The honey bee genome-- what has it been good for?

Abstract In 2006, the full complement of DNA sequence information (or ‘genome’) Western honey bee, Apis mellifera , was published. This important resource one most advances in history bee research, with seemingly limitless applications to unlocking secrets biology and social life for improving health, breeding management. Honey genomics has seen immense growth past a half decades. this article, we reflect on what genome added our understanding fundamental aspects biology, including evolutionary origins, behaviour health/disease. We conclude that while fuelled many areas it is only part an emerging systems-based, multi-omics approach. Moving forward, posit research will benefit from even fuller integration classical approaches evolution, ethology, physiology microbiology.