Effects of different artificial diets on commercial honey bee colony performance, health biomarkers, and gut microbiota

VA Ricigliano, ST Williams, R Oliver - BMC veterinary research, 2022 - Springer
Background Honey bee colonies managed for agricultural pollination are highly dependent
on human inputs, especially for disease control and supplemental nutrition. Hives are …

Honeybees' foraging choices for nectar and pollen revealed by DNA metabarcoding

M Leponiemi, D Freitak, M Moreno-Torres… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Honeybees are the most widespread managed pollinators of our food crops, and a crucial
part of their well-being is a suitable diet. Yet, we do not know how they choose flowers to …

Effects of nutrition on recovery, mortality, and mobility of adult Tribolium castaneum after exposure to long‐lasting insecticide‐incorporated netting

Q Ming, WR Morrison III, KY Zhu… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Long‐lasting insecticide‐incorporated netting (LLIN) has been used to
deliver contact insecticides as an integrated pest management tool for stored product insect …

Acute and chronic effects of sublethal neonicotinoid thiacloprid to Asian honey bee (Apis cerana cerana)

M Shi, Y Guo, YY Wu, PL Dai, SJ Dai, QY Diao… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pesticide pollution is one of the most important factors for global bee declines. Despite many
studies have revealed that the most important Chinese indigenous species, Apis cerana, is …

Diverse pollen nutrition can improve the development of solitary bees but does not mitigate negative pesticide impacts

JM Schwarz, AC Knauer, C Alaux, L Barascou… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Floral resource loss and pesticide exposure are major threats to bees in intensively
managed agroecosystems, but interactions among these drivers remain poorly understood …

Oral exposure to thiacloprid-based pesticide (Calypso SC480) causes physical poisoning symptoms and impairs the cognitive abilities of bumble bees

L Kaila, A Antinoja, M Toivonen, M Jalli… - BMC Ecology and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Pesticides are identified as one of the major reasons for the global pollinator
decline. However, the sublethal effects of pesticide residue levels found in pollen and nectar …

[HTML][HTML] A Field Trial to Demonstrate the Potential of a Vitamin B Diet Supplement in Reducing Oxidative Stress and Improving Hygienic and Grooming Behaviors in …

NM Jovanovic, U Glavinic, J Stevanovic, M Ristanic… - Insects, 2025 - mdpi.com
The honey bee is an important insect pollinator that provides critical pollination services for
natural and agricultural systems worldwide. However, inadequate food weakens honey bee …

Proteome of Clothianidin Exposed Honey Bees Reveals a Possible Mechanism Behind Impairment of Sucrose Responsiveness

N Tsvetkov, KM Moon, LJ Foster - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neonicotinoids (NNIs) are the most commonly used insecticides in the world and
clothianidin, a type of NNI, is commonly found in honey bee collected pollen. Clothianidin …

Community science enhances modelled bee distributions in a tropical Asian city

DSE Lim, SEH Pang, TM Koay, ZWW Soh… - Biotropica, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bees and the ecosystem services they provide are vital to urban ecosystems, but little is
understood about their distributions, particularly in the Asian tropics. This is largely due to …

[PDF][PDF] Pesticide residues in the environment and their effects on bee

L Kaila - Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis, 2023 - helda.helsinki.fi
Pollinators play an important role in food production. It has been estimated that
approximately 75% of crop plants rely on animal pollination. However, the situation …