Journal of Apicultural Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Apicultural Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Seasonal variation in honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) venom extraction and its effect on colony performance125
Can larval Osmia bees (Megachilidae) tolerate conifer resin volatiles?122
Standard methods for direct observation of honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) nuptial flights79
Changes in worker retinue behaviors during early establishment of adult honey bee queens60
First attempt to identify and prioritise best beekeeping practices with a multi-actor approach in the EU30
Increased levels of introgression evident in Irish honey bees28
Viruses in Brazilian stingless bees27
Assessing the environmental, social and economic sustainability of beekeeping activities19
Biology of Iraí ( Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836)) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini): systematic review of an important species for melipo19
Development and applications of in vitro artificial rearing of honey bee larvae17
Insecticides residues, physicochemical properties, antioxidant activity of Apis mellifera citrus honey from Algeria17
Assessment of advanced lures through gel and spray application for the attraction of honey bee swarms16
Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens16
Bee brood as traditional human food on Andros Island, Greece15
Morphometric and genetic analyses show differentiation of the widely distributed stingless bee Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) across geographic regions in Mexico14
Exploring the susceptibility of Bombus eximius (apidae, hymenoptera) to Nosema ceranae (microsporidia: nos13
The dark European honey bee Apis mellifera mellifera in Lithuania: data on mitotype diversity of native bee population13
A first approach in the correlation of pathogens load affecting Bombus pauloensis to the land use in Buenos Aires Province13
Physicochemical patterns and determination of metals in honey from different species of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae)11
Sub-lethal exposure to bioinsecticides impairs hypopharyngeal gland development in hybrid nurse bees ( Apis mellifera L.)11
Plant protection products and pollinators: a cross-country study on beekeeper awareness, risk perception, and interactions with farmers10
Comparison of the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of honeys produced by Apis mellifera and four stingless bee species from the miombo vegetati10
Deformed wing virus in bee bread: infectivity and thermal inactivation10
A morphological description of “Cyclops” honey bee ( Apis mellifera L. )10
Understanding the differential performance in hygienic behavior against dead brood of drones and workers of Apis mellifera : a chemical approach10
Beekeeping practices and challenges in Algeria: a SWOT-based survey analysis10
Flight ranges of Tetragonula “nr” pagdeni and standardization of hive density for profitable coriander production in the semi-arid region 9
Role of ionizing radiation in the management of the Greater Wax Moth ( Galleria mellonella L. ): a comparative analysis of different types of ionizing radiation9
Drying kinetics and chemical profile of propolis extract from Heterotrigona itama9
Mitochondrial haplotypes of free-living honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County, California9
Development of Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell, 1918) queens by in vitro culture for conservation purposes9
Using black solider fly larvae ( Hermetia illucens ) to clean unwanted beeswax from equipment9
Honey bee colony population annual dynamics in northern Ethiopia’s semi-arid region, Tigray8
Comparative study of pollen-based diets on viral load, survival, and expression of immune genes in honey bees infected with the DWV-A virus8
The COLOSS BEEBOOK : developments and renewal8
First record of Leptus sp. larvae on Melipona scutellaris8
Chemical fingerprints of the organic varietal aroeira honey supports geographical indication area expansion in Minas Gerais, Brazil7
Occurrence and distribution of two bacterial brood diseases (American and European foulbrood) in US honey bee colonies and resistance to antibiotics from 2015 to 20227
An update on gynandromorphism records in the Meliponini tribe (Hymenoptera: Apidae): first case in Melipona flavolineata7
In pursuit of the ultimate pollen substitute (insect larvae) for honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) feed7
Beekeeping under climate change7
Pest control or pollinator peril? Evaluating entomopathogenic nematodes risks to Apis mellifera honey bees7
Best practices for colony management: a neglected aspect for improving honey bee colony health and productivity in Africa7
Geopropolis from stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836: chemical characterization and compounds of interest7
In-vitro queen rearing protocol for stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis Smith7
Precision apiculture system: honey traceability from hive to spoon7
Impacts of indoor mass storage of two densities of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) during winter on queen survival, reproductive quality and colony performance6
Analytical method for the detection of prohibited substances in medicinal biopreparations used in beehives6
Comparative proteomics analysis of the head proteins of worker honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) in production stage of royal jelly6
Special issue on stingless bees6
Could hive debris samples and qPCR ease the investigation of factors influencing Paenibacillus larvae spore loads?6
Sustainable development outlooks to subsistent apiculture in a transition: the case of Ethiopia6
Bacterial diversity associated with Apis cerana himalaya Smith 1991 across altitudinal gradients in the eastern hill region of India6
The effect of migratory beekeeping on Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) microbiota – a first report6
Factors influencing pollinator abundance in indigenous coffee farms of the Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India6
A novel approach for improved honey identification and scientific definition: a case of buckwheat honey6
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
Quality evaluation of gallnut honey collected from different geographical areas of China6
Feeding Apis mellifera with Moringa oleifera and Dipteryx alata6
Phylogenetic analysis of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: nitidulidae) from Reunion Island5
Systematic review finds resource overlap but few direct effects of honey bees on wild bees5
Harmful effects in vivo of formic acid on honey bee brood development evaluated with AI-based HiveAnalyzer© software5
A new variant of slow bee paralysis virus revealed by transcriptome analysis5
Environmental and social drivers of beekeeping in the Gulf of Mexico region5
Variability of Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae infection level in individual honey bees and its implications on the pooled sample size5
Nutritional requirements and effect of nectar and pollen substitute diets on Apis mellifera L. colonies: a review5
The effect of bumble bee gynes’ reproductive status on the response to CO 2 narcosis5
Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) pests of honey bee colonies in Cameroon5
Predation behaviour of the pseudoscorpion, Chelifer cancroides , against Varroa destructor in the presence5
Beneficial effect of sodium butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, on the honey bee’s ( Apis mellifera ) immune response and oxidative status5
Comparative blueberry pollination efficacy of Bombus terrestris and two Apis species in greenhouses5
Volatile constituents of different smoking materials in bee honey harvesting and detection of mean differences in calming time using completely randomized design5
Effects of honey bee queen exposure to deformed wing virus-A on queen and juvenile infection and colony strength metrics5
Does diatomaceous earth (DE) cause mortality on Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris ?5
Acute bee paralysis virus field isolates from apiaries suffering colony losses in Türkiye5
Effects of advanced chelate-based mineral supplement on adult worker honey bees’ ( Apis mellifera L.) survival, nutritional indices, hypopharyngeal gland5
The influence of sub-lethal neonicotinoid doses and ambient temperature on individual Apis mellifera scutellata flight efficiency5
Woody biological fencing promotes carpenter bee communities: novel nesting associations of carpenter bee with Ceriops decandra and 5
Drone sperm ( Apis mellifera ) quality through the season in the argentinean pampa, an input for artificial insemination timing within selected lineages5
Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads5
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
Task specific behavior of Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) workers5
Morphometrical analyses revealed high diversity of the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) in mountains and islands in China4
Time series analysis of Varroa destructor counts in Ontario honey bee colonies and their association with weather variables4
A national survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the USA: Results from the Bee Informed Partnership for 2020–21 and 2021–224
Aggression between invasive hymenopterans in Southern California: scutellata -hybrids versus German yellowjackets4
Volatiles in propolis and geopropolis from Brazilian stingless bees: a critical review4
Choice of forage plants by the giant honey bee Apis laboriosa Smith in a captive condition outside their native geographic range4
Bee tourism: apiculture and sustainable development in rural areas4
Diversity and foraging behavior assessment of watermelon pollinators in Tizi-Ouzou area (Algeria)4
Old strategies as modern solutions, shook swarming reduced Varroa destructor infestation rates of managed honey bee, Apis mellifera , colo4
Honey bees colonies in Eucalyptus grandis plantation: when the excess of nectar and pollen limits the queen’s oviposition4
Bee bread from Anatolia: its chemical composition, phenolic and aromatic profiles, and antioxidant properties4
RNAi can be effective for the control of Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies4
Experimental parameters affecting the outcomes of amitraz resistance testing in Varroa destructor4
Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics research4
The effect of feeding and harvesting strategies on honey bee venom quantity and quality4
Honey produced by apini and meliponini in Brazil: multivariate analysis of physicochemical parameters, sugar and metabolite profiles4
Effect of pasteurization, dehumidification, refrigeration and maturation on the composition, quality and acceptability of Scaptotrigona depilis honey4
Global range of Tropilaelaps mercedesae4
The effect of nutritional status on the synthesis ability, protein content and gene expression of mandibular glands in honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) worke4
Data mining hive inspections: more frequently inspected honey bee colonies have higher over-winter survival rates4
Testing the selectiveness of electric harps: a mitigation method for reducing Asian hornet impact at beehives4
Lack of brood cell recapping in Irish honey bees: a possible trade-off with chalkbrood resistance?4
Evaluation of genotoxic and genoprotective effects of Agaricus bisporus extract on AmE-711 honey bee cell line in the Comet assay4
Contribution of phenolics to the antioxidant potential of propolis from Tetragonula laeviceps and Tetragonula pegdeni and its correlation 4
Honey bee gut bacterial communities’ characterisation across different ecosystem qualities in the department of Boyacá, Colombia4
Honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) foraging rewards in sunflowers: effect of floral traits on visitation and variation in pollen quality over two consecutive years3
Bioactive properties of honeys from stingless bees and Apis mellifera bees in the food industry3
Impact of some sugar types on hemocytic response, wax glands development, and performance of honey bee3
Distribution, characteristics of nest entrance, and forage plants of an endemic Wallacean species Wallacetrigona incisa (Apidae: Meliponini) in Sulawesi,3
Moderate use of pesticides in allotment gardens as indicated by their residues in larval food provisions of Osmia solitary bees3
Effects of sugar and honey solution on honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) nutrition and physiology3
Indian honey bees ( Apis cerana indica ) detoxify imidacloprid and clothianidin: in silico and in vivo anal3
Antioxidant and reducing activity of Tilia cordata honey produced by Apis mellifera compared to inflorescence Tilia cordata3
Sublethal effects of agricultural insecticides on honey bee behavior and colony sustainability: a review3
High accuracy monitoring of honey bee colony development by a quantitative method3
Detection of honey bee viruses in apiaries in Southern Brazil through two standardized multiplex RT-PCR3
Molecular survey and phylogenetic analysis of bee pathogens; with a note first detection of Apis mellifera Filamentous Virus , Varroa destructor 3
Bee venom extraction methods: a comparative study on quantity and honey bee performance3
In vitro inhibition of the bacterial honey bee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius with essential oils3
The pin-killed method is efficient in evaluating hygienic behavior3
Selectivity of fungi used in pest control to Africanized Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)3
Lipid oxidation and antioxidant properties of propolis collected in different regions of Turkey3
Small hive beetle infestation levels independent of honey bee colony phenotypes: pheromones overruling kairomones?3
Let’s not sugar coat it: the powdered sugar shake is not harmless for honey bee workers3
Natural and artificial habitat diversity is important for stingless bees in tropical anthropogenic areas3
Note: Cytonuclear patterns of a honey bee population from the Azores show a stable population at the nuclear but not at the mitochondrial DNA level3
A new fluorescent method to determine honey bee sperm motility parameters with computer-aided sperm analysis3
First record of Anthrax oedipus (diptera: bombyliidae) parasitizing nests of the orchid bee Eufriesea violacea 3
First report of established mite populations, Tropilaelaps mercedesae , in Europe2
Apis florea Fabricius, 1787 in the Philippines: morphological confirmation and plant associations across four localities2
Genomic DNA extraction from honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) queen spermathecal content2
Impact of some antimicrobial drugs on the survival and immunity of honey bee workers ( Apis mellifera ) in relation to the gut microbiota2
Effect of entomopathogenic fungus-formulated bioinsecticides on stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the laboratory2
Effect of protein and lipids in pollen on the developmental success of the native solitary bee Osmia lignaria Say2
Nest ecology, architecture, and behaviour of the stingless bee ( Meliponula beccarii ) in Baringo County, Kenya2
Determination of the efficacy of thymol, Artemisia absinthium oil and nanoparticle ozone in the treatment of Nosema ceranae in adult honey2
The importance of Apis mellifera olfaction to social immunity2
Breeding for hygienic behavior in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ): a strong paternal effect2
A study about the application of probiotics on Apis mellifera2
Comparative morphology of the third pair of legs in drones and workers of Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)2
Toxicology, histophysiological and nutritional changes in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) submitted to limonene and natural pesticides in comparison to synthetic pe2
Economic aspects of honey bee queen breeding: insights from a European study2
Nesting behavior and biology of Megachile laticeps (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera)2
Physiological qualities of honey bee queens ( Apis mellifera ) overwintered in banks2
Synthetic amorphous silica powder for in-hive and soil based control of small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida )2
Varroa destructor control strategies in Apis mellifera colonies: a meta-analysis and systematic revision on natural compounds efficacy2
Intestinal microbial diversity in domestic honey bees and evaluation of their probiotic properties2
Industrial forestry negatively affects small-farms honey production in south-central Chile: evidence from a landscape scale2
First detection of Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) of the Macaronesian archipelago of Madeira2
Multivariate GC-MS data analysis of the apolar fraction of brown propolis produced in southern Brazil2
The effect of centrifugation, osmotic pressure variations and pipetting on drone semen quality2
Effects of landscape variation on thermoregulation and performance in Apis mellifera honey bee colonies: insights from mtDNA haplotypes2
Establishing reference values of amino acids and acylcarnitines from 16 species of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) from Mexico2
Hygienic behaviour in the Australian stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria and T. hockingsi2
First record of Leptus spp. (Acari: Erythraeidae) parasitizing stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini)2
Standard methods for European foulbrood research 2.02
Factors affecting the quantity and quality of honey bee venom collected from entrance and inside the beehive under Egyptian conditions2
Prototype viral pesticide production from baculovirus against the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)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, Spain2
Evaluation of oxalic acid with glycerin efficacy against Varroa destructor (Varroidae): a four year assay2
Standard methods for pollination research with Apis mellifera 2.02
Characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of scaptotrigona mexicana and scaptotrigona pectoralis s2
The cadastral survey of honey plant resources in the Altyn Solok Nature Reserve in the Urals, Russia2
Sexually dimorphic responses to monofloral honeys in the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)2
Sugar detection and quantification in honey bee and stingless bee honey—A review2
Effects of glyphosate herbicide Roundup® on antioxidant enzymes activity and detoxification-related gene expression in honey bees ( Apis mellifera )2
Unveiling beekeepers’ use and preference of precision apiculture systems2
Food supplementation does not prevent oxidative stress in forager honey bees exposed to the fungicides bixafen, prothioconazole and trifloxystrobin2
Investigation of beta-glucan activity in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) infected with Nosema ceranae2
Influence of trap nest dimensions on reproductive biology and offspring body size in two centris bee species (hymenoptera: apidae)1
Whole genome analyses of introgression in British and Irish Apis mellifera mellifera1
An improved technique for direct visualization of plasmid patterns in strains of Paenibacillus larvae1
Foraging activities of Wallacetrigona incisa (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) and its relationship with abiotic factors in different environments1
Preliminary observations on the physiology and behavior of  Sytretomorpha szaboi Papp1
Varroa treatment-free colony losses in the European honey bee ( Apis mellifera): a review of published literature1
Deformed wings in introduced solitary bees, Megachile spp., independent of virus infections1
The influence of harvest season and pH on the microbiological quality of Argentine stingless bee honey1
Solitary bees in Pampean agroecosystems: a review about current status of knowledge1
Flora associated with stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico1
Monitoring the oral administration of a beneficial microbes mixture based on Apilactobacillus kunkeei strains, in honey bees1
First physicochemical analysis of stingless bee honey from Uganda1
Effects of hive entrance orientation on honey bee colony activity1
Floral preferences and nesting substrates used by Xylocopa bees (Apidae: Xylocopini) in Brazil1
Production of new colonies of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae) by reclamation of excess virgin queens1
A novel method in small hive beetle rearing1
The effect of landscape composition on stingless bee ( Melipona fasciculata ) honey productivity in a wetland ecosystem of Eastern Amazon, Brazil1
Cell by cell pilot study of ultrasonic velocity in honey: from immature sugar solution to cell capping1
Characterisation of proteomic alterations in worker bees in response to amitraz treatment during summer to winter transition in Apis mellifera colonies1
Respiration levels of honey bee castes as a possible indicator in Varroa mite attraction1
Impact of stress factors internal and external to the hive on honey bees and their reflection on honey bee products: a review1
In vitro maintenance of drones and development of a new software for sperm quality analysis facilitate the study of honey bee reproductive quality1
Differential expression of antimicrobial peptide encoding genes of honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) after Varroa mite ( Varroa destructor ) in1
Propolis and geopropolis from stingless bees as sources of natural antioxidant compounds: a systematic review and meta-analysis1
Varroa destructor infestation in honey bees in Ankara region, and antioxidant properties of produced honey1
A novel parasitic beetle, Procoryphaeus violaceus , in stingless bees, Tetragonula pagdeni1
Exploring the impact of protein diets on the honey bee ( Apis mellifera L ): a study on intestinal tissue health and royal jelly protein level1
Determination of volatile compound profiles and physico-chemical analysis of linden and acacia Czech honey1
Impact of different culture media and culture conditions on the growth and survival of Melissococcus plutonius , the causative agent of European foulbrood1
First detection of genotype B of deformed wing virus (DWV) in mainland Portugal1
Antibacterial effects of propolis and brood comb extracts on the causative agent of European Foulbrood ( Melissococcus plutonius ) in honey bees ( 1
Determination of the effects of different Bacillus sp. strains and proteins (Cry1, Cry3 and Cry4) on Varroa destructor and 1
Soybean yield is increased through complementary pollination by honey bees1
Liquid and solid matrix formic acid treatment comparison against Varroa mites in honey bee colonies1
First report of small hive beetles infesting eastern and western honey bee, colonies in Thailand1
Does consuming irradiated royal jelly affect Apis mellifera larvae development and survival to adulthood in vitro ?1
Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and flies to onion Allium cepa L.1
Effect of the botanical origin on the lipid content and fatty acid composition of monofloral bee pollen1
How can the protein and amino acid composition of bee pollen be preserved during long storage at ambient temperature?1
A subset of wild bee species boosts the pollination of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan: Fabaceae), an important crop plant of Cameroon1
Toxicity of the microencapsulated extract of seeds of Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae) on Africanized honey bees1
First report of Ophiocordyceps sp. infecting the Japanese bumble bee Bombus ardens1
Impacts of pests and diseases on the decline of managed bees in Brazil: a beekeeper perspective1
Advice on how to start beekeeping, memories with bees and the uses of honey: results of an online questionnaire with European beekeepers1
Correction1
Coastal-inland divergence and postglacial expansion in the populations of the orchid bee Euglossa annectans1
Insights into the Varroa destructor mite: vector and carrier of potential pathogens to Apis mellifera L1
Effective control of Varroa destructor mites with Juniperus excelsa, Juglans regia, Origanum onites, and Mentha spicata 1
Sampling methodology and storage management effect on deformed wing virus (DWV) quantification using real-time PCR1
On the view of stingless bees’ non-honey foods1
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 replacement1
A mini-review on temperature-pathogen interactions and honey bee colony losses1
The impact of smoke and fogged/vaporized thyme oil on honey bee (Apis mellifera) survival and behavior in vitro1
Physicochemical, microbiological, and sensory properties of stingless bee honey from Argentina1
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
Introgressive hybridisation puts the distinctive population of Apis mellifera mellifera in Ireland at risk: evidence from a multidisciplinary approach1
Are increasing honey bee colony losses attributed to Varroa destructor in New Zealand driven by miticide resistance?1
Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens 2.01
Does roundup® affect worker bees ( Apis mellifera ) that inhabit areas of high agrochemical pressure?1
The composition of volatile compounds of Alpine Rhododendron honey1
pH sensitive electrospun nanofibers containing spent coffee ground extract as antimicrobial agent against Paenibacillus larvae1
Physicochemical composition and microbiological quality of honey produced from Tiúba, Melipona fasciculata (Apidae, Meliponini) in Brazil1
The association between the hypopharyngeal glands and the molecular mechanism which honey bees secrete royal jelly1
Effect of different anaesthesia treatments on the onset of oviposition by virgin queen honey bees1
Colony size of amazonian stingless bees and its assessment through intrinsic parameters1
Api-tourism potential of Southern Tanzania: a case study of villages around Ruaha and Udzungwa National Parks1
Comb age significantly influences the emergency queen rearing, morphometric and reproductive characteristics of the queens1
Bibliometric mapping research on honey production and consumption trends1
Varroa mite removal from whole honey bee colonies by powdered sugar dusting is enhanced by crowding and mechanical agitation of treated workers1
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