Apidologie

Papers
(The median citation count of Apidologie 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Gene flow among populations of Xylocopa frontalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) of islands and continent: is the sea a geographical barrier?51
Managed honeybee hives and the diversity of wild bees in a dryland nature reserve46
Immediate and long-term effects of induced brood interruptions on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor40
Nuclear translocation of vitellogenin in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)30
The time of day matters when it comes to yellowjackets’ attacks on honey bees and lavender essential oil can deter wasps from hives29
Males from multiple colonies improve queen mating success in the bumblebee Bombus lantschouensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)22
The high Wolbachia infection does not drive Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sex bias and population genetic structure21
Wild and managed bee communities in canola respond to landscape context and farm management18
Accessibility and resource quality drive flower visitation patterns among native perennial species18
Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee16
Glyphosate-based herbicide increases the number of foraging trips but does not affect the homing of Bombus terrestris16
Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements15
Biting behavior against Varroa mites in honey bees is associated with changes in mandibles, with tracking by a new mobile application for mite damage identification15
Monitoring of hive weight changes in various landscapes15
Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction15
Honey bee-collected pollen richness and protein content across an agricultural land-use gradient14
Global invasion risk of Apocephalus borealis, a honey bee parasitoid12
Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)12
Molecular examination of nosemosis and foulbrood pathogens in honey bee populations from southeastern Morocco12
Genetic diversity and population structure of Apis cerana complementary sex determiner (csd) genes in China12
Scientific note: First report of small hive beetle in South Asia and their potential invasive pathway12
Lack of evidence for chemical integration of the cuckoo-bee Stelis nasuta (Latreille, 1809) and Coelioxys aurolimbata (Förster, 1853) with their main host Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785)10
Endochitinase from the Microsporidia Nosema ceranae facilitates infection in the honey bee Apis mellifera10
Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)10
Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach10
Nesting biology of two species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Paratetrapedia s.l. (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) in Argentina10
Identification of gallic acid in Trapa bispinosa as an effective inhibitor of the vegetative growth and spore germination of Paenibacillus larvae10
Current genetic diversity of managed and commercially produced Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina inferred by wing geometric morphometrics and COI-COII mtDNA locus10
Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension9
Assessing Varroa destructor acaricide resistance in Apis mellifera colonies of Virginia9
Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography9
The heat is on: impact of heat waves on critical thermal maxima in larvae and adults of solitary bee Osmia bicornis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)9
Mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy and phylogenomics of the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)9
An improved method and apparatus for assessing bee foraging preferences9
Nutrigenetic comparison of two Varroa-resistant honey bee stocks fed pollen and spirulina microalgae9
Main causes of producing honey bee colony losses in southwestern Spain: a novel machine learning-based approach9
Reproductive potential shapes the expression of nurse-to-forager transition genes in the workers of stingless bees (Meliponini)9
Sublethal exposure to imidacloprid in commercial Apis mellifera colonies in early spring: performance of honey bees and insecticide transference between in-hive products9
Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees8
Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in Slovakia8
The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure8
Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour8
Proteomic characterisation of the summer–winter transition in Apis mellifera8
Chronic exposure to a field-realistic concentration of Closer® SC (24% sulfoxaflor) insecticide impacted the growth and foraging activity of honey bee colonies8
Influence of seasonal weather variables and habitat type on numbers of colonies of the giant honey bee in Nepal8
Cytogenetic characterization of Austroplebeia australis: evolutionary hints from a stingless bee outside the Neotropical region7
Changes in the wing-beat frequency of bees and wasps depending on environmental conditions: a study with optical sensors7
Morphological and molecular evidence for considering Xylocopa nigrocincta as the senior synonym of Xylocopa suspecta (Apidae: Xylocopini)7
Mite diversity is determined by the stingless bee host species7
A scientific note on the strategy of wax collection as rare behavior of Apis mellifera7
Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives7
The post-capping period of the tropical honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor in La Réuion7
Genetic diversity of Apis mellifera complementary sex determiner (csd) in four Australian breeding populations7
Antennal sensilla pattern distribution and odor detection in Bombus pauloensis foragers (Hymenoptera: Apidae)7
Postdiapause mating in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris): a novel strategy for conservation and laboratory breeding6
Pesticides put our food security at risk by reducing bee survival almost five times6
Pollen columns and a wax canopy in a first nest description of Bombus (Cullumanobombus) morrisoni (Apidae)6
The cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus chinensis, has a fragmented habitat, as revealed using the maximum entropy approach (Hymenoptera: Apidae)6
Pollinators’ contribution to seed yield in two self-fertile almond varieties role of bees for self-fertile almonds6
Image recognition using convolutional neural networks for classification of honey bee subspecies6
Climate-associated shifts in color and body size for a tropical bee pollinator6
The role of botanical treatments used in apiculture to control arthropod pests6
Capacity of honeybees to remove heavy metals from nectar and excrete the contaminants from their bodies6
Natural habitat cover and fragmentation per se influence orchid-bee species richness in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado5
Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)5
First report of phoresy by silken fungus beetles on Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini) in the Southern Andes of Ecuador5
Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning5
Nutritional profiling of common eastern North American pollen species with implications for bee diet and pollinator health5
Vitellogenin in the honey bee midgut5
Crushing corn pollen grains increased diet digestibility and hemolymph protein content while decreasing honey bee consumption5
The effects of instrumental insemination on selected and unselected breeding characteristics in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)5
A qPCR assay for sensitive and rapid detection of African A-lineage honey bees (Apis mellifera)5
Bombus-plant interactions defined by bipartite network analysis in an underexplored Mediterranean island (Sicily)5
The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure5
Effects of coumaphos on locomotor activities of different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies and ecotypes5
Possibility to change the body size in worker bees by a combination of small-cell and standard-cell combs in the same nest5
Effect of land-use intensity and adjacent semi-natural habitats on wild and honey bees of meadows5
Effectiveness of an ethanol extract of jet black ant nests for combatting nosemosis in apiary honey bees5
The development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect American foulbrood in managed honey bee populations5
Sex and caste effects on the vibrational sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)4
Effects of imidacloprid on survival and nest development in the neo-tropical bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus4
The dose makes the poison: feeding of antibiotic-treated winter honey bees, Apis mellifera, with probiotics and b-vitamins4
Lithium chloride leads to concentration dependent brood damages in honey bee hives (Apis mellifera) during control of the mite Varroa destructor4
The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones4
The stingless bee Trigona fulviventris prefers sweet and salty over savory nectar4
Transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes between the ovary and testis of the honey bee Apis mellifera4
Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety4
Karyotypic variation in the stingless bee Trigona spinipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from different geographical regions of Brazil4
Genetic parameters, trends, and inbreeding in a honeybee breeding program for royal jelly production and behavioral traits4
Reproductive quality in drones bred from Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) and Italian (A. m. ligustica) honey bee colonies4
Correction to: Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements4
Proline and β-alanine influence bumblebee nectar consumption without affecting survival4
Landscape influences genetic diversity but does not limit gene flow in a Neotropical pollinator4
Effects of queen excluders on the colony dynamics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under biodynamic management4
Dynamics of honey bee colony death and its implications for Varroa destructor mite transmission using observation hives4
Macroalgal extracts as an alternative for the control of Paenibacillus larvae4
Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor4
A fully automatic classification of bee species from wing images4
Honey proteome of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris: similarities, differences, and exceptionality compared to honey bee honey as signatures of eusociality evolution3
Estuarine floodplains harbor greater diversity of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) than mangroves in coastal Amazonia3
Varroa destructor detection in non-endemic areas3
Methoprene, a juvenile hormone analogue, modifies maturation and emergence in overwintering Osmia rufa L. adults3
Correction to: Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in slovakia3
Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics3
The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance3
Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons3
Body size and age of drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) affect the structure and characteristics of mating congregations via dispersal3
Deconstructing and contextualizing foraging behavior in bumble bees and other central place foragers3
Edge effects on the cavity-nesting hymenopteran communities and their natural enemies within fragmented landscapes3
Sublethal effects of herbicides clethodim, haloxyfop-P-methyl, and their mixture on honey bee health3
Nesting biology of Tetrapedia amplitarsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini)3
The significance of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) gnawing off the old brood cells3
Correction to: Apis laboriosa confirmed by morphometric and genetic analyses of giant honey bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from sites of sympatry in Arunachal Pradesh, North East India3
How diverse is the chemistry and plant origin of Brazilian propolis?3
Nesting behavior of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)3
Effects of two chordotonal-organ-targeting insecticides on survival and locomotion of Melipona beecheii and Nannotrigona perilampoides (Apidae: Meliponini)3
The missing queen: a non-invasive method to identify queenless stingless bee hives3
Timing of drone flights and observations of other colony behaviors of Apis laboriosa in northern Vietnam3
Varroa destructor infestation levels in Africanized honey bee colonies in Brazil from 1977 when first detected to 20203
Nutritional landscape of managed honey bee colonies in Mexico3
Impact of exposure of larvae to boscalid at field concentrations on gene expression in honey bees3
Colonization dynamics of the gut flora in western honey bee workers within 7-day post-emergence3
Correction to: Differences in grooming behavior between susceptible and resistant honey bee colonies after 13 years of natural selection3
Influence of the agricultural landscape surrounding Apis mellifera colonies on the presence of pesticides in honey3
Parasitoid flies associated with bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Argentina3
The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny3
Octopamine affects gustatory responsiveness and may enhance learning in bumble bees3
Evidence of sociality in European small Carpenter bees (Ceratina)2
The botanical origin of cerumen and propolis of Indian stingless bees (Tetragonula iridipennis Smith): pollen spectrum does not accurately indicate latex and resin sources2
Side effects of imidacloprid, ethion, and hexaflumuron on adult and larvae of honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae)2
Chronic in-hive exposure to a field-relevant concentration of Closer™ SC (24% sulfoxaflor) insecticide altered immunological and physiological markers of honey bee foragers (Apis mellifera)2
Honey bees in Chile: a national survey of ancestry and admixture2
A scientific note on the differential handling behaviour of two large carpenter bees on an inverted keel flower2
Fuel provisioning for pollen collection by solitary bee, Andrena taraxaci orienticola2
Scientific note: Phoretic interaction between Antherophagus (Coleoptera) and Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera), using Chuquiraga jussieui (Asteraceae) as transfer stations in the páramos2
Oxalic acid in cellulose strips: towards an efficient and sustainable approach for the control of Varroa destructor2
A filmed copulation of Ctenoplectra (Ctenoplectrini, Apidae) bees suggests that males may chemically mark females2
Comparative cytogenetic analysis reveals chromosomal variability in five stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)2
Current status of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida in Latin America2
Insect sociality plays a major role in a highly complex flower-visiting network in the neotropical savanna2
Long-term Vespa velutina nigrithorax pressure: Honey bee risk survival to alien invasion2
Short-term storage at 16ºC of semen from Africanized honeybee drones using different extenders2
A scientific note on flower search and floral handling pattern determining flower constancy in bumblebees2
Eggs of the bee Osmia lignaria endure weeks of prolonged cold weather2
Haplotype diversity and Varroa destructor infestation patterns in commercial beekeeping operations across Southwestern Saudi Arabia2
Acute fipronil toxicity induces high mortality rate for honeybees and stingless bees, with the latter facing heightened risk2
Nesting biology of Centris aethyctera (Centridini, Apidae) in an estuarine environment2
One for the road: bumble bees consume pollen at flowers2
Oxidative stress and apoptosis in Asian honey bees (A. cerana) exposed to multiple pesticides in intensive agricultural landscape2
A scientific note on neotropical bumblebees Bombus (Thoracobombus) excellens2
A scientific note on pollinators’ ability to overcome exploitation barriers: deep hummingbird-evolved corollas and small-sized bees2
Disparate continental scale patterns in floral host breadth of Australian colletid bees (Colletidae: Hymenoptera)2
Correction to: Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning2
Age-performance and intensity of grooming behavior toward Varroa destructor in resistant and susceptible Apis mellifera colonies2
Commercial honey bee keeping compromises wild bee conservation in Mediterranean nature reserves2
Hygroscopic larval provisions of bees absorb soil water vapor and release liquefied nutrients1
Inter- and intra-population B chromosome variability in Partamona helleri (Apidae: Meliponini)1
Interaction between Vespula germanica and Apis mellifera in Patagonia Argentina apiaries1
First evaluation of genetic diversity among honeybee populations in Kazakhstan1
A scientific note on resurgence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) as a pest for Apis mellifera jamenitica in Sudan1
The role of native and exotic bees in Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito pollination: the effects of pollination intensity and visits on commercial fruits1
Leafcutter bee preference of plant saplings in plant nurseries: context for future research and conservation1
Dietary dopamine supplementation has no effect on ovary activity in queen-less or queen-right honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers1
Varroa resistance in Apis cerana: a review1
Potential of whey protein as a nutritional intervention in alleviating manganese and paraquat-mediated oxidative stress in Apis mellifera meda1
The effects of commercial propagation on bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging and worker body size1
Differential gene expression responsible for caste determination at both larval and adult stages of Bombus terrestris1
Inter-colony fights in Tetragonula stingless bees result in temporary mixed-species worker cohorts1
Is acetamiprid really not that harmful to bumblebees (Apidae: Bombus spp.)?1
Scientific note: Polygyny and hierarchy among queens in the stingless bee Melipona quinquefasciata1
De novo genome assembly and annotations of Bombus lapidarius and Bombus niveatus provide insights into the environmental adaptability1
Asymmetry in the ovarioles, mandibular glands and hypopharyngeal glands of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers developing in queenright or queenless colonies1
The effects of anthropogenic toxins on honey bee learning: Research trends and significance1
Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey1
Comparative prevalence of Nosema ceranae infection between wild and managed honey bee(Apis mellifera) colonies in South Texas1
Locomotion and searching behaviour in the honey bee larva depend on nursing interaction1
Distribution widening of a ground-nesting social bee across Europe favored by climate change and urban setting1
Evaluating honey bee foraging behaviour and their impact on pollination success in a mixed almond orchard1
United States port interceptions and predicted climate suitability of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on its identification1
Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols?1
Comparison of two methods for decoding honeybee waggle dances1
Development, behaviour, productivity, and health status of the native honey bee Apis mellifera ruttneri vs. the introduced A. m. ligustica in Malta1
First evidence of large hive beetle (Oplostomus fuligineus) invasion in the Arabian region: a survey-based study of spread and future management1
Thermal preferences of honey bee drones at different ages, depending on the rearing temperature1
Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): chemical profile of the cuticle and possible chemical mimicry in a honeybee (Apis mellifera) pest1
Rapid transformation of traditional beekeeping and colony marketing erode genetic differentiation in Apis mellifera simensis, Ethiopia1
Correction to: Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics1
Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA1
Correction to: Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)1
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