Aims: In recent years, with the improvement of traffic conditions, alargenumber of Apis mellifera apiaries migrate from all parts of the country to Yunnan for beekeeping every year. This study aims to clarify the impact of stocking density of A. mellifera as an alien bee species on the species,...

Honey bees live in colonies containing tens of thousands of workers that coordinate their activities to produce efficient colony-level behavior. In free-foraging colonies, nest bees are entrained to the forager daily phase of activity even when experiencing conflicting light-dark illumination...

Laboratory experiments are vital to exploring the causes of pollinator loss, but for these experiments to be informative, they should attempt to replicate the hive environment and conserve social interactions. It is unclear how honeybee density and group size affect survival and behaviour in the...

We designed a cage that can maintain adult bees for 21 days with about 90% survival rate, in addition to facilitating the changing of sucrose syrup and beebread, and collection of live and dead bees without disturbing or releasing bees. The consumption rates of bee pollen diet and sucrose syrup for ...

Many animals benefit from synchronizing their daily activities with conspecifics. In this hybrid paper, we first review recent literature supporting and extending earlier evidence for a lack of clear relationship between the level of sociality and social entrainment of circadian rhythms. Social...

The toxic effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honeybees is a global concern, whereas little is known about the effect of stereoisomeric pesticides among honeybee social behavior. In this study, we investigated the effects of stereoisomeric dinotefuran on honeybee social behavior. We found that ...

Black drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus is an important insectivorous bird that also feeds on honey bees and is considered as an important natural enemy of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera Linn.) causing a significant reduction in the colony strength and honey yield. The present investigation...

The juvenile hormone (JH) plays a key role in the development of honeybee larvae and the alteration of adult behavior. Verification methods of types and stereoisomers of JHs in honeybees were established in this study. The regulatory modes of different stereoisomers of JH III on the social ...

The gut microbiota influences animal neurodevelopment and behaviour but has not previously been documented to affect group-level properties of social organisms. Here, we use honeybees to probe the effect of the gut microbiota on host social behaviour. We found that the microbiota increased the...

Apitherapy is that natural substances, produced by honey bees, can be used in medicine. In the apitherapy house, the vibration, the temperature and the smell of the hive can affect the body positively. The aim of the study was to survey of the knowledge about honey bee products and apitherapy ...