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Reducing honey bee winter mortality with molybdenum supplementation: Field evidence across Europe

Fani Hatjina - 0
Nutrition is key to improve honey bees’ resilience to environmental stress factors that threaten their health. Yet, little is known about the micronutritional needs...
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How Environmental and Ecological Stressors Reprogram Honey Bee Chemistry Through the Microbiome – Metabolome Axis

Yahya - 0
Honey bees are exposed to a wide range of environmental and ecological stressors that threaten individual health and colony sustainability. Growing evidence suggests that...
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A novel Fish Protein Hydrolysate supplement enhances honey bee foraging activity and colony strength: A pilot study

Yahya - 0
Honey bees require diverse nectar and pollen sources for optimal nutrition, espe cially during late winter and early spring. This study evaluated the effect...
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Spatio-temporal variation in pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in rural-urban mosaic landscapes in Northern Europe

Per Kryger - 0
Pollen is a source of protein, lipids, vitamins and minerals for bees and other flower-visiting insects. The composition of macro- and micronutrients of pollen...
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Apis florea in Europe: first report of the dwarf honey bee in Malta

Cecilia Costa - 0
The Red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea), is a single-comb open-nesting member of the genus Apis with a natural distribution area stretching from the...
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Standard methods for rearing and selection of “Apis mellifera queens” 2.0

Per Kryger - 0
Here, we cover a wide range of methods currently in use and recommended in modern queen rearing, selection, and breeding. The recommendations are meant...
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Honey bee venom promotes the immune system and reduces Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae infection in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Yahya - 0
Bee venom (BV) extraction has become a standardized practice, characterized by being safe, simple, and causing no harm to bees. Though it demonstrated significant...
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Effects of local domestication warrant attention in honey bee population genetics

Jack Black - 0
Honey bees, Apis mellifera, have for millennia been managed and exploited by humans and introduced into most suitable regions worldwide. However, given the lack...
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Sublethal effects of herbicides clethodim, haloxyfop-P-methyl, and their mixture on honey bee health

Yahya - 0
Herbicides are the most frequently used pesticides, accounting for more than 60% of all pesticides used in agriculture around the world. Clethodim (CTD) (Vixtol...
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