Monitoring the environment for pollution, pesticides, and pathogens is crucial for protecting
human, agriculture, and overall ecosystem health. Diverse strategies ranging from physical …

Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

Insects are facing a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, and the recent decline in their
biodiversity is threatening ecosystems and economies across the globe. We investigated the …

Lactobacillus species are found in nutrient-rich habitats associated with food, feed, plants,
animals and humans. Due to their economic importance, the metabolism, genetics and …

Social bees harbor a simple and specialized microbiota that is spatially organized into
different gut compartments. Recent results on the potential involvement of bee gut …

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

Over the past decade, in some regions of the world, honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies
have experienced rates of colony loss that are difficult for beekeepers to sustain. The …

The health and fitness of animals, including humans, are influenced by the presence and
composition of resident microbial communities. The development of rational microbial …

It is presently unclear how much individual community members contribute to the overall
metabolic output of a gut microbiota. To address this question, we used the honey bee …

Wild bee populations are declining due to human activities, such as land use change, which
strongly affect the composition and diversity of available plants and food sources. The …