Hydrogen peroxide plays a key role in honey antibacterial activity. The production of H 2 O 2
in honey requires glucose oxidase (GOx) that oxidizes glucose to gluconolactone and …

Highlights•The IIS is the core pathway underlying caste determination.•The pathway can be
regulated by genes, nutrition, and other pathways.•Epigenetics mechanisms have been …

The honey bee is a key pollinator species in decline worldwide. As part of a commercial
operation, bee colonies are exposed to a variety of agricultural ecosystems throughout the …

In the honeybee, Apis mellifera, the queen larvae are fed with a diet exclusively composed
of royal jelly (RJ), a secretion of the hypopharyngeal gland of young worker bees that nurse …

Honey bee larvae exposed to sublethal doses of imidacloprid show behavioural
abnormalities as adult insects. Previous studies have demonstrated that this phenomenon …

Honeybees show an important pollination ability and play vital roles in improving crop yields
and increasing plant genetic diversity, thereby generating tremendous economic benefits for …

To identify candidate royal jelly (RJ) proteins that might affect the physiologic status of
honeybee colony members, we used shotgun proteomics to comprehensively identify the RJ …

Little is known about the global structure of honey and the arrangement of its main
macromolecules. We hypothesized that the conditions in ripened honeys resemble …

Abstract Background In the honeybee Apis mellifera, female larvae destined to become a
queen are fed with royal jelly, a secretion of the hypopharyngeal glands of young nurse …

Decreasing pollinator populations worldwide has generated great concern and stimulated
countless studies to understand the origin of colony losses. One main cause is the …