Carl Hayden Bee Research Center

Recent papers from Carl Hayden Bee Research Center

1. Towards a Superorganismal Perspective of Honey Bee Microbiota: Taxonomic Resolution by Niche and 16S rRNA Gene Variable RegionMicrobial Ecology · 2026
2. Comparable performance of commercial honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies under alternative fall feeding strategiesJournal of Economic Entomology · 2026
3. Applying PCR cycle autonormalization to PacBio full-length 16S rRNA library preparations: impacts on error rates and sequence distributionsmSphere · 2026
4. A propolis-rich hive environment affects redox gene expression and gut microbiota at the individual and social level in honey beesFEMS Microbes · 2026
5. Changes in worker retinue behaviors during early establishment of adult honey bee queensJournal of Apicultural Research · 2026
6. Honey bee genetic resistance outperforms a cold-storage induced halt in brood production to control mites and virusesScientific Reports · 2026
7. Temperature as an early warning signal of honeybee colony failureEcological Informatics · 2025
8. Antibiotic treatment of honey bee colonies alters early gut microbiome assembly and induces persistent dysbiosis in newly emerged workersScientific Reports · 2025
9. Corazonin responds to nutrient stress and increases flight activity in Apis mellifera workersJournal of Apicultural Research · 2025
10. Discrete Time Series Forecasting in Non-Invasive Monitoring of Managed Honey Bee Colonies: Part II: Are Hive Weight and In-Hive Temperature Seasonal and Colony-Specific?Sensors · 2025
11. Temperature and CO2 concentration in honey bee hives exhibit circadian rhythmsScientific Reports · 2025
12. Continuous hive monitoring reveals colony growth and activity differences among mite-resistant and Italian honey bee stocksApidologie · 2025
13. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen quality: host-microbial transcriptomes exploring the influence of age and hindgut symbiont Commensalibacter melissaeAnimal Microbiome · 2025
14. Exposure to a widely used mito-toxic fungicide negatively affects hemolymph protein and vitellogenin levels in honey bees (Apis mellifera)Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology · 2025
15. Adapting Overwintering Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Colony Management in Response to Warmer Fall Temperatures Associated with Climate ChangeInsects · 2025
16. E-B-ocimene and brood cannibalism: Interplay between a honey bee larval pheromone and brood regulation in summer dearth coloniesPLoS ONE · 2025
17. Discrete Time Series Forecasting of Hive Weight, In-Hive Temperature, and Hive Entrance Traffic in Non-Invasive Monitoring of Managed Honey Bee Colonies: Part ISensors · 2024
18. Do diet and Fumagillin treatment impact Vairimorpha (Nosema) spp. (Microspora: Nosematidae) infections in honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and improve survival and growth of colonies overwintered in cold storage?Journal of Economic Entomology · 2024
19. HBeeID: a molecular tool that identifies honey bee subspecies from different geographic populationsBMC Bioinformatics · 2024
20. The honey bee “hive” microbiota: meta-analysis reveals a native and aerobic microbiota prevalent throughout the social resource nicheFrontiers in Bee Science · 2024