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The impact of floral diversity on bumblebee colony development and pollination efficacy among foragers 花多样性对觅食大黄蜂群体发育和授粉效果的影响
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-025-01150-7
Jennifer M. Jandt, Barbara I. P. Barratt, Katharine J. M. Dickinson, Georgia G. I. McCombe, Jake Tully, Janice M. Lord
{"title":"The impact of floral diversity on bumblebee colony development and pollination efficacy among foragers","authors":"Jennifer M. Jandt,&nbsp;Barbara I. P. Barratt,&nbsp;Katharine J. M. Dickinson,&nbsp;Georgia G. I. McCombe,&nbsp;Jake Tully,&nbsp;Janice M. Lord","doi":"10.1007/s13592-025-01150-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-025-01150-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The environment in which pollinators are reared may influence both their health and pollination performance. We compared the performance of 12 colonies of bumblebees (<i>Bombus terrestris</i>), each in their own simple (tomato monoculture) or florally diverse (tomatoes, borage, and lavender) arena inside a glasshouse. We found that colonies reared in florally diverse environments had a higher proportion of foragers overall and maintained slightly higher and less variable relative humidity inside the nest. Moreover, adding floral resources to a tomato crop resulted in increased total crop yield, whereas individual tomatoes reared in the simple monoculture environment were larger than those in the diverse. These results provide an important step in understanding the extent to which bumblebee health and flower-visiting behavior are influenced by the complexity of the foraging environment and how a diverse floral environment may enhance pollinator behavior toward a focal crop.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-025-01150-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404088","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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Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey 三年纵向调查中五种主要蜜蜂病毒的季节性变化
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-025-01147-2
Giulia Molinatto, Fanny Mondet, Cristina Marzachi, Cedric Alaux, Eleonora Bassi, Virginie Dievart, Massimiliano Gotti, Giovanni Guido, Pascal Jourdan, Guillaume Kairo, Alban Maisonnasse, Lucie Michel, Mathilde Peruzzi, Marco Porporato, Michele Tagliabue, Andre Kretzschmar, Domenico Bosco, Aulo Manino
{"title":"Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey","authors":"Giulia Molinatto,&nbsp;Fanny Mondet,&nbsp;Cristina Marzachi,&nbsp;Cedric Alaux,&nbsp;Eleonora Bassi,&nbsp;Virginie Dievart,&nbsp;Massimiliano Gotti,&nbsp;Giovanni Guido,&nbsp;Pascal Jourdan,&nbsp;Guillaume Kairo,&nbsp;Alban Maisonnasse,&nbsp;Lucie Michel,&nbsp;Mathilde Peruzzi,&nbsp;Marco Porporato,&nbsp;Michele Tagliabue,&nbsp;Andre Kretzschmar,&nbsp;Domenico Bosco,&nbsp;Aulo Manino","doi":"10.1007/s13592-025-01147-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-025-01147-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Viruses occupy a large proportion of the pathogen communities within honey bee colonies, with more than 80 species detected in <i>Apis mellifera</i>. Honey bee viruses are globally distributed and several species have been linked to honey bee diseases that threaten colony health. However, less is known about the ecology and epidemiology of viruses within honey bee colonies, and in particular whether a link exists between virus temporal dynamics and seasonal variations and/or colony dynamics. Using a large-scale longitudinal survey conducted over three years, we report the prevalence and abundance of deformed wing virus, acute bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus, chronic bee paralysis virus and sacbrood virus (DWV, ABPV complex, BQCV, CBPV and SBV) in more than 300 colonies located in two different environments of southern Europe (Provence in France, Piemonte in Italy), and exhibiting contrasted climatic conditions. Monthly measurements performed throughout the beekeeping seasons indicate distinct seasonal trends in prevalence and abundance of the five virus species: DWV, SBV and ABPV complex displayed marked seasonal variations, that were similar in both environments tested. We also highlight the link between seasonal virus dynamics and colony dynamics for SBV/BQCV, and parasite dynamics for DWV. This study improves our understanding of virus ecology within honey bee colonies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143388747","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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Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor 后趾护盾:瓦罗亚毁灭器形态计量学研究的标准化
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-025-01154-3
Paloma Quirino Rocha, Lorena Andrade Nunes, Kátia Peres Gramacho, Edilson Divino de Araujo
{"title":"Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor","authors":"Paloma Quirino Rocha,&nbsp;Lorena Andrade Nunes,&nbsp;Kátia Peres Gramacho,&nbsp;Edilson Divino de Araujo","doi":"10.1007/s13592-025-01154-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-025-01154-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The analysis of morphology and body asymmetry in organisms can reveal the challenges faced during development. Populations of <i>Varroa destructor</i> exhibit morphological plasticity, but there is a lack of standardization in body structures and measurements used in research. This study aimed to identify, through geometric morphometrics, a body structure that allows for a standardized study of the morphological variations and fluctuating asymmetry of <i>V. destructor</i> in different environmental contexts. To this end, we analyzed the morphology of mites infesting colonies of Africanized honeybees in two contexts: different levels of hygienic behavior in the colonies and distinct environments (Caatinga and Atlantic Forest). Asymmetry is specifically assessed in the context of these environments. In colonies with differentiated hygienic behaviors, the metapodal shield showed a higher classification rate between groups (70%) than the genitoventral shield (64%), and it was the only structure that showed significant size differences between groups (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001). In mites from different geographic regions, the metapodal shield also exhibited a higher classification rate (78%) than the genitoventral shield (65%), with no significant difference in the size of the shields between the mite populations. Significant differences in fluctuating asymmetry were observed in the shape and size (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001) of the pair of metapodal shields and the shape of the genitoventral shield (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001). The results provide important methodological and ecological insights, highlighting the metapodal shield as a reliable structure for assessing shape, size, and fluctuating asymmetry. This standardization can improve consistency across studies and parasite monitoring.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143388683","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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Oxalic acid in cellulose strips: towards an efficient and sustainable approach for the control of Varroa destructor 纤维素条中的草酸:一种有效和可持续的方法来控制破坏瓦螨
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-025-01149-0
Belén Branchiccela, Sebastián Díaz-Cetti, Gustavo Ramallo, Yamandú Mendoza
{"title":"Oxalic acid in cellulose strips: towards an efficient and sustainable approach for the control of Varroa destructor","authors":"Belén Branchiccela,&nbsp;Sebastián Díaz-Cetti,&nbsp;Gustavo Ramallo,&nbsp;Yamandú Mendoza","doi":"10.1007/s13592-025-01149-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-025-01149-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>\u0000<i>V</i><i>arroa destructor</i> is the main sanitary problem for honey bee populations worldwide. Current synthetic acaricides used to control the mite’s infestations have drawbacks such as negative effects on bee health, residues in hive products, and mite resistance development. As an alternative, the natural compound oxalic acid (OA) has shown acaricidal properties and commercial products are now available on the market. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of OA and glycerin in cellulose strips for <i>V. destructor</i> control, considering factors like dose, method of administration, colony development stage, and initial mite infestation levels. The research also analyzed OA residues and the main honey quality parameters during the nectar flow period. Field experiments conducted in different seasons suggested that the use of OA and glycerin in cellulose strips is an excellent strategy for <i>V. destructor</i> control. Its efficacy depends on the time of the year it is applied, the dose, and the method of administration. In addition, its use does not affect the quality parameters of the honey. Considering the negative impact of <i>V. destructor</i> on honey bee colonies and the urgent need of alternative control strategies to synthetic acaricides, the results obtained in this study demonstrate that this product is a promising tool for controlling <i>V. destructor</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143373270","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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The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure 土巢蜂作为土壤农药暴露效应评估的模型种
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01145-w
Sara Hellström, Karsten Seidelmann, Roberto Colombo, Giorgia Serra, Giulia Lora, Gian Carlo Gaboardi, Robert J. Paxton
{"title":"The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure","authors":"Sara Hellström,&nbsp;Karsten Seidelmann,&nbsp;Roberto Colombo,&nbsp;Giorgia Serra,&nbsp;Giulia Lora,&nbsp;Gian Carlo Gaboardi,&nbsp;Robert J. Paxton","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01145-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01145-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Though many wild bee species nest in the ground, little is known of their potential exposure to pesticide residues in soil, or the effects of such exposure. Here, we introduce <i>Anthophora plumipes</i> as a potential model ground-nesting solitary bee species for controlled exposure to pesticides through soil. Bees from a naturally occurring population were allowed to nest in loam blocks containing varying concentrations of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid. Measured residues of imidacloprid in brood provisions and in bee bodies remained at &lt; 0.01% of the concentration in surrounding soil, suggesting limited migration of contaminants from soil to brood. Furthermore, imidacloprid contamination had no marked effect on the number, survival, body size or rate of parasitism of offspring at the tested concentrations (≤ 10 mg/kg). This species native to Eurasia and North Africa may be a suitable model for further research on the ecotoxicology of ground-nesting solitary bee species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01145-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143362035","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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Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives 为什么大黄蜂已经成为昆虫学的模范物种:简史和观点
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01138-9
Mathieu Lihoreau, Coline Monchanin, Mathilde Lacombrade, Joanna Brebner, Tamara Gómez-Moracho
{"title":"Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives","authors":"Mathieu Lihoreau,&nbsp;Coline Monchanin,&nbsp;Mathilde Lacombrade,&nbsp;Joanna Brebner,&nbsp;Tamara Gómez-Moracho","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01138-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01138-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, bumblebees have increasingly been used to study various aspects of bee biology, ecology and evolution. They are now broadly accepted as tractable model species, complementary to the domestic honey bees, for fundamental and applied apidology. Here, we provide a brief history of how bumblebee research developed since their domestication and commercialisation for crop pollination in the 1990s. Bumblebees are large social bees that can be kept and trained in the lab year-round. They are easy to manipulate and track individually in their small colonies. These practical advantages have offered new possibilities for experimental bee research, leading to major breakthroughs in different fields such as cognition, navigation, nutrition, host-parasite interactions, and insect declines. Many of these findings have later been confirmed in honey bees and other pollinators. We discuss some exciting directions for future apidology research based on bumblebees.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01138-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143108057","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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Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach 火蜂(膜翅目,蜂科,蜂蜂科)种群的综合研究
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01136-x
Ramon Lima Ramos, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Tiago Maurício Francoy, Bruno Vilela, Alessandra Selbach Schnadelbach
{"title":"Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach","authors":"Ramon Lima Ramos,&nbsp;Favízia Freitas de Oliveira,&nbsp;Tiago Maurício Francoy,&nbsp;Bruno Vilela,&nbsp;Alessandra Selbach Schnadelbach","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01136-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01136-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Oxytrigona tataira</i> Smith (Trans Ent Soc Lond 11:497–512, 1863) was considered by different taxonomists to be a species with complex taxonomy, a dubious status and in need of taxonomic reevaluation. Furthermore, it has <i>Oxytrigona cagafogo</i> Müller (Nature 10:31–32, 1874) as its junior synonym, although there is no evidence to support such a decision. In this study, we used an integrative approach combining morphological data, geometric morphometric analysis of wings, and ecological niche overlap analysis to elucidate the true identity of <i>O</i>. <i>tataira</i>. For the morphological study, 923 specimens and the lectotype of <i>Trigona tataira</i> (= <i>O</i>. <i>tataira</i>) were examined, 470 wings were used for geometric morphometry, and 106 unique occurrence records were used for niche overlap analysis. In the morphological study, three species/morphospecies were identified: morphospecies 1 (morphologically corresponding to <i>O</i>. <i>tataira</i>), morphospecies 2 (morphologically corresponding to <i>O</i>. <i>cagafogo</i>), and morphospecies 3 (a new species for the genus). The geometric morphometry of the wings corroborated the results of the morphological study. The ecological niche overlap analysis, despite indicating a small niche overlap between <i>O</i>. <i>tataira</i> and <i>O</i>. <i>cagafogo</i>, also corroborated the results of the morphological and morphometric studies. Thus, our results confirmed the hypothesis that <i>O</i>. <i>tataira</i> and <i>O</i>. <i>cagafogo</i> are distinct taxonomic entities; therefore, we propose the revalidation of the taxonomic status of <i>O</i>. <i>cagafogo</i> Müller (Nature 10:31–32, 1874) status nov. Furthermore, it was still possible to identify and delimit a new species for <i>Oxytrigona</i>, which has already been described and will soon be formally published.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143110094","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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The role of native and exotic bees in Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito pollination: the effects of pollination intensity and visits on commercial fruits 本地和外来蜜蜂在西葫芦授粉中的作用:授粉强度和访花次数对商品果实的影响
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-025-01146-3
Mariana P. Mazzei, Leonardo Galetto, José L. Vesprini
{"title":"The role of native and exotic bees in Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito pollination: the effects of pollination intensity and visits on commercial fruits","authors":"Mariana P. Mazzei,&nbsp;Leonardo Galetto,&nbsp;José L. Vesprini","doi":"10.1007/s13592-025-01146-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-025-01146-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We conducted experimental pollinations, controlled visits, and observed pollinators’ behaviour to identify activity supporting <i>Cucurbita maxima</i> var. <i>zapallito</i> fruit production. We predict that (a) stigmas artificially pollinated with pinned native bees (<i>Eucera fervens</i>) will have more pollen grains and will produce heavier commercial fruits than those pollinated with exotic bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>); (b) the differences in fruit weight between the native and exotic bees are expected to increase with the intensity of artificial pollination; (c) controlling <i>E. fervens</i> visits in natural pollination will show fruit trends similar to artificial pollination. Unlike <i>A. mellifera</i>, <i>E. fervens</i> reached flowers by contacting stigmas or the anthers with their abdomen, depositing more pollen grains (&gt; 80) than <i>A. mellifera</i>. Artificial pollination treatments with the two pinned-bee types resulted in fruits of similar weights regardless of pollination intensity. Conversely, in natural pollination, weight differences were observed when the number of visits increased. <i>E. fervens</i> provided at least 132 pollen grains with &gt; 3 visits: the threshold necessary for producing commercial fruits. The visitation frequency registered exceeded this minimum reaching one visit every 10 min. Other factors, such as pollination date and plant, influenced fruit production. Few visits are enough for obtaining commercial fruits: being an immature fruit, squash does not require seed development, besides species with separate flowers developed strategies to achieve rapid pollen saturation. Squash crops rely on the ecological pollination service provided by bees underscoring the conservation value of native bee species.</p>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143110128","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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Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees 与短命的夏季蜜蜂相比,长寿的冬季蜜蜂表现出出乎意料的高飞行活动
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01144-x
Etienne Minaud, François Rebaudo, Fabrice Requier
{"title":"Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees","authors":"Etienne Minaud,&nbsp;François Rebaudo,&nbsp;Fabrice Requier","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01144-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01144-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In temperate regions, the overwintering success of honey bee colonies, <i>Apis mellifera</i>, depends on the last generations of long-lived bees emerging in autumn, known as winter bees. While the physiological qualities of winter bees and their extended lifespan are well documented, yet literature on their flight activity performance is scarce. Here we studied the flight activity of long-lived winter honey bees and compared their performance with short-lived bees. Using radio frequency identification (RFID), we automatically monitored the number of flights, the total flight duration and the lifespan of 523 honey bees that emerged over the course of a year, including short-lived bees from spring, summer and autumn, and long-lived winter bees. We found that flight activity performance of short-lived bees decreased progressively from spring to autumn for both the number of flights and the total flight duration. Furthermore, we confirm that only a fraction of the bees emerging before winter are long-lived winter bees, with a lifespan of 143.5 ± 23.5 days (mean ± SD). With an average of 37.5 ± 44.2 flights and 12.7 ± 15.5 h of flight, we found that long-lived winter bees were substantially more active than summer and autumn short-lived bees, but performed similar activity than spring short-lived bees. We also found that a small proportion of long-lived winter bees participate in the vast majority of the flight activity of the colony. Our results suggest that the extended lifespan of long-lived winter bees does not affect their flight activity performance, probably explained by their physiological qualities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01144-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143109372","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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Sperm comet assay as a novel tool in assessing genotoxicity in high-mortality honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations 精子彗星测定是一种评估高死亡率蜜蜂(Apis mellifera)种群遗传毒性的新工具
IF 2.4 3区 农林科学
Apidologie Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01137-w
Vesela Mitkovska, Tsenka Chassovnikarova, Penka Vasileva, Ivan Stoyanov, Plamen Petrov, Nikolay Petkov, Evgeniya N. Ivanova
{"title":"Sperm comet assay as a novel tool in assessing genotoxicity in high-mortality honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations","authors":"Vesela Mitkovska,&nbsp;Tsenka Chassovnikarova,&nbsp;Penka Vasileva,&nbsp;Ivan Stoyanov,&nbsp;Plamen Petrov,&nbsp;Nikolay Petkov,&nbsp;Evgeniya N. Ivanova","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01137-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01137-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The recent increase in mortality rates amongst honey bee colonies is a cause for concern. Assessing DNA damage in reproductive cells is crucial for species survival. This study aims to evaluate the potential of the sperm comet assay as a tool for in situ assessment of the genotoxic impact on honey bee populations with established high mortality rates. Previous studies have identified the presence of pesticide residues in bees and food stocks within the hives, indicating the existence of genotoxic agents in the localities under investigation. The values of comet assay parameters, namely Tail Intensity (TI%) and Olive Tail Moment (OTM, µm), scored in the sperm cells, increased following the mortality trend of the honey bee populations under study, providing evidence of significant DNA damage occurring during spermatogenesis. The alkaline comet assay in hemolymph confirmed the genotoxic effects observed in the sperm comet assay. The current study demonstrated for the first time that the sperm comet assay could serve as a reliable novel method for assessing genotoxicity in <i>A. mellifera</i>.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143109203","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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