Background The honey bee is an important model system for increasing understanding of
molecular and neural mechanisms underlying social behaviors relevant to the agricultural …

Abstract The Asian honeybee Apis cerana is one of two bee species that have been
commercially kept with immense economic value. Here we present the analysis of genomic …

Abstract The Asian honey bee (Apis dorsata) is distinct from its more widely distributed
cousin Apis mellifera by a few key characteristics. Most prominently, A. dorsata, nest in the …

Background The Eastern hive honey bee, Apis cerana cerana is a native and widely bred
honey bee species in China. Molecular biology research about this honey bee species is …

The mechanisms by which organisms adapt to variable environments are a fundamental
question in evolutionary biology and are important to protect important species in response …

Background The first generation of genome sequence assemblies and annotations have
had a significant impact upon our understanding of the biology of the sequenced species …

Background Honey bees are known for several striking social behaviors, including a
complex pattern of behavioral maturation that gives rise to an age-related colony division of …

Studying the genetic signatures of climate-driven selection can produce insights into local
adaptation and the potential impacts of climate change on populations. The honey bee (Apis …

The western honey bee, Apis mellifera, provides critical pollination services to agricultural
crops worldwide. However, despite substantial interest and prior investigation, the early …

Despite the urgent need for conservation consideration, strategic action plans for the
preservation of the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793, remain lacking. Both the …