Honey bees face new challenges, ranging from climate crisis to emerging pathogens such as Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae that synergistically cause a syndrome designated colony collapse disorder (CCD). This study employed metataxonomic approach in order investigate if V. affects gut microbiota (bacteria and fungi) of adult A. mellifera honey well bee bread (BB) stored colonies demonstrating sever...

The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L., Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a species of crucial economic, agricultural and environmental importance.In the last ten years, some regions world have suffered from significant reduction colonies. In fact, losses are not an unusual phenomenon, but in many countries worldwide there has been notable decrease families. cases USA, European countries, Middle East r...

Abstract The hygienic behavior in honey bees is a complex polygenic trait that serves as natural defense mechanism against bacterial and fungal brood diseases Varroa destructor mites infesting cells. aim of this study was to evaluate the effect dietary amino acids vitamins supplement “BEEWELL AminoPlus” on Apis mellifera colonies combating microsporidial viral infections. experiment performed d...