Monthly Archives: September, 2022

A small number of male-biased candidate pheromone receptors

In the European honey bee (Apis mellifera), the olfactory system is essential for foraging and intraspecific communication via pheromones. Honey bees are equipped with...

The potential of multispectral imaging flow cytometry

Environmental monitoring involves the quantification of microscopic cells and particles such as algae, plant cells, pollen, or fungal spores. Traditional methods using conventional microscopy...

What about honey bee jelly?

The increasing loss of honey bee colonies is assumed to be caused by various factors such as habitat degradation, parasites, pathogens, or the exposure...

Impact of a microbial pest control product containing Bacillus thuringiensis

To avoid potential adverse side effects of chemical plant protection products, microbial pest control products (MPCP) are commonly applied as biological alternatives. This study...

Bacteria producing contractile phage tail-like particles

This mini-review aims at raising the interest in contractile phage tail-like particles (CPTPs) of bacteria as an efficient and pest-specific alternative to conventional chemical...

Honey bee colony loss rates in 37 countries using the COLOSS survey for winter 2019–2020

Abstract This article presents managed honey bee colony loss rates over winter 2019/20 resulting from using the standardised COLOSS questionnaire in 37 countries. Six countries...

Fully funded PhD position in evolutionary genomics of insect immunity at the University of Ulm, Germany

Fully funded PhD position in evolutionary genomics of insect immunity at the University of Ulm, Germany. Title: ImmuNov - Genomics and epigenomics of immune innovations...