Honey bee news

Seasonal cycle of inbreeding and recombination of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in honeybee colonies and its implications for the selection of acaricide resistance

Link to the publication: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134817300539

Beaurepaire A.L., Krieger K.J., Moritz R.F.A. (2017) Seasonal cycle of inbreeding and recombination of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in honeybee colonies and its implications for the selection of acaricide resistance. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 50:49–54.

Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability

Link to the publication: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep42838

de Vere N., Jones L.E., Gilmore T., Moscrop J., Lowe A., Smith D., Hegarty M.J., Creer S., Ford C.R. (2017) Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability. Scientific Reports 7:42838.

Regional differences in the preferred e-vector orientation of honeybee ocellar photoreceptors

Link to the publication: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2017/02/16/jeb.156109

Ogawa Y., Ribi W., Zeil J., Hemmi J.M. (2017) Regional differences in the preferred e-vector orientation of honeybee ocellar photoreceptors. Journal of Experimental Biology.

Immune system stimulation by the gut symbiont Frischella perrara in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.14058/full

Emery O., Schmidt K., Engel P. (2017) Immune system stimulation by the gut symbiont Frischella perrara in the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Molecular Ecology.

Host sharing by the honey bee parasites Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae

Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.2796/full

Tritschler M., Retschnig G., Yañez O., Williams G.R., Neumann P. (2017) Host sharing by the honey bee parasites Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae. Ecology and Evolution.

Volatile organic compounds of Thai honeys produced from several floral sources by different honey bee species

Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172099

Pattamayutanon P., Angeli S., Thakeow P., Abraham J., Disayathanoowat T., Chantawannakul P. (2017) Volatile organic compounds of Thai honeys produced from several floral sources by different honey bee species. PloS one 12:e0172099.

Impacts of Dietary Phytochemicals in the Presence and Absence of Pesticides on Longevity of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Link to the publication: http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/1/22

Liao L.-H., Wu W.-Y., Berenbaum M.R. (2017) Impacts of Dietary Phytochemicals in the Presence and Absence of Pesticides on Longevity of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). Insects 8:22.

Disruption of quercetin metabolism by fungicide affects energy production in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Link to the publication: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/02/07/1614864114.short

Mao W., Schuler M.A., Berenbaum M.R. (2017) Disruption of quercetin metabolism by fungicide affects energy production in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 201614864.

Stress indicator gene expression profiles, colony dynamics and tissue development of honey bees exposed to sub-lethal doses of imidacloprid in laboratory and field experiments

Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171529

De Smet L., Hatjina F., Ioannidis P., Hamamtzoglou A., Schoonvaere K., Francis F., Meeus I., Smagghe G., de Graaf D.C. (2017) Stress indicator gene expression profiles, colony dynamics and tissue development of honey bees exposed to sub-lethal doses of imidacloprid in laboratory and field experiments. PloS one 12:e0171529.

Long-term trends in the honeybee ‘whooping signal’revealed by automated detection

Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171162

Ramsey M., Bencsik M., Newton M.I. (2017) Long-term trends in the honeybee ‘whooping signal’revealed by automated detection. PloS one 12:e0171162.