OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Apicultural Research is 4. 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.)

Article	Citations
Seasonal variation in honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) venom extraction and its effect on colony performance	125
Can larval Osmia bees (Megachilidae) tolerate conifer resin volatiles?	122
Standard methods for direct observation of honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) nuptial flights	79
Changes in worker retinue behaviors during early establishment of adult honey bee queens	60
First attempt to identify and prioritise best beekeeping practices with a multi-actor approach in the EU	30
Increased levels of introgression evident in Irish honey bees	28
Viruses in Brazilian stingless bees	27
Biology of Iraí ( Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836)) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini): systematic review of an important species for melipo	19
Assessing the environmental, social and economic sustainability of beekeeping activities	19
Development and applications of in vitro artificial rearing of honey bee larvae	17
Insecticides residues, physicochemical properties, antioxidant activity of Apis mellifera citrus honey from Algeria	17
Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens	16
Assessment of advanced lures through gel and spray application for the attraction of honey bee swarms	16
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 first approach in the correlation of pathogens load affecting Bombus pauloensis to the land use in Buenos Aires Province	13
Exploring the susceptibility of Bombus eximius (apidae, hymenoptera) to Nosema ceranae (microsporidia: nos	13
Sub-lethal exposure to bioinsecticides impairs hypopharyngeal gland development in hybrid nurse bees ( Apis mellifera L.)	11
Physicochemical patterns and determination of metals in honey from different species of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae)	11
Deformed wing virus in bee bread: infectivity and thermal inactivation	10
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 approach	10
Beekeeping practices and challenges in Algeria: a SWOT-based survey analysis	10
Plant protection products and pollinators: a cross-country study on beekeeper awareness, risk perception, and interactions with farmers	10

Comparison of the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of honeys produced by Apis mellifera and four stingless bee species from the miombo vegetati	10
Mitochondrial haplotypes of free-living honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County, California	9
Development of Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell, 1918) queens by in vitro culture for conservation purposes	9
Using black solider fly larvae ( Hermetia illucens ) to clean unwanted beeswax from equipment	9
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 radiation	9
Drying kinetics and chemical profile of propolis extract from Heterotrigona itama	9
First record of Leptus sp. larvae on Melipona scutellaris	8
Honey bee colony population annual dynamics in northern Ethiopia’s semi-arid region, Tigray	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
The COLOSS BEEBOOK : developments and renewal	8
Best practices for colony management: a neglected aspect for improving honey bee colony health and productivity in Africa	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
Precision apiculture system: honey traceability from hive to spoon	7
Chemical fingerprints of the organic varietal aroeira honey supports geographical indication area expansion in Minas Gerais, Brazil	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
An update on gynandromorphism records in the Meliponini tribe (Hymenoptera: Apidae): first case in Melipona flavolineata	7
In pursuit of the ultimate pollen substitute (insect larvae) for honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) feed	7
Beekeeping under climate change	7
Pest control or pollinator peril? Evaluating entomopathogenic nematodes risks to Apis mellifera honey bees	7
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 Ethiopia	6
Bacterial diversity associated with Apis cerana himalaya Smith 1991 across altitudinal gradients in the eastern hill region of India	6
The effect of migratory beekeeping on Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) microbiota – a first report	6
Factors influencing pollinator abundance in indigenous coffee farms of the Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India	6
A novel approach for improved honey identification and scientific definition: a case of buckwheat honey	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
Quality evaluation of gallnut honey collected from different geographical areas of China	6
Feeding Apis mellifera with Moringa oleifera and Dipteryx alata	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
Analytical method for the detection of prohibited substances in medicinal biopreparations used in beehives	6
Comparative proteomics analysis of the head proteins of worker honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) in production stage of royal jelly	6
Special issue on stingless bees	6
Effects of honey bee queen exposure to deformed wing virus-A on queen and juvenile infection and colony strength metrics	5
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 Türkiye	5
Effects of advanced chelate-based mineral supplement on adult worker honey bees’ ( Apis mellifera L.) survival, nutritional indices, hypopharyngeal gland	5
The influence of sub-lethal neonicotinoid doses and ambient temperature on individual Apis mellifera scutellata flight efficiency	5
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 lineages	5
Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads	5
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 ) workers	5
Phylogenetic analysis of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: nitidulidae) from Reunion Island	5
Systematic review finds resource overlap but few direct effects of honey bees on wild bees	5
Harmful effects in vivo of formic acid on honey bee brood development evaluated with AI-based HiveAnalyzer© software	5
A new variant of slow bee paralysis virus revealed by transcriptome analysis	5
Environmental and social drivers of beekeeping in the Gulf of Mexico region	5
Variability of Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae infection level in individual honey bees and its implications on the pooled sample size	5

Nutritional requirements and effect of nectar and pollen substitute diets on Apis mellifera L. colonies: a review	5
The effect of bumble bee gynes’ reproductive status on the response to CO ₂ narcosis	5
Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) pests of honey bee colonies in Cameroon	5
Predation behaviour of the pseudoscorpion, Chelifer cancroides , against Varroa destructor in the presence	5
Beneficial effect of sodium butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, on the honey bee’s ( Apis mellifera ) immune response and oxidative status	5
Comparative blueberry pollination efficacy of Bombus terrestris and two Apis species in greenhouses	5
Volatile constituents of different smoking materials in bee honey harvesting and detection of mean differences in calming time using completely randomized design	5
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
RNAi can be effective for the control of Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies	4
Volatiles in propolis and geopropolis from Brazilian stingless bees: a critical review	4
Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics research	4
Bee tourism: apiculture and sustainable development in rural areas	4
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 , colo	4
Honey bees colonies in Eucalyptus grandis plantation: when the excess of nectar and pollen limits the queen’s oviposition	4
Bee bread from Anatolia: its chemical composition, phenolic and aromatic profiles, and antioxidant properties	4
Experimental parameters affecting the outcomes of amitraz resistance testing in Varroa destructor	4
Data mining hive inspections: more frequently inspected honey bee colonies have higher over-winter survival rates	4
The effect of feeding and harvesting strategies on honey bee venom quantity and quality	4
Lack of brood cell recapping in Irish honey bees: a possible trade-off with chalkbrood resistance?	4
Honey produced by apini and meliponini in Brazil: multivariate analysis of physicochemical parameters, sugar and metabolite profiles	4
Effect of pasteurization, dehumidification, refrigeration and maturation on the composition, quality and acceptability of Scaptotrigona depilis honey	4
Global range of Tropilaelaps mercedesae	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
Testing the selectiveness of electric harps: a mitigation method for reducing Asian hornet impact at beehives	4
Aggression between invasive hymenopterans in Southern California: scutellata -hybrids versus German yellowjackets	4
Evaluation of genotoxic and genoprotective effects of Agaricus bisporus extract on AmE-711 honey bee cell line in the Comet assay	4
Choice of forage plants by the giant honey bee Apis laboriosa Smith in a captive condition outside their native geographic range	4
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, Colombia	4
Morphometrical analyses revealed high diversity of the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) in mountains and islands in China	4
Time series analysis of Varroa destructor counts in Ontario honey bee colonies and their association with weather variables	4