Honey bee news

Sample preservation, transport and processing strategies for honeybee RNA extraction: Influence on RNA yield, quality, target quantification and data normalization

Link to the publication: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166093417300885

Forsgren E., Locke B., Semberg E., Laugen A.T., de Miranda J.R. (2017) Sample preservation, transport and processing strategies for honeybee RNA extraction: Influence on RNA yield, quality, target quantification and data normalization. Journal of Virological Methods 246:81–89.

The honeybee as a model insect for developmental genetics

Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvg.23019/full

Cridge A.G., Lovegrove M.R., Skelly J.G., Taylor S.E., Petersen G.E.L., Cameron R.C., Dearden P.K. (2017) The honeybee as a model insect for developmental genetics. Genesis.

Return of Drones: Flight Experience Improves Returning Performance in Honeybee Drones

Link to the publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-017-9616-2

Hayashi S., Farkhary S.I., Takata M., Satoh T., Koyama S. (2017) Return of Drones: Flight Experience Improves Returning Performance in Honeybee Drones. Journal of Insect Behavior 30:237–246.

Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) under Controlled Conditions

Link to the publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-017-0840-1

Démares F.J., Yusuf A.A., Nicolson S.W., Pirk C.W.W. (2017) Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) under Controlled Conditions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43:443–450.

Honey bees preferentially consume freshly-stored pollen

Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175933

Carroll M.J., Brown N., Goodall C., Downs A.M., Sheenan T.H., Anderson K.E. (2017) Honey bees preferentially consume freshly-stored pollen. PloS one 12:e0175933.

High pesticide risk to honey bees despite low focal crop pollen collection during pollination of a mass blooming crop

Link to the publication: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5396195/

McArt S.H., Fersch A.A., Milano N.J., Truitt L.L., Böröczky K. (2017) High pesticide risk to honey bees despite low focal crop pollen collection during pollination of a mass blooming crop. Scientific Reports 7.

Effects of various sugar feeding choices on survival and tolerance of honey bee workers to low temperatures

Link to the publication: http://ftp.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/jear/article/view/6200

Abou-Shaara H.F. (2017) Effects of various sugar feeding choices on survival and tolerance of honey bee workers to low temperatures. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 49.

Morphogenesis of honeybee hypopharyngeal gland during pupal development

Link to the publication: https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12983-017-0207-z

Klose S.P., Rolke D., Baumann O. (2017) Morphogenesis of honeybee hypopharyngeal gland during pupal development. Frontiers in zoology 14:22.

Primer effects of the honeybee, Apis mellifera, queen pheromone 9-ODA on drones

Link to the publication: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347217300957

Villar G., Grozinger C.M. (2017) Primer effects of the honeybee, Apis mellifera, queen pheromone 9-ODA on drones. Animal Behaviour 127:271–279.

Comparative proteomic analysis provides insight into 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid biosynthesis in honey bee workers

Link to the publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-017-2418-1

Yang X.-H., Yang S.-F., Wang R.-M. (2017) Comparative proteomic analysis provides insight into 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid biosynthesis in honey bee workers. Amino Acids 1–16.