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Correction to: Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini) 更正：吡虫啉对四角蜂属（Meliponini）无蛰蜂的毒性

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01053-5

Aline A. Oliveira, Andreia C. M. Rodrigues, Daniela M. Silva, Marilene S. Oliveira, João C. P. de Souza, Bruno M. M. Dário, Leticia F. Sousa, Althiéris S. Saraiva

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Honey bee venom promotes the immune system and reduces Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae infection in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) 蜜蜂毒液可促进免疫系统并减少蜜蜂（Apis mellifera L.）的神经矢车菊病毒感染

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01048-2

Shaymaa H. Mahmoud, Mohamed Kandel, Hesham El-Seedi, Yahya Al Naggar

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The impact of chronic exposure to field-level thiamethoxam on sunflower visitation and yield for Apis cerana 长期暴露于田间水平的噻虫嗪对向日葵蜂的访问量和产量的影响

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01052-6

Changsheng Ma, Sihao Chen, Jun Li, Xiaoyu Shi, Yi Zou, Shudong Luo

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Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour 蜜蜂从觅食的熊蜂体表采集花粉：一种重复出现的行为

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01049-1

Tiziano Londei, Giuliana Marzi

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Identifying drivers of sewage-associated pollutants in pollinators across urban landscapes 确定城市景观中授粉昆虫体内污水相关污染物的驱动因素

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01046-4

Michael F. Meyer, Matthew R. Brousil, Benjamin W. Lee, Madison L. Armstrong, Elias H. Bloom, David W. Crowder

{"title":"Identifying drivers of sewage-associated pollutants in pollinators across urban landscapes","authors":"Michael F. Meyer, Matthew R. Brousil, Benjamin W. Lee, Madison L. Armstrong, Elias H. Bloom, David W. Crowder","doi":"10.1007/s13592-023-01046-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-023-01046-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Human sewage can introduce pollutants into food webs and threaten ecosystem integrity. Among the many sewage-associated pollutants, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are consistent indicators of sewage in ecosystems and can also cause potent ecological consequences, even at minute concentrations (e.g., ng/L). Despite increased study over the past three decades, PPCPs in terrestrial ecosystems have been less studied than those in aquatic ecosystems. To evaluate PPCP prevalence and drivers in a terrestrial ecosystem, we analyzed managed and native bees collected from agroecosystems in Washington State (USA) for PPCPs. Caffeine, paraxanthine, cotinine, and acetaminophen were detected in all three evaluated taxa (Bombus vosnesenskii, Agapostemon texanus, and Apis mellifera), with B. vosnesenskii and A. texanus having a higher probability of PPCP detection relative to A. mellifera. The probability of PPCP presence in all three taxa increased in landscapes with more human development and greater plant abundance, with significant but negative interactions among these factors. These results suggest that human activity, availability of resources, and species-specific pollinator traits affect the introduction and mobilization of PPCPs in terrestrial ecosystems. Consequently, monitoring PPCPs and their ecological responses in terrestrial ecosystems creates opportunities to synthesize effects of sewage pollution across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem types and organisms.</div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138716781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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When one’s misfortune favors others: the importance of hollows made by a plague on Neltuma trees to stingless bees nesting in Subtropical Dry forests 当一个人的不幸有利于其他人时：Neltuma 树上的瘟疫造成的空洞对在亚热带干旱森林筑巢的无刺蜜蜂的重要性

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01047-3

Patricia Viviana Zelaya, Carlos Molineri, Sandra Josefina Bravo, Facundo Xavier Palacio, Natacha Chacoff

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Markerless tracking of bumblebee foraging allows for new metrics of bee behavior and demonstrations of increased foraging efficiency with experience 通过对大黄蜂觅食行为的无标记跟踪，可以对蜜蜂的行为进行新的衡量，并证明随着经验的积累，觅食效率会有所提高

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01036-6

Reed C. Warburton, Patricia L. Jones

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Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini) 吡虫啉对四角蜂属（Meliponini）无蛰蜂的毒性

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01043-7

Aline A. Oliveira, Andreia M. C. Rodrigues, Daniela M. Silva, Marilene S. Oliveira, João C. P. de Souza, Bruno M. M. Dário, Leticia F. Sousa, Althiéris S. Saraiva

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Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera) 双酚A对蜂王卵巢雌激素相关受体基因及蛋白表达的影响

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01042-8

Xiahui Ouyang, Xuelei Zhu, Lichao Wang, Xiangxiang Zheng, Juan Wang

{"title":"Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)","authors":"Xiahui Ouyang, Xuelei Zhu, Lichao Wang, Xiangxiang Zheng, Juan Wang","doi":"10.1007/s13592-023-01042-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-023-01042-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) belong to a large class of orphan receptors in the nuclear receptor (NR) family. Bisphenol A (BPA) is known as an endocrine disruptor and xenoestrogen with a high affinity for the human estrogen-related receptor (ERRγ). Insects lack estrogen receptors (ER), and their ERR is orthologous to ERRγ. This study was intended to examine whether BPA does not affect the ovarian expression of orphan nuclear ERR in queen honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). The amERR gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from the cDNA of bees. The amERR protein was harvested and purified with the recombinant vector amERR/pET-32a. Using RT-qPCR and Western blot (WB), the levels of amERR gene and protein expression in the ovaries of control and treated bees were determined. The results indicated that both 3 µg and 10 µg doses suppressed the ovarian expression of amERR, with 6H inhibition being the most significant. Furthermore, AutoDockVina was utilized for simulating molecular docking between the tertiary structure of amERR predicted by I-TASSER and BPA. It hinted that BPA could conjugate with the ligand-binding pocket (LBP) of amERR. Thus, BPA might arrest amERR activation through binding. The results showed that BPA might impact the transcription and protein expression levels of the amERR gene. It may be correlated with the potential specific binding of BPA and amERR.</div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"54 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138475573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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First evaluation of genetic diversity among honeybee populations in Kazakhstan 哈萨克斯坦蜜蜂种群遗传多样性的首次评估

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Apidologie Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-023-01034-8

Dilyara Gritsenko, Kamshat Temirbayeva, Aisha Taskuzhina, Valeriya Kostyukova, Alexandr Pozharskiy, Mariya Kolchenko, Marina Khusnitdinova, Oleg Krupskiy, Andrey Mayer, Ulzhan Nuralieva, Gaukhar Moldakhmetova

{"title":"First evaluation of genetic diversity among honeybee populations in Kazakhstan","authors":"Dilyara Gritsenko, Kamshat Temirbayeva, Aisha Taskuzhina, Valeriya Kostyukova, Alexandr Pozharskiy, Mariya Kolchenko, Marina Khusnitdinova, Oleg Krupskiy, Andrey Mayer, Ulzhan Nuralieva, Gaukhar Moldakhmetova","doi":"10.1007/s13592-023-01034-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-023-01034-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Beekeeping as a staple of agriculture in Kazakhstan is believed to have emerged when external bee colonies were introduced into the country. To date, six subspecies have been distributed across commercial apiaries (Apis mellifera sossimai, A. m. carpatica, A. m. mellifera, A. m. ligustica, A. m. caucasica, and A. m. carnica). In this study, we analyzed mitochondrial DNA from 21 geographically distinct populations with diverse subspecies composition and discovered 19 unique haplotypes belonging to C and M evolutionary lineages. Analysis of 9 microsatellite loci revealed strong polymorphism, with a range of 5 to 35 alleles at each locus. The observed heterozygosity across the populations varied from 0.2892 to 0.9099, and clustering analysis only allowed differentiation of each population based on its geographical location. High degree of admixture among subspecies was identified in every population, including a potential introgression from the endemic bee A. m. pomonella. Unregulated cross-breeding for the past 50 years has laid the foundation for the promiscuous genetic nature of honeybee populations in Kazakhstan.</div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"54 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-023-01034-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138475572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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