Research over the past 30 years has led to a widespread acceptance that insects establish
widespread and diverse associations with microorganisms. More recently, microbiome …

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

Bumblebees (Bombus) are charismatic and important pollinators. They are one of the best-
studied insect groups, especially in terms of ecology, behavior, and social structure. As …

Social bee gut microbiotas play key roles in host health and performance. Worryingly, a
growing body of literature shows that pesticide exposure can disturb these microbiotas. Most …

Host-associated microbiomes, particularly gut microbiomes, often harbor related but distinct
microbial lineages, but how this diversity arises and is maintained is not well understood. A …

Background Microbial acquisition and development of the gut microbiota impact the
establishment of a healthy host-microbes symbiosis. Compared with other animals, the …

Honeybees are important pollinators worldwide, with their gut microbiota playing a crucial
role in maintaining their health. The gut bacteria of honeybees consist of primarily five core …

Ecological processes underlying bacterial coexistence in the gut are not well understood.
Here, we disentangled the effect of the host and the diet on the coexistence of four closely …

Antibiotics are omnipresent in the environment due to their widespread use, and they have
wide-ranging negative impacts on organisms. Virus resistance differs substantially between …

Microbiota–host associations are ubiquitous in nature. They are often studied using a host-
centered view, while microbes are assumed to have coevolved with hosts or colonize hosts …