Over the last decades, losses of bee populations have been observed worldwide. A panoply
of biotic and abiotic factors, as well as the interplay among them, has been suggested to be …

Honeybees are vital for global crop pollination, making indispensable contributions to
agricultural productivity. However, these vital insects are currently facing escalating colony …

Honeybee is certainly one of the most familiar flying insects of terrestrial habitats.
Honeybees are critically important in the environment, sustaining biodiversity and providing …

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are key pollinators that support global agriculture and are long-
established models for developmental and behavioural research. Recently, they have …

Since a few decades, apiculture is facing important economic losses worldwide with general
major consequences in many areas of agriculture. A strong attention has been paid towards …

American foulbrood (AFB) and European foulbrood (EFB) are the two most important honey
bee brood diseases which impose heavy economic losses to the apiculture industry …

Nowadays, honey bees are stressed by a number of biotic and abiotic factors which may
compromise to some extent the pollination service and the hive productivity. The EU ban of …

Across the globe, honey bee populations have been declining at an unprecedented rate.
Managed honey bees are highly social, frequent a multitude of environmental niches, and …

Numerous honeybee (Apis mellifera) products, such as honey, propolis, and bee venom, are
used in traditional medicine to prevent illness and promote healing. Therefore, this insect …

Probiotics are widely used in agriculture including commercial beekeeping, but there is little
evidence supporting their effectiveness. Antibiotic treatments can greatly distort the gut …