The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease

EVS Motta, NA Moran - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are key pollinators that support global agriculture and are long-
established models for developmental and behavioural research. Recently, they have …

Pesticide exposure and the microbiota-gut-brain axis

R Matsuzaki, E Gunnigle, V Geissen, G Clarke… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The gut microbiota exist within a dynamic ecosystem shaped by various factors that includes
exposure to xenobiotics such as pesticides. It is widely regarded that the gut microbiota …

The effects of glyphosate, pure or in herbicide formulation, on bumble bees and their gut microbial communities

EVS Motta, NA Moran - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread use of glyphosate-based formulations to eliminate unwanted vegetation
has increased concerns regarding their effects on non-target organisms, such as honey …

[PDF][PDF] Bees just wanna have fungi: a review of bee associations with nonpathogenic fungi

D Rutkowski, M Weston… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bee–fungus associations are common, and while most studies focus on entomopathogens,
emerging evidence suggests that bees associate with a variety of symbiotic fungi that can …

Trace metals with heavy consequences on bees: A comprehensive review

A Gekière, M Vanderplanck, D Michez - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The pervasiveness of human imprint on Earth is alarming and most animal species,
including bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), must cope with several stressors …

Toxicity of spray adjuvants and tank mix combinations used in almond orchards to adult honey bees (Apis mellifera)

B Shannon, E Walker… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Commercial beekeepers transporting honey bees across the United States to provide
almond pollination services have reported honey bee deaths, possibly due to pesticide …

Surrogate species in pesticide risk assessments: Toxicological data of three stingless bees species

APS Lourencetti, P Azevedo, L Miotelo… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Discussions about environmental risk reassessment of pesticides have grown in the last
decades, especially in tropical and subtropical regions since the diversity of bee species in …

Chronic exposure to polystyrene microplastic fragments has no effect on honey bee survival, but reduces feeding rate and body weight

Y Al Naggar, CM Sayes, C Collom, T Ayorinde, S Qi… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microplastics (MPs), in the form of fragments and fibers, were recently found in honey
samples collected in Ecuador as well as in honey bees collected from Denmark and China …

Chronic exposure to pesticides disrupts the bacterial and fungal co-existence and the cross-kingdom network characteristics of honey bee gut microbiome

Y Al Naggar, T Wubet - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Gut microbiome communities have a significant impact on bee health and disease and have
been shown to be shaped by a variety of factors, including exposure to pesticides and inhive …

Uncovering hidden dangers: The combined toxicity of abamectin and lambda-cyhalothrin on honey bees

X Chen, F Wang, H Guo, X Liu, S Wu, L Lv… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Studying the toxic effects of pesticides on bees has consistently been a prominent area of
interest for researchers. Nonetheless, existing research has predominantly concentrated on …