Journal of Apicultural Research

Article	Citations
Development and applications of in vitro artificial rearing of honey bee larvae	123
Biology of Iraí ( Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836)) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini): systematic review of an important species for melipo	120
Seasonal variation in honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) venom extraction and its effect on colony performance	77
Can larval Osmia bees (Megachilidae) tolerate conifer resin volatiles?	58
Standard methods for direct observation of honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) nuptial flights	30
Changes in worker retinue behaviors during early establishment of adult honey bee queens	27
Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens	26
First attempt to identify and prioritise best beekeeping practices with a multi-actor approach in the EU	19
Increased levels of introgression evident in Irish honey bees	17
Assessing the environmental, social and economic sustainability of beekeeping activities	17
Viruses in Brazilian stingless bees	17
Assessment of advanced lures through gel and spray application for the attraction of honey bee swarms	15
Comparison of the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of honeys produced by Apis mellifera and four stingless bee species from the miombo vegetation in Western Ta	15
Bee brood as traditional human food on Andros Island, Greece	15
Morphometric and genetic analyses show differentiation of the widely distributed stingless bee Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) across geographic regions in Mexico	14
The dark European honey bee Apis mellifera mellifera in Lithuania: data on mitotype diversity of native bee population	13
A morphological description of “Cyclops” honey bee ( Apis mellifera L. )	13
Exploring the susceptibility of Bombus eximius (apidae, hymenoptera) to Nosema ceranae (microsporidia: nos	13
Physicochemical patterns and determination of metals in honey from different species of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae)	12
A first approach in the correlation of pathogens load affecting Bombus pauloensis to the land use in Buenos Aires Province	11
Sub-lethal exposure to bioinsecticides impairs hypopharyngeal gland development in hybrid nurse bees ( Apis mellifera L.)	11
Understanding the differential performance in hygienic behavior against dead brood of drones and workers of Apis mellifera : a chemical approach	10
Development of Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell, 1918) queens by in vitro culture for conservation purposes	10
Using black solider fly larvae ( Hermetia illucens ) to clean unwanted beeswax from equipment	10
Beekeeping practices and challenges in Algeria: a SWOT-based survey analysis	10

The COLOSS BEEBOOK : developments and renewal	9
Deformed wing virus in bee bread: infectivity and thermal inactivation	9
Plant protection products and pollinators: a cross-country study on beekeeper awareness, risk perception, and interactions with farmers	9
Mitochondrial haplotypes of free-living honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County, California	9
Drying kinetics and chemical profile of propolis extract from Heterotrigona itama	9
Role of ionizing radiation in the management of the Greater Wax Moth ( Galleria mellonella L. ): a comparative analysis of different types of ionizing radiation	9
Flight ranges of Tetragonula “nr” pagdeni and standardization of hive density for profitable coriander production in the semi-arid region	9
Best practices for colony management: a neglected aspect for improving honey bee colony health and productivity in Africa	8
Comparative study of pollen-based diets on viral load, survival, and expression of immune genes in honey bees infected with the DWV-A virus	8
In pursuit of the ultimate pollen substitute (insect larvae) for honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) feed	8
First record of Leptus sp. larvae on Melipona scutellaris	8
Precision apiculture system: honey traceability from hive to spoon	8
Honey bee colony population annual dynamics in northern Ethiopia’s semi-arid region, Tigray	8
Chemical fingerprints of the organic varietal aroeira honey supports geographical indication area expansion in Minas Gerais, Brazil	7
An update on gynandromorphism records in the Meliponini tribe (Hymenoptera: Apidae): first case in Melipona flavolineata	7
Beekeeping under climate change	7
Bacterial diversity associated with Apis cerana himalaya Smith 1991 across altitudinal gradients in the eastern hill region of India	7
Occurrence and distribution of two bacterial brood diseases (American and European foulbrood) in US honey bee colonies and resistance to antibiotics from 2015 to 2022	7
Geopropolis from stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836: chemical characterization and compounds of interest	7
In-vitro queen rearing protocol for stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis Smith	7
Quality evaluation of gallnut honey collected from different geographical areas of China	6
Impacts of indoor mass storage of two densities of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) during winter on queen survival, reproductive quality and colony performance	6
Sustainable development outlooks to subsistent apiculture in a transition: the case of Ethiopia	6
Special issue on stingless bees	6
Phylogenetic analysis of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: nitidulidae) from Reunion Island	6
Investigation of 33 types of honey samples: application of an efficient dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction technique coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to determine 16 polycyclic	6
A novel approach for improved honey identification and scientific definition: a case of buckwheat honey	6
The effect of migratory beekeeping on Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) microbiota – a first report	6
The effect of bumble bee gynes’ reproductive status on the response to CO 2 narcosis	6
Comparative proteomics analysis of the head proteins of worker honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) in production stage of royal jelly	6
Could hive debris samples and qPCR ease the investigation of factors influencing Paenibacillus larvae spore loads?	6
Analytical method for the detection of prohibited substances in medicinal biopreparations used in beehives	6
Factors influencing pollinator abundance in indigenous coffee farms of the Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India	6
Feeding Apis mellifera with Moringa oleifera and Dipteryx alata	6
Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) pests of honey bee colonies in Cameroon	6
Is the flight and foraging activity of small-size stingless bee affected by the urban heat island? The case of Plebeia catamarcensis (Meliponini) in Cordoba city (Argentina)	5
Effects of honey bee queen exposure to deformed wing virus-A on queen and juvenile infection and colony strength metrics	5
Task specific behavior of Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) workers	5
Beneficial effect of sodium butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, on the honey bee’s ( Apis mellifera ) immune response and oxidative status	5
Contribution of phenolics to the antioxidant potential of propolis from Tetragonula laeviceps and Tetragonula pegdeni and its correlation	5
Honey bee gut bacterial communities’ characterisation across different ecosystem qualities in the department of Boyacá, Colombia	5
Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads	5
Evaluation of genotoxic and genoprotective effects of Agaricus bisporus extract on AmE-711 honey bee cell line in the Comet assay	5
Harmful effects in vivo of formic acid on honey bee brood development evaluated with AI-based HiveAnalyzer© software	5
Acute bee paralysis virus field isolates from apiaries suffering colony losses in Türkiye	5
Does diatomaceous earth (DE) cause mortality on Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris ?	5
Variability of Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae infection level in individual honey bees and its implications on the pooled sample size	5
Comparative blueberry pollination efficacy of Bombus terrestris and two Apis species in greenhouses	5
Environmental and social drivers of beekeeping in the Gulf of Mexico region	5
The influence of an analog of juvenile hormone on the silk gland of Africanized Apis mellifera larvae reared in vitro	5

Effects of advanced chelate-based mineral supplement on adult worker honey bees’ ( Apis mellifera L.) survival, nutritional indices, hypopharyngeal gland	5
Nutritional requirements and effect of nectar and pollen substitute diets on Apis mellifera L. colonies: a review	5
The influence of sub-lethal neonicotinoid doses and ambient temperature on individual Apis mellifera scutellata flight efficiency	5
Predation behaviour of the pseudoscorpion, Chelifer cancroides , against Varroa destructor in the presence	5
A new variant of slow bee paralysis virus revealed by transcriptome analysis	5
Effect of pasteurization, dehumidification, refrigeration and maturation on the composition, quality and acceptability of Scaptotrigona depilis honey	5
Volatile constituents of different smoking materials in bee honey harvesting and detection of mean differences in calming time using completely randomized design	5
Characteristics of honey bee physiological proteins extracted from faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) honey	5
Volatiles in propolis and geopropolis from Brazilian stingless bees: a critical review	4
Aggression between invasive hymenopterans in Southern California: scutellata -hybrids versus German yellowjackets	4
Honey bees colonies in Eucalyptus grandis plantation: when the excess of nectar and pollen limits the queen’s oviposition	4
Lack of brood cell recapping in Irish honey bees: a possible trade-off with chalkbrood resistance?	4
Lipid oxidation and antioxidant properties of propolis collected in different regions of Turkey	4
Bee bread from Anatolia: its chemical composition, phenolic and aromatic profiles, and antioxidant properties	4
Data mining hive inspections: more frequently inspected honey bee colonies have higher over-winter survival rates	4
Choice of forage plants by the giant honey bee Apis laboriosa Smith in a captive condition outside their native geographic range	4
Testing the selectiveness of electric harps: a mitigation method for reducing Asian hornet impact at beehives	4
Diversity and foraging behavior assessment of watermelon pollinators in Tizi-Ouzou area (Algeria)	4
Experimental parameters affecting the outcomes of amitraz resistance testing in Varroa destructor	4
Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics research	4
RNAi can be effective for the control of Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies	4
The effect of nutritional status on the synthesis ability, protein content and gene expression of mandibular glands in honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) worke	4
Bee tourism: apiculture and sustainable development in rural areas	4
Time series analysis of Varroa destructor counts in Ontario honey bee colonies and their association with weather variables	4
Drone sperm ( Apis mellifera ) quality through the season in the argentinean pampa, an input for artificial insemination timing within selected lineages	4
Honey produced by apini and meliponini in Brazil: multivariate analysis of physicochemical parameters, sugar and metabolite profiles	4
Morphometrical analyses revealed high diversity of the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) in mountains and islands in China	4
Bioactive properties of honeys from stingless bees and Apis mellifera bees in the food industry	4
Global range of Tropilaelaps mercedesae	4
Panuwan Chantawannakul	4
Old strategies as modern solutions, shook swarming reduced Varroa destructor infestation rates of managed honey bee, Apis mellifera , colo	4
A national survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the USA: Results from the Bee Informed Partnership for 2020–21 and 2021–22	4
High accuracy monitoring of honey bee colony development by a quantitative method	3
The pin-killed method is efficient in evaluating hygienic behavior	3
Bee venom extraction methods: a comparative study on quantity and honey bee performance	3
Note: Cytonuclear patterns of a honey bee population from the Azores show a stable population at the nuclear but not at the mitochondrial DNA level	3
Natural and artificial habitat diversity is important for stingless bees in tropical anthropogenic areas	3
Let’s not sugar coat it: the powdered sugar shake is not harmless for honey bee workers	3
In vitro inhibition of the bacterial honey bee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius with essential oils	3
Economic aspects of honey bee queen breeding: insights from a European study	3
Antioxidant and reducing activity of Tilia cordata honey produced by Apis mellifera compared to inflorescence Tilia cordata	3
Sublethal effects of agricultural insecticides on honey bee behavior and colony sustainability: a review	3
Selectivity of fungi used in pest control to Africanized Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	3
Small hive beetle infestation levels independent of honey bee colony phenotypes: pheromones overruling kairomones?	3
Molecular survey and phylogenetic analysis of bee pathogens; with a note first detection of Apis mellifera Filamentous Virus , Varroa destructor	3
Moderate use of pesticides in allotment gardens as indicated by their residues in larval food provisions of Osmia solitary bees	3
Nest ecology, architecture, and behaviour of the stingless bee ( Meliponula beccarii ) in Baringo County, Kenya	3
Factors affecting the quantity and quality of honey bee venom collected from entrance and inside the beehive under Egyptian conditions	3
Honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) foraging rewards in sunflowers: effect of floral traits on visitation and variation in pollen quality over two consecutive years	3
Impact of some sugar types on hemocytic response, wax glands development, and performance of honey bee	3
Detection of honey bee viruses in apiaries in Southern Brazil through two standardized multiplex RT-PCR	3
Indian honey bees ( Apis cerana indica ) detoxify imidacloprid and clothianidin: in silico and in vivo anal	3
First record of Anthrax oedipus (diptera: bombyliidae) parasitizing nests of the orchid bee Eufriesea violacea	3
Distribution, characteristics of nest entrance, and forage plants of an endemic Wallacean species Wallacetrigona incisa (Apidae: Meliponini) in Sulawesi,	3
A new fluorescent method to determine honey bee sperm motility parameters with computer-aided sperm analysis	3
Effects of sugar and honey solution on honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) nutrition and physiology	3
Nesting behavior and biology of Megachile laticeps (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera)	3
Investigation of beta-glucan activity in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) infected with Nosema ceranae	2
Intestinal microbial diversity in domestic honey bees and evaluation of their probiotic properties	2
A study about the application of probiotics on Apis mellifera	2
First report of established mite populations, Tropilaelaps mercedesae , in Europe	2
Unveiling beekeepers’ use and preference of precision apiculture systems	2
Determination of the efficacy of thymol, Artemisia absinthium oil and nanoparticle ozone in the treatment of Nosema ceranae in adult honey	2
A novel parasitic beetle, Procoryphaeus violaceus , in stingless bees, Tetragonula pagdeni	2
Impact of some antimicrobial drugs on the survival and immunity of honey bee workers ( Apis mellifera ) in relation to the gut microbiota	2
Synthetic amorphous silica powder for in-hive and soil based control of small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida )	2
Establishing reference values of amino acids and acylcarnitines from 16 species of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) from Mexico	2
Evaluation of oxalic acid with glycerin efficacy against Varroa destructor (Varroidae): a four year assay	2
Honeys derived from plants of the coastal sandplains of Western Australia: antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and other characteristics	2
Effect of protein and lipids in pollen on the developmental success of the native solitary bee Osmia lignaria Say	2
Hygienic behaviour in the Australian stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria and T. hockingsi	2
Multivariate GC-MS data analysis of the apolar fraction of brown propolis produced in southern Brazil	2
First record of Leptus spp. (Acari: Erythraeidae) parasitizing stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini)	2
Standard methods for European foulbrood research 2.0	2
Sugar detection and quantification in honey bee and stingless bee honey—A review	2
Effects of glyphosate herbicide Roundup® on antioxidant enzymes activity and detoxification-related gene expression in honey bees ( Apis mellifera )	2
Effects of landscape variation on thermoregulation and performance in Apis mellifera honey bee colonies: insights from mtDNA haplotypes	2
An improved technique for direct visualization of plasmid patterns in strains of Paenibacillus larvae	2
Varroa destructor control strategies in Apis mellifera colonies: a meta-analysis and systematic revision on natural compounds efficacy	2
The importance of Apis mellifera olfaction to social immunity	2

Effective control of Varroa destructor mites with Juniperus excelsa, Juglans regia, Origanum onites, and Mentha spicata leaf extracts: a s	2
First detection of Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) of the Macaronesian archipelago of Madeira	2
Standard methods for pollination research with Apis mellifera 2.0	2
Genomic DNA extraction from honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) queen spermathecal content	2
Industrial forestry negatively affects small-farms honey production in south-central Chile: evidence from a landscape scale	2
The effect of centrifugation, osmotic pressure variations and pipetting on drone semen quality	2
Sexually dimorphic responses to monofloral honeys in the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)	2
Physiological qualities of honey bee queens ( Apis mellifera ) overwintered in banks	2
Toxicology, histophysiological and nutritional changes in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) submitted to limonene and natural pesticides in comparison to synthetic pe	2
Food supplementation does not prevent oxidative stress in forager honey bees exposed to the fungicides bixafen, prothioconazole and trifloxystrobin	2
Comparative morphology of the third pair of legs in drones and workers of Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	2
Advice on how to start beekeeping, memories with bees and the uses of honey: results of an online questionnaire with European beekeepers	2
Propolis and geopropolis from stingless bees as sources of natural antioxidant compounds: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Effect of entomopathogenic fungus-formulated bioinsecticides on stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the laboratory	2
Apis florea Fabricius, 1787 in the Philippines: morphological confirmation and plant associations across four localities	2
Influence of trap nest dimensions on reproductive biology and offspring body size in two centris bee species (hymenoptera: apidae)	2
A SNP-based honey bee paternity assignment test for evaluating the effectiveness of mating stations and its application to the Ataun valley, Basque Country, Spain	2
Characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of scaptotrigona mexicana and scaptotrigona pectoralis s	2
The cadastral survey of honey plant resources in the Altyn Solok Nature Reserve in the Urals, Russia	2
Breeding for hygienic behavior in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ): a strong paternal effect	2
Coastal-inland divergence and postglacial expansion in the populations of the orchid bee Euglossa annectans	1
The association between the hypopharyngeal glands and the molecular mechanism which honey bees secrete royal jelly	1
Effects of hive entrance orientation on honey bee colony activity	1
Differential expression of antimicrobial peptide encoding genes of honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) after Varroa mite ( Varroa destructor ) in	1
Soybean yield is increased through complementary pollination by honey bees	1
Pollination potential of African honey bees, Apis mellifera ( litorea ): (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in sunflower, Helianthus ann	1
First physicochemical analysis of stingless bee honey from Uganda	1
Impact of different culture media and culture conditions on the growth and survival of Melissococcus plutonius , the causative agent of European foulbrood	1
Api-tourism potential of Southern Tanzania: a case study of villages around Ruaha and Udzungwa National Parks	1
More time to fly: with a warming climate the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera, Linnaeus) now has more temperature-eligible flight hours than 40 years ago	1
First detection of genotype B of deformed wing virus (DWV) in mainland Portugal	1
Liquid and solid matrix formic acid treatment comparison against Varroa mites in honey bee colonies	1
A mini-review on temperature-pathogen interactions and honey bee colony losses	1
Sampling methodology and storage management effect on deformed wing virus (DWV) quantification using real-time PCR	1
Whole genome analyses of introgression in British and Irish Apis mellifera mellifera	1
Production of new colonies of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae) by reclamation of excess virgin queens	1
Preliminary observations on the physiology and behavior of  Sytretomorpha szaboi Papp	1
Comparison of oxalic acid drip and HopGuard for pre-winter Varroa destructor control in honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies	1
Effect of different anaesthesia treatments on the onset of oviposition by virgin queen honey bees	1
The composition of volatile compounds of Alpine Rhododendron honey	1
A novel method in small hive beetle rearing	1
Toxicity of the microencapsulated extract of seeds of Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae) on Africanized honey bees	1
Honey bee colony loss rates in 37 countries using the COLOSS survey for winter 2019–2020: the combined effects of operation size, migration and queen replacement	1
Insights into the Varroa destructor mite: vector and carrier of potential pathogens to Apis mellifera L	1
Introgressive hybridisation puts the distinctive population of Apis mellifera mellifera in Ireland at risk: evidence from a multidisciplinary approach	1
Correction	1
Respiration levels of honey bee castes as a possible indicator in Varroa mite attraction	1
Vertical distribution of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in an Amazon forest fragment	1
Solitary bees in Pampean agroecosystems: a review about current status of knowledge	1
Varroa mite removal from whole honey bee colonies by powdered sugar dusting is enhanced by crowding and mechanical agitation of treated workers	1
Does consuming irradiated royal jelly affect Apis mellifera larvae development and survival to adulthood in vitro ?	1
Impacts of pests and diseases on the decline of managed bees in Brazil: a beekeeper perspective	1
In vitro maintenance of drones and development of a new software for sperm quality analysis facilitate the study of honey bee reproductive quality	1
Varroa treatment-free colony losses in the European honey bee ( Apis mellifera): a review of published literature	1
On the view of stingless bees’ non-honey foods	1
The influence of harvest season and pH on the microbiological quality of Argentine stingless bee honey	1
Determination of volatile compound profiles and physico-chemical analysis of linden and acacia Czech honey	1
Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens 2.0	1
Colony size of amazonian stingless bees and its assessment through intrinsic parameters	1
Are increasing honey bee colony losses attributed to Varroa destructor in New Zealand driven by miticide resistance?	1
A subset of wild bee species boosts the pollination of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan: Fabaceae), an important crop plant of Cameroon	1
Antibacterial effects of propolis and brood comb extracts on the causative agent of European Foulbrood ( Melissococcus plutonius ) in honey bees (	1
Physicochemical composition and microbiological quality of honey produced from Tiúba, Melipona fasciculata (Apidae, Meliponini) in Brazil	1
Characterisation of proteomic alterations in worker bees in response to amitraz treatment during summer to winter transition in Apis mellifera colonies	1
Floral preferences and nesting substrates used by Xylocopa bees (Apidae: Xylocopini) in Brazil	1
Comb age significantly influences the emergency queen rearing, morphometric and reproductive characteristics of the queens	1
First report of small hive beetles infesting eastern and western honey bee, colonies in Thailand	1
Drone Congregation areas of Apis mellifera (hymenoptera: apidae) and Nosema sp. (nosematidae) in Bolivia: first report	1
Exploring the impact of protein diets on the honey bee ( Apis mellifera L ): a study on intestinal tissue health and royal jelly protein level	1
Bumble bee nest thermoregulation: a field study	1
Effect of the botanical origin on the lipid content and fatty acid composition of monofloral bee pollen	1
Impact of stress factors internal and external to the hive on honey bees and their reflection on honey bee products: a review	1
Monitoring the oral administration of a beneficial microbes mixture based on Apilactobacillus kunkeei strains, in honey bees	1
How can the protein and amino acid composition of bee pollen be preserved during long storage at ambient temperature?	1
Physicochemical, microbiological, and sensory properties of stingless bee honey from Argentina	1
Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and flies to onion Allium cepa L.	1
Deformed wings in introduced solitary bees, Megachile spp., independent of virus infections	1
The impact of smoke and fogged/vaporized thyme oil on honey bee (Apis mellifera) survival and behavior in vitro	1
Foraging activities of Wallacetrigona incisa (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) and its relationship with abiotic factors in different environments	1
Determination of the effects of different Bacillus sp. strains and proteins (Cry1, Cry3 and Cry4) on Varroa destructor and	1
Does roundup® affect worker bees ( Apis mellifera ) that inhabit areas of high agrochemical pressure?	1
Cell by cell pilot study of ultrasonic velocity in honey: from immature sugar solution to cell capping	1
The effect of fermented pollen supplements on the percentage of cell acceptance rate and royal jelly production in Iranian honey bees ( Apis mellifera meda )	1
Flora associated with stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico	1
The effect of landscape composition on stingless bee ( Melipona fasciculata ) honey productivity in a wetland ecosystem of Eastern Amazon, Brazil	1
First report of Ophiocordyceps sp. infecting the Japanese bumble bee Bombus ardens	1
Varroa destructor infestation in honey bees in Ankara region, and antioxidant properties of produced honey	1