Functional properties and antimicrobial activity from lactic acid bacteria as resources to improve the health and welfare of honey bees

M Iorizzo, F Letizia, S Ganassi, B Testa, S Petrarca… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Honey bees play a pivotal role in the sustainability of ecosystems and
biodiversity. Many factors including parasites, pathogens, pesticide residues, forage losses …

Micro” bee” ota: Honey bee normal microbiota as a part of superorganism

D Smutin, E Lebedev, M Selitskiy, N Panyushev… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey bees are model organisms for microbiota research. Gut microbiomes are very
interesting for surveys due to their simple structure and relationship with hive production …

Acute oral toxicity, apoptosis, and immune response in nurse bees (Apis mellifera) induced by flupyradifurone

J Gao, Y Guo, J Chen, QY Diao, Q Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The potential toxicity of flupyradifurone (FPF) to honey bees has been a subject of
controversy in recent years. Understanding the effect of pesticides on nurse bees is …

Versatility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: Ecological roles of RND efflux pumps

A Chauviat, T Meyer, S Favre-Bonté - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
S. maltophilia is a widely distributed bacterium found in natural, anthropized and clinical
environments. The genome of this opportunistic pathogen of environmental origin includes a …

Varroa destructor and its impacts on honey bee biology

N Morfin, PH Goodwin, E Guzman-Novoa - Frontiers in Bee Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Varroa destructor is considered one of the greatest threats to the health of the honey bee, A.
mellifera. In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies …

Parasite and Pesticide Impacts on the Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Haemolymph Proteome

D Askri, EA Straw, K Arafah, SN Voisin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pesticides pose a potential threat to bee health, especially in combination with other
stressors, such as parasites. However, pesticide risk assessment tests pesticides in isolation …

Toll receptor ligand Spätzle 4 responses to the highly pathogenic Enterococcus faecalis from Varroa mites in honeybees

W Zhang, C Sun, H Lang, J Wang, X Li, J Guo… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Honeybees play a major role in crop pollination, which supports the agricultural economy
and international food supply. The colony health of honeybees is threatened by the parasitic …

Effects of a supplemented diet containing 7 probiotic strains (Honeybeeotic) on honeybee physiology and immune response: analysis of hemolymph cytology …

P Robino, L Galosi, A Bellato, S Vincenzetti… - Biological Research, 2024 - Springer
Background In this study, a probiotic mixture (Honeybeeotic) consisting of seven bacterial
strains isolated from a unique population of honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) was used …

Salivary Cystatin-L2-like of Varroa destructor Causes Lower Metabolism Activity and Abnormal Development in Apis mellifera Pupae

H Zhou, X Duan, C Sun, H Huang, M Yang, S Huang… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Varroa destructor salivary secretion plays a vital role in mite–bee
interactions. In this study, we found that the salivary cystatin gene was highly expressed in …

First Report of Myocastor coypus Infected with Staphylococcus cohnii

W Dong, N Peng, L Yang, H Ning, J Fan… - Transboundary and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In December 2021, a wildlife conservation base in Hunan, China, reported illness and death
among its captive Myocastor coypus population. A gram‐positive pathogen was isolated …