Dream Team for Honey Bee Health: Pollen and Unmanipulated Gut Microbiota Promote Worker Longevity and Body Weight

Gut microbiota are known to foster pollen digestion in honey bee workers, Apis mellifera, thereby enhancing longevity and body weight gain. However, it is currently not known how longevity and body weight gain are effected when gut microbiota are reduced in bees with or without access to pollen. Her...

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Main Authors: Andrew F. Brown, Victor Rodriguez, Camille Brzoska, Judith Pfister, Peter Neumann, Gina Retschnig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.864741/full