Influence of social lifestyles on host–microbe symbioses in the bees

Neotropical bee microbiomes point to a fragmented social core and strong species-level effects

(2023) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   Microbiome

Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project

(2022)   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specific Strains of Honeybee Gut Lactobacillus Stimulate Host Immune System to Protect against Pathogenic Hafnia alvei

(2022) Haoyu Lang et al.   Microbiology Spectrum

Experimental disruption of social structure reveals totipotency in the orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma

(2022) Nicholas W. Saleh et al.   EVOLUTION

Bumblebees with the socially transmitted microbiome: A novel model organism for gut microbiota research

(2022) Zi‐Jing Zhang et al.   Insect Science

Viral communities in the parasite Varroa destructor and in colonies of their honey bee host (Apis mellifera) in New Zealand

(2022) Philip J. Lester et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative Transcriptome Investigation of Nosema ceranae Infecting Eastern Honey Bee Workers

(2022) Yuanchan Fan et al.   Insects

Why are there so many species of mining bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)? The possible roles of phenology and Wolbachia incompatibility in maintaining species boundaries in the Andrena proxima ‐complex

(2022) Gabrielle McLaughlin et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Comparative metagenomics reveals expanded insights into intra- and interspecific variation among wild bee microbiomes

(2022) Wyatt A. Shell et al.   Communications Biology

Genome Evolution of a Symbiont Population for Pathogen Defence in Honeybees

(2022) Karl Dyrhage et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Biocontrol potential of Apilactobacillus kunkeei EIR/BG-1 against infectious diseases in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

(2022) Fadime Kiran et al.   VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

High-Fat Diets with Differential Fatty Acids Induce Obesity and Perturb Gut Microbiota in Honey Bee

(2021) Xiaofei Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Comparative Mitogenomic Analysis of Two Cuckoo Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila: Megachilidae) with Phylogenetic Implications

(2021) Huanhuan Lu et al.   Insects

Metatranscriptome Analysis of Sympatric Bee Species Identifies Bee Virus Variants and a New Virus, Andrena-Associated Bee Virus-1

(2021) Katie F. Daughenbaugh et al.   Viruses-Basel

Composition and acquisition of the microbiome in solitary, ground-nesting alkali bees

(2021) Karen M. Kapheim et al.   Scientific Reports

The Antiviral Effects of the Symbiont Bacteria Wolbachia in Insects

(2021) André C. Pimentel et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Transcriptomic signatures of ageing vary in solitary and social forms of an orchid bee

(2021) Alice Séguret et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Virus Prevalence and Genetic Diversity Across a Wild Bumblebee Community

(2021) David J. Pascall et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Reclassification of seven honey bee symbiont strains as Bombella apis

(2021) Eric A. Smith et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Conservation genomics reveals pesticide and pathogen exposure in the declining bumble bee Bombus terricola

(2021) Nadejda Tsvetkov et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Bacterial Symbiont Protects Honey Bees from Fungal Disease

(2021) Delaney L. Miller et al.   mBio

The Sequence Read Archive: a decade more of explosive growth

(2021) Kenneth Katz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Life History and the Transitions to Eusociality in the Hymenoptera

(2021) Jack da Silva   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Wolbachia reduces virus infection in a natural population of Drosophila

(2021) Rodrigo Cogni et al.   Communications Biology

Occurrence of honey bee-associated pathogens in Varroa-free pollinator communities

(2020) Laura E. Brettell et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Wolbachia-infected ant colonies have increased reproductive investment and an accelerated life cycle

(2020) Rohini Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus species as bee symbionts and description of Lactobacillus bombintestini sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Bombus ignitus

(2020) Jun Heo et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Diverse Diets with Consistent Core Microbiome in Wild Bee Pollen Provisions

(2020) Rebecca M. Dew et al.   Insects

Antagonistic Activity against Ascosphaera apis and Functional Properties of Lactobacillus kunkeei Strains

(2020) Massimo Iorizzo et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

In Vitro Antagonistic Effect of Gut Bacteriota Isolated from Indigenous Honey Bees and Essential Oils against Paenibacillus Larvae

(2020) Miroslava Kačániová et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits

(2020) Cheng Sun et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Symbionts shape host innate immunity in honeybees

(2020) Richard D. Horak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Kunkecin A, a New Nisin Variant Bacteriocin Produced by the Fructophilic Lactic Acid Bacterium, Apilactobacillus kunkeei FF30-6 Isolated From Honey Bees

(2020) Takeshi Zendo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

IDseq—An open source cloud-based pipeline and analysis service for metagenomic pathogen detection and monitoring

(2020) Katrina L Kalantar et al.   GigaScience

De Novo Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analyses Reveal the Ecological Adaptation of High-Altitude Bombus pyrosoma

(2020) Yanjie Liu et al.   Insects

Wolbachia Across Social Insects: Patterns and Implications

(2020) Manuela de O Ramalho et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Mitogenomic phylogeny of bee families confirms the basal position and monophyly of Melittidae

(2020) Martin Husemann et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Insects’ potential: Understanding the functional role of their gut microbiome

(2020) Maria Muñoz-Benavent et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS

Draft Genome Assembly and Population Genetics of an Agricultural Pollinator, the Solitary Alkali Bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi)

(2019) Karen M. Kapheim et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Genomic insights into neonicotinoid sensitivity in the solitary bee Osmia bicornis

(2019) Katherine Beadle et al.   PLoS Genetics

Long-Distance Transportation Causes Temperature Stress in the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2019) Dacotah Melicher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

RNAseq Analysis Reveals Virus Diversity within Hawaiian Apiary Insect Communities

(2019) Brettell et al.   Viruses-Basel

Symbiotic microbiota may reflect host adaptation by resident to invasive ant species

(2019) Daifeng Cheng et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Drivers, Diversity, and Functions of the Solitary-Bee Microbiota

(2019) Anna Voulgari-Kokota et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Social Immunity: Emergence and Evolution of Colony-Level Disease Protection

(2018) Sylvia Cremer et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Transovarian Transmission of Blochmannia and Wolbachia Endosymbionts in the Neotropical Weaver Ant Camponotus textor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

(2018) Manuela Oliveira Ramalho et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Lactobacillus kunkeei strains decreased the infection by honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Nosema ceranae

(2018) D. Arredondo et al.   Beneficial Microbes

Study of the Metatranscriptome of Eight Social and Solitary Wild Bee Species Reveals Novel Viruses and Bee Parasites

(2018) Karel Schoonvaere et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of Sodalis (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts

(2018) Benjamin E. R. Rubin et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Microbiome Structure Influences Infection by the Parasite Crithidia bombi in Bumble Bees

(2018) Blair K. Mockler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Conserved genes underlie phenotypic plasticity in an incipiently social bee

(2018) S M Rehan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Wild Bee Pollen Usage and Microbial Communities Co-vary Across Landscapes

(2018) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae

(2018) Silas Bossert et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A Diverse Range of Novel RNA Viruses in Geographically Distinct Honey Bee Populations

(2017) Emily J. Remnant et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Caste-biased gene expression in a facultatively eusocial bee suggests a role for genetic accommodation in the evolution of eusociality

(2017) Beryl M. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes

(2017) Margaret I. Steele et al.   mBio

Symbiont-induced odorant binding proteins mediate insect host hematopoiesis

(2017) Joshua B Benoit et al.   eLife

Immune system stimulation by the native gut microbiota of honey bees

(2017) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Dynamic microbiome evolution in social bees

(2017) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   Science Advances

Unbiased RNA Shotgun Metagenomics in Social and Solitary Wild Bees Detects Associations with Eukaryote Parasites and New Viruses

(2017) Karel Schoonvaere et al.   PLoS One

Flowers and Wild Megachilid Bees Share Microbes

(2016) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Characterization of pollen and bacterial community composition in brood provisions of a small carpenter bee

(2016) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Gut microbial communities of social bees

(2016) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Immune response and gut microbial community structure in bumblebees after microbiota transplants

(2016) Kathrin Näpflin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle

(2016) Barbara Milutinović et al.   ZOOLOGY

Uncovering the novel characteristics of Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, by whole genome sequencing

(2015) Doori Park et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functionally Structured Genomes in Lactobacillus kunkeei Colonizing the Honey Crop and Food Products of Honeybees and Stingless Bees

(2015) Daniel Tamarit et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Surveys for maternally-inherited endosymbionts reveal novel and variable infections within solitary bee species

(2015) Abiya Saeed et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Conservation and modification of genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause in bumble bee queens

(2015) Etya Amsalem et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The incidence of bacterial endosymbionts in terrestrial arthropods

(2015) L. A. Weinert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

(2015) K. M. Kapheim et al.   SCIENCE

Parallel Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Responses to Viral Infection in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2015) David A. Galbraith et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees

(2015) Seth M Barribeau et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Deep Sequencing and Ecological Characterization of Gut Microbial Communities of Diverse Bumble Bee Species

(2015) Haw Chuan Lim et al.   PLoS One

Wolbachia Infection in a Natural Parasitoid Wasp Population

(2015) Anne Duplouy et al.   PLoS One

The Cockroach Origin of the Termite Gut Microbiota: Patterns in Bacterial Community Structure Reflect Major Evolutionary Events

(2014) Carsten Dietrich et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Host species and developmental stage, but not host social structure, affects bacterial community structure in socially polymorphic bees

(2014) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Variation in gut microbial communities and its association with pathogen infection in wild bumble bees (Bombus)

(2014) Daniel P Cariveau et al.   ISME Journal

Hive-stored pollen of honey bees: many lines of evidence are consistent with pollen preservation, not nutrient conversion

(2014) Kirk E. Anderson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Honey bee sociogenomics: a genome-scale perspective on bee social behavior and health

(2013) Adam G. Dolezal et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Proteins of novel lactic acid bacteria from Apis mellifera mellifera: an insight into the production of known extra-cellular proteins during microbial stress

(2013) Èile Butler et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Lactobacillus apis sp. nov., from the stomach of honeybees (Apis mellifera), having an in vitro inhibitory effect on the causative agents of American and European foulbrood

(2013) J. Killer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and evolutionary patterns of bacterial gut associates of corbiculate bees

(2013) Hauke Koch et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Stability and phylogenetic correlation in gut microbiota: lessons from ants and apes

(2013) Jon G. Sanders et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2013) Kirk E. Anderson et al.   PLoS One

Diverse Microbiota Identified in Whole Intact Nest Chambers of the Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)

(2013) Alexander Keller et al.   PLoS One

Honeybees and beehives are rich sources for fructophilic lactic acid bacteria

(2013) Akihito Endo et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Establishment of Characteristic Gut Bacteria during Development of the Honeybee Worker

(2012) Vincent G. Martinson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

(2012) Alexander Dobin et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Gut microbiota instead of host genotype drive the specificity in the interaction of a natural host-parasite system

(2012) Hauke Koch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria

(2012) W. K. Kwong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis

(2012) S. B. ANDERSEN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Environment or kin: whence do bees obtain acidophilic bacteria?

(2012) QUINN S. McFREDERICK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogeny of halictine bees supports a shared origin of eusociality for Halictus and Lasioglossum (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae)

(2012) Jason Gibbs et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Symbionts as Major Modulators of Insect Health: Lactic Acid Bacteria and Honeybees

(2012) Alejandra Vásquez et al.   PLoS One

Distinctive Gut Microbiota of Honey Bees Assessed Using Deep Sampling from Individual Worker Bees

(2012) Nancy A. Moran et al.   PLoS One

Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee

(2012) P. Engel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of Wolbachia on Infection with Chikungunya and Yellow Fever Viruses in the Mosquito Vector Aedes aegypti

(2012) Andrew F. van den Hurk et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Characterization and emended description of Lactobacillus kunkeei as a fructophilic lactic acid bacterium

(2011) A. Endo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Communities in Central European Bumblebees: Low Diversity and High Specificity

(2011) Hauke Koch et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The sequence read archive: explosive growth of sequencing data

(2011) Y. Kodama et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The NCBI Taxonomy database

(2011) S. Federhen   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Wolbachiainfections in bees (Anthophila) and possible implications for DNA barcoding

(2011) MICHAEL GERTH et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

A comparison between ribo-minus RNA-sequencing and polyA-selected RNA-sequencing

(2010) Peng Cui et al.   GENOMICS

A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees

(2010) VINCENT G. MARTINSON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Induces Resistance to Dengue Virus in Aedes aegypti

(2010) Guowu Bian et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Novel lactic acid bacteria inhibitingPaenibacillus larvaein honey bee larvae

(2009) Eva Forsgren et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Genetic, Individual, and Group Facilitation of Disease Resistance in Insect Societies

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Sociality in Euglossa (Euglossa) viridissima Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini)

(2008) M. E. Cocom Pech et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

(2008) John H. Werren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY