveals the vertical microbial transmission during the life cycle of bumblebee

Su, Q., Wang, Q., Mu, X., Chen, H., Meng, Y., Zhang, X., Li, Z., Hu, X., Zhai, Y., & Zheng, H. (2021) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.16928870

Additional file 2 of Disentangling the link between zebrafish diet, gut microbiome succession, and Mycobacterium chelonae infection

Sieler, M. J., Al‐Samarrie, C. E., Kasschau, K. D., Varga, Z. M., Kent, M. L., & Sharpton, T. J. (2023) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.23930465

Additional file 2 of Gut symbiotic bacteria are involved in nitrogen recycling in the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

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Additional file 4 of High royal jelly production does not impact the gut microbiome of honey bees

Damico, M. E., Rueppell, O., Shaffer, Z., Han, B., & Raymann, K. (2021) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.16614320

Beneficial effect of sodium butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, on the honey bee’s ( Apis mellifera ) immune response and oxidative status

Kojić, D. K., Čelić, T. V., Spremo, J., Orčić, S. M., Vukašinović, E. L., Đorđievski, S., Pihler, I. I., & Purać, J. S. (2024) · Journal of Apicultural Research · doi:10.1080/00218839.2024.2367299

Nano-Based Targeted Drug Delivery in Ulcerative Colitis

Ansari, M. M., Akhtar, N., Nayab, Z., Ali, N., Islam, N., Alasmari, A. F., & Khan, R. (2025) · Smart nanomaterials technology · doi:10.1007/978-981-96-2112-5_14

Influence of gut microbiota on behaviors of a honey bee

Suenami, S. (2025) · Hikaku seiri seikagaku(Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry) · doi:10.3330/hikakuseiriseika.42.37

Light tunes the social behavior of honeybee via gut microbiota with MXene

Wang, Y., Wang, B., Mu, X., Qi, Y., Meng, Y., Wang, X., Zheng, H., & Lu, Y. (2025) · Nano Today · doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2025.102775

Plasmid profiling and bio-efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis NBAIR BtVGa1 on Galleria mellonella L. and its biosafety on Apis cerana F.

Shamappa, V. H., Shylesha, A. N., Ruqiya, S., Shivakumara, K. T., Nanditha, S., Gotyal, B. S., Ramya, R. S., Kandan, A., & Manjunatha, C. (2025) · International Journal of Tropical Insect Science · doi:10.1007/s42690-025-01583-8

In Vivo and In Vitro Evaluation of Probiotic and Postbiotic Strategies Against Foulbrood in Honeybees

Mathien, C., Fourel, L., Gilbert, J., Portelli, C., Fadhlaoui, K., Diogon, M., Delbac, F., Texier, C., Peyretaillade, É., Goupil, P., et al. (2025) · Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins · doi:10.1007/s12602-025-10739-4

Gut microbiota as a modulator of circadian neural development in the honey bee modelPreprint

Koru, Y. B., Beer, K., Ruggieri, A. A., Rodríguez-Cordero, J. A., Aviles-Rios, E., Anderson, M., Citron-Rodriguez, E. A., Montes-Mercado, A., Jesús‐Cortés, H. D., Giannoni‐Guzmán, M. A., et al. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.09.30.678393

Female accessory reproductive glands of Paederus fuscipes serve as a reservoir of symbiotic pederin-producing bacteria

Song, X., Meng, H., Yang, T., Li, Y., Zheng, F., & Yan, X. (2025) · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2025.104408

Microbiota-Sensitive Nanocarriers for the Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Agents into the Gut: Advanced Treatment Strategy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Kumar, D., Malviya, R., Sridhar, S. B., Wadhwa, T., & Shareef, J. (2025) · Current Pharmaceutical Design · doi:10.2174/0113816128384969250916050350

Harnessing the Gut Microbiota of Honeybees: Unlocking Microbial Insights for Sustainable Apiculture Practices

Verma, A., Bhatia, R., Sharma, D., Kumar, R., & Kumar, S. (2025) · Biology Bulletin Reviews · doi:10.1134/s2079086425600602

Real-time volatilomics reveals microbiota and pathogen fingerprints in the honey bee

Fido, M., Moriano‐Gutierrez, S., Lan, J., Pirat, A., Zufferey, L., Barazzone, E. C., Zenobi, R., Engel, P., & Slack, E. M. C. (2026) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.01419-26

Research on the mechanism of probiotics regulating gut microbiota to alleviate cadmium immunotoxicity in juvenile Pardosa pseudoannulata

Zhou, J., Li, J., Wang, J., & Wang, Z. (2025) · Environmental Technology & Innovation · doi:10.1016/j.eti.2025.104628

Orally administered lactic-acid bacteria provide protection against cypermethrin in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona mexicana

Rodas-Hilerio, L. F., Vázquez-Ovando, A., Guillén‐Navarro, K., & Sánchez, D. (2025) · Apidologie · doi:10.1007/s13592-025-01232-6

Additional file 3 of When your host shuts down: larval diapause impacts host-microbiome interactions in Nasonia vitripennis

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Additional file 12 of A global phylogenomic and metabolic reconstruction of the large intestine bacterial community of domesticated cattle

Teseo, S., Otani, S., Brinch, C., Leroy, S., Ruiz, P., Desvaux, M., Forano, E., Aarestrup, F. M., & Sapountzis, P. (2022) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.21206843

Additional file 3 of The different dietary sugars modulate the composition of the gut microbiota in honeybee during overwintering

Wang, H., Liu, C., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Ma, L., & Xu, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11998632

Additional file 4 of Midgut microbiota diversity of potato tuber moth associated with potato tissue consumed

Zheng, Y., Xiao, G., Zhou, W., Gao, Y., Li, Z., 杜光祖, & Chen, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11972748

Additional file 7 of Midgut microbiota diversity of potato tuber moth associated with potato tissue consumed

Zheng, Y., Xiao, G., Zhou, W., Gao, Y., Li, Z., 杜光祖, & Chen, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11972772

Additional file 3 of Strain-level analysis reveals the vertical microbial transmission during the life cycle of bumblebee

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Additional file 9 of When your host shuts down: larval diapause impacts host-microbiome interactions in Nasonia vitripennis

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Additional file 5 of Midgut microbiota diversity of potato tuber moth associated with potato tissue consumed

Zheng, Y., Xiao, G., Zhou, W., Gao, Y., Li, Z., 杜光祖, & Chen, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11972757

Additional file 11 of A global phylogenomic and metabolic reconstruction of the large intestine bacterial community of domesticated cattle

Teseo, S., Otani, S., Brinch, C., Leroy, S., Ruiz, P., Desvaux, M., Forano, E., Aarestrup, F. M., & Sapountzis, P. (2022) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.21206840

Additional file 2 of Midgut microbiota diversity of potato tuber moth associated with potato tissue consumed

Zheng, Y., Xiao, G., Zhou, W., Gao, Y., Li, Z., 杜光祖, & Chen, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11972736

Additional file 13 of A global phylogenomic and metabolic reconstruction of the large intestine bacterial community of domesticated cattle

Teseo, S., Otani, S., Brinch, C., Leroy, S., Ruiz, P., Desvaux, M., Forano, E., Aarestrup, F. M., & Sapountzis, P. (2022) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.21206846

Additional file 2 of When your host shuts down: larval diapause impacts host-microbiome interactions in Nasonia vitripennis

Dittmer, J., & Brucker, R. M. (2021) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14396608

Additional file 1 of Midgut microbiota diversity of potato tuber moth associated with potato tissue consumed

Zheng, Y., Xiao, G., Zhou, W., Gao, Y., Li, Z., 杜光祖, & Chen, B. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.11972730

Additional file 1 of High royal jelly production does not impact the gut microbiome of honey bees

Damico, M. E., Rueppell, O., Shaffer, Z., Han, B., & Raymann, K. (2021) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.16614308

Additional file 2 of Targeting the honey bee gut parasite Nosema ceranae with siRNA positively affects gut bacteria

Huang, Q., & Evans, J. D. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12819190

Additional file 6 of When your host shuts down: larval diapause impacts host-microbiome interactions in Nasonia vitripennis

Dittmer, J., & Brucker, R. M. (2021) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14396620

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