Low Levels of Hive Stress Are Associated with Decreased Honey Activity and Changes to the Gut Microbiome of Resident Honey Bees

Low Levels of Hive Stress Are Associated with Decreased Honey Activity and Changes to the Gut Microbiome of Resident Honey Bees

ABSTRACT Honey bees (Apis mellifera) face increasing threats to their health, particularly from the degradation of floral resources and chronic pesticide exposure. The properties of honey and the bee gut microbiome are known to both affect and be affected by bee health. Using samples from healthy hi...

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Main Authors: Kenya E. Fernandes, Bridie Stanfield, Elizabeth A. Frost, Erin R. Shanahan, Daniel Susantio, Andrew Z. Dong, Trong D. Tran, Nural N. Cokcetin, Dee A. Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
antimicrobial honey
hive health
hive stress
honey bee
honey bee ecology
honey bee gut microbiome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00742-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00742-23

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