Xenobiotic detoxification pathways in honey bees

MR Berenbaum, RM Johnson - Current opinion in insect science, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Phase I, II and III detoxification gene families are all reduced in honeybees.•
Synergistic pesticide interactions may reflect reduced detoxification gene numbers.•Dietary …

Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses

K Maebe, AF Hart, L Marshall… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Synergistic mortality between a neonicotinoid insecticide and an ergosterol‐biosynthesis‐inhibiting fungicide in three bee species

F Sgolastra, P Medrzycki, L Bortolotti… - Pest Management …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Neonicotinoid insecticides have been identified as an important factor
contributing to bee diversity declines. Nonetheless, uncertainties remain about their impact …

Klumpy: A tool to evaluate the integrity of long‐read genome assemblies and illusive sequence motifs

G Madrigal, BF Minhas… - Molecular ecology …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The improvement and decreasing costs of third‐generation sequencing technologies has
widened the scope of biological questions researchers can address with de novo genome …

Current knowledge of detoxification mechanisms of xenobiotic in honey bees

Y Gong, Q Diao - Ecotoxicology, 2017 - Springer
The western honey bee Apis mellifera is the most important managed pollinator species in
the world. Multiple factors have been implicated as potential causes or factors contributing to …

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

RE Irwin, D Cook, LL Richardson… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The study of plant secondary chemistry has been essential in understanding plant
consumption by herbivores. There is growing evidence that secondary compounds also …

Forager bees (Apis mellifera) highly express immune and detoxification genes in tissues associated with nectar processing

RL Vannette, A Mohamed, BR Johnson - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Pollinators, including honey bees, routinely encounter potentially harmful microorganisms
and phytochemicals during foraging. However, the mechanisms by which honey bees …

Indoxacarb‐loaded fluorescent mesoporous silica nanoparticles for effective control of Plutella xylostella L. with decreased detoxification enzymes activities

M Bilal, C Xu, L Cao, P Zhao, C Cao… - Pest Management …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Plutella xylostella L. is a cosmopolitan lepidopteron insect pest for
numerous vegetables and crops. The extensive use of insecticides has resulted in the …

Molecular tools and bumble bees: revealing hidden details of ecology and evolution in a model system

SH Woodard, JD Lozier, D Goulson… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bumble bees are a longstanding model system for studies on behaviour, ecology and
evolution, due to their well‐studied social lifestyle, invaluable role as wild and managed …

Bumble bee ecophysiology: integrating the changing environment and the organism

SH Woodard - Current opinion in insect science, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bumble bees face increasing physiological challenges in light of global
change.•Most progress in ecophysiological research is related to thermal biology and …