The gut microbiota can have profound effects on hosts, but the study of these relationships in
humans is challenging. The specialized gut microbial community of honey bees is similar to …

Highlights•The honey bee gut microbiome contains five core bacterial species mainly in
hindguts.•This core microbiome is implicated in nutrition and development of adult …

Gilliamella apicola and Snodgrassella alvi are dominant members of the honey bee (Apis
spp.) and bumble bee (Bombus spp.) gut microbiota. We generated complete genomes of …

Commensal microbes in animal guts often help to exclude bacterial pathogens. In honey
bees, perturbing or depleting the gut microbiota increases host mortality rates upon …

Honeybees are important pollinators, having an essential role in the ecology of natural and
agricultural environments. Honeybee colony losses episodes reported worldwide and have …

The honeybee (Apis mellifera) has to cope with multiple environmental stressors, especially
pesticides. Among those, the herbicide glyphosate and its main metabolite, the …

In the honey bee, genetically related colony members innately develop colony-specific
cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, which serve as pheromonal nestmate recognition cues. Yet …

Transmission pathways have fundamental influence on microbial symbiont persistence and
evolution. For example, the core gut microbiome of honey bees is transmitted socially and …

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 …

Glyphosate is the most used pesticide around the world. Although different studies have
evidenced its negative effect on honey bees, including detrimental impacts on behavior …