Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are constantly subjected to many biotic stressors including
parasites. This study examined honeybees infected with Nosema ceranae (N. ceranae). N …

As important pollinators, bees play a critical role in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem
and improving the yield and quality of crops. However, in recent years, the bee population …

Understanding how social experiences are represented in the brain and shape future
responses is a major challenge in the study of behavior. We addressed this problem by …

At present, 30 compounds have been described in the venom of the honeybee, and 16 of
them were confirmed by mass spectrometry. Previous studies typically combined 2-D PAGE …

Sexual reproduction brings genes from two parents (matrigenes and patrigenes) together
into one individual. These genes, despite being unrelated, should show nearly perfect …

Honey bees, Apis mellifera, are the most important managed pollinators worldwide. They
are highly impacted by various abiotic and biotic stressors, especially temperature extremes …

The field of sequence based phylogenetic analyses is currently being transformed by novel
hybrid-based targeted enrichment methods, such as the use of ultraconserved elements …

Little is known about the combined effects of stressors on social immunity of honey bees
(Apis mellifera) and related gene expression. The interaction between sublethal doses of a …

Highlights•Epigenetic code plays an important role in insect brain plasticity.•Epialleles may
be essential in driving behavioural adaptation in insects.•Insect research needs to move …

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a diverse class of transcripts that structurally
resemble mRNAs but do not encode proteins, and lncRNAs have been proven to play …