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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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The time of day matters when it comes to yellowjackets’ attacks on honey bees and lavender essential oil can deter wasps from hives63
The high Wolbachia infection does not drive Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sex bias and population genetic structure35
Immediate and long-term effects of induced brood interruptions on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor27
Orally administered lactic-acid bacteria provide protection against cypermethrin in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona mexicana25
Accessibility and resource quality drive flower visitation patterns among native perennial species19
Gene flow among populations of Xylocopa frontalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) of islands and continent: is the sea a geographical barrier?19
Nuclear translocation of vitellogenin in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)19
Wild and managed bee communities in canola respond to landscape context and farm management18
Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction16
Global invasion risk of Apocephalus borealis, a honey bee parasitoid16
Honey bee-collected pollen richness and protein content across an agricultural land-use gradient14
Biting behavior against Varroa mites in honey bees is associated with changes in mandibles, with tracking by a new mobile application for mite damage identification13
Glyphosate-based herbicide increases the number of foraging trips but does not affect the homing of Bombus terrestris13
Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee13
Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements13
Endochitinase from the Microsporidia Nosema ceranae facilitates infection in the honey bee Apis mellifera12
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
Monitoring of hive weight changes in various landscapes12
Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography11
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)11
Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach11
Scientific note: First report of small hive beetle in South Asia and their potential invasive pathway10
Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees10
Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)10
Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)10
Current genetic diversity of managed and commercially produced Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina inferred by wing geometric morphometrics and COI-COII mtDNA locus10
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
Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension10
Influence of seasonal weather variables and habitat type on numbers of colonies of the giant honey bee in Nepal9
Sublethal exposure to imidacloprid in commercial Apis mellifera colonies in early spring: performance of honey bees and insecticide transference between in-hive products9
Proteomic characterisation of the summer–winter transition in Apis mellifera9
Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour9
Reproductive potential shapes the expression of nurse-to-forager transition genes in the workers of stingless bees (Meliponini)8
The heat is on: impact of heat waves on critical thermal maxima in larvae and adults of solitary bee Osmia bicornis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)8
Chronic exposure to a field-realistic concentration of Closer® SC (24% sulfoxaflor) insecticide impacted the growth and foraging activity of honey bee colonies8
An improved method and apparatus for assessing bee foraging preferences8
The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure8
Main causes of producing honey bee colony losses in southwestern Spain: a novel machine learning-based approach7
Heteroplasmy, inverted repeats, and genetic differentiation of the stingless bee Heterotrigona itama (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) mitochondrial genome7
A scientific note on the strategy of wax collection as rare behavior of Apis mellifera7
A non-destructive approach to assess the gut microbiome of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens using fecal samples7
The post-capping period of the tropical honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor in La Réuion7
Cytogenetic characterization of Austroplebeia australis: evolutionary hints from a stingless bee outside the Neotropical region7
Mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy and phylogenomics of the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)7
Bacterial microbiota associated with the reproductive tissue of stingless bees7
Genetic diversity of Apis mellifera complementary sex determiner (csd) in four Australian breeding populations7
Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives6
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
The role of botanical treatments used in apiculture to control arthropod pests6
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
Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in Slovakia6
Antennal sensilla pattern distribution and odor detection in Bombus pauloensis foragers (Hymenoptera: Apidae)6
Postdiapause mating in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris): a novel strategy for conservation and laboratory breeding6
Morphological and molecular evidence for considering Xylocopa nigrocincta as the senior synonym of Xylocopa suspecta (Apidae: Xylocopini)6
Effectiveness of an ethanol extract of jet black ant nests for combatting nosemosis in apiary honey bees5
The effects of instrumental insemination on selected and unselected breeding characteristics in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)5
The development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect American foulbrood in managed honey bee populations5
Nutritional profiling of common eastern North American pollen species with implications for bee diet and pollinator health5
Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety5
Continuous hive monitoring reveals colony growth and activity differences among mite-resistant and Italian honey bee stocks5
Effect of land-use intensity and adjacent semi-natural habitats on wild and honey bees of meadows5
Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning5
Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)5
Effects of coumaphos on locomotor activities of different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies and ecotypes5
The stingless bee Trigona fulviventris prefers sweet and salty over savory nectar5
Effects of imidacloprid on survival and nest development in the neo-tropical bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus5
The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure5
Bombus-plant interactions defined by bipartite network analysis in an underexplored Mediterranean island (Sicily)5
Crushing corn pollen grains increased diet digestibility and hemolymph protein content while decreasing honey bee consumption5
Natural habitat cover and fragmentation per se influence orchid-bee species richness in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado5
Macroalgal extracts as an alternative for the control of Paenibacillus larvae5
Genetic parameters, trends, and inbreeding in a honeybee breeding program for royal jelly production and behavioral traits5
First report of phoresy by silken fungus beetles on Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini) in the Southern Andes of Ecuador5
Effects of two chordotonal-organ-targeting insecticides on survival and locomotion of Melipona beecheii and Nannotrigona perilampoides (Apidae: Meliponini)4
Nesting behavior of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)4
Spatiotemporal variation of small hive beetle infestation levels in honeybee host colonies4
The dose makes the poison: feeding of antibiotic-treated winter honey bees, Apis mellifera, with probiotics and b-vitamins4
Sex and caste effects on the vibrational sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)4
A scientific note on Bombus haemorrhoidalis: a long-tongued pocket-maker species4
Lithium chloride leads to concentration dependent brood damages in honey bee hives (Apis mellifera) during control of the mite Varroa destructor4
Reproductive quality in drones bred from Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) and Italian (A. m. ligustica) honey bee colonies4
Landscape influences genetic diversity but does not limit gene flow in a Neotropical pollinator4
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 India4
Correction to: Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in slovakia4
Spatio-temporal patterns of Varroa destructor prevalence in Germany inferred from 10-year survey data explain geographic and annual variance in winter colony loss rates of honeybees4
Transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes between the ovary and testis of the honey bee Apis mellifera4
The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny4
Fatty acids profile in the honeybee: metabolic pathways, stressor interactions, and analytical approaches4
Color choice and preference in the tropical orchid bee Euglossa dilemma4
Correction to: Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements4
The condition of the bee colony (Apis mellifera) after exposure to pesticide and their mixtures4
Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons4
Body size and age of drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) affect the structure and characteristics of mating congregations via dispersal4
Methoprene, a juvenile hormone analogue, modifies maturation and emergence in overwintering Osmia rufa L. adults4
Parasitoid flies associated with bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Argentina4
Influence of the agricultural landscape surrounding Apis mellifera colonies on the presence of pesticides in honey4
Dynamics of honey bee colony death and its implications for Varroa destructor mite transmission using observation hives4
The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones4
Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor4
Proline and β-alanine influence bumblebee nectar consumption without affecting survival4
Effects of queen excluders on the colony dynamics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under biodynamic management4
The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance4
The missing queen: a non-invasive method to identify queenless stingless bee hives4
Fuel provisioning for pollen collection by solitary bee, Andrena taraxaci orienticola3
Past, present, and future of SSR molecular markers in bee studies3
Commercial honey bee keeping compromises wild bee conservation in Mediterranean nature reserves3
Scientific note: Phoretic interaction between Antherophagus (Coleoptera) and Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera), using Chuquiraga jussieui (Asteraceae) as transfer stations in the páramos3
Impact of exposure of larvae to boscalid at field concentrations on gene expression in honey bees3
Oxalic acid in cellulose strips: towards an efficient and sustainable approach for the control of Varroa destructor3
New highly discordant chromosome number and cytogenetic characterization in Trigona (Apidae, Meliponini)3
Deconstructing and contextualizing foraging behavior in bumble bees and other central place foragers3
Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics3
Timing of drone flights and observations of other colony behaviors of Apis laboriosa in northern Vietnam3
Evidence of sociality in European small Carpenter bees (Ceratina)3
Impact of Cannabis sativa (L.) inflorescences on the control of artificial Nosema (= Vairimorpha) ceranae infection in honey bees Apis mellifera ligustica (Spinola, 1806)3
A scientific note on flower search and floral handling pattern determining flower constancy in bumblebees3
The invasion of the red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) in Egypt: morphometric assessment and nesting preferences in urban environments3
The significance of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) gnawing off the old brood cells3
Sublethal effects of herbicides clethodim, haloxyfop-P-methyl, and their mixture on honey bee health3
Honey proteome of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris: similarities, differences, and exceptionality compared to honey bee honey as signatures of eusociality evolution3
Acute fipronil toxicity induces high mortality rate for honeybees and stingless bees, with the latter facing heightened risk3
Edge effects on the cavity-nesting hymenopteran communities and their natural enemies within fragmented landscapes3
Estuarine floodplains harbor greater diversity of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) than mangroves in coastal Amazonia3
Age-performance and intensity of grooming behavior toward Varroa destructor in resistant and susceptible Apis mellifera colonies3
Disparate continental scale patterns in floral host breadth of Australian colletid bees (Colletidae: Hymenoptera)3
Correction to: Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning3
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
Octopamine affects gustatory responsiveness and may enhance learning in bumble bees3
Colonization dynamics of the gut flora in western honey bee workers within 7-day post-emergence3
Nesting biology of Tetrapedia amplitarsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini)3
A scientific note on the differential handling behaviour of two large carpenter bees on an inverted keel flower2
Insect sociality plays a major role in a highly complex flower-visiting network in the neotropical savanna2
The role of native and exotic bees in Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito pollination: the effects of pollination intensity and visits on commercial fruits2
Correction to: Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)2
Assessing potential viral transmission between honeybees and hive-infesting ants using novel per-hive co-detection indices2
The botanical origin of cerumen and propolis of Indian stingless bees (Tetragonula iridipennis Smith): pollen spectrum does not accurately indicate latex and resin sources2
A scientific note on neotropical bumblebees Bombus (Thoracobombus) excellens2
Eggs of the bee Osmia lignaria endure weeks of prolonged cold weather2
Nutritional, foraging, and nesting preferences of three species of solitary bees, Megachile rotundata, Megachile pugnata, and Megachile sculpturalis2
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
Short-term storage at 16ºC of semen from Africanized honeybee drones using different extenders2
Evidence of introgression in Cyprian honey bees (Apis mellifera cypria) through geometric morphometrics analysis2
Prairie and edge habitats provide valuable nesting resources for bumble bees (Bombus) in the midwestern U.S2
Side effects of imidacloprid, ethion, and hexaflumuron on adult and larvae of honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae)2
A scientific note on pollinators’ ability to overcome exploitation barriers: deep hummingbird-evolved corollas and small-sized bees2
Deformed wing virus–induced changes in honey bee reception and preference for pollen scents2
Haplotype diversity and Varroa destructor infestation patterns in commercial beekeeping operations across Southwestern Saudi Arabia2
Comparative cytogenetic analysis reveals chromosomal variability in five stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)2
A filmed copulation of Ctenoplectra (Ctenoplectrini, Apidae) bees suggests that males may chemically mark females2
Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey2
Current status of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida in Latin America2
Oxidative stress and apoptosis in Asian honey bees (A. cerana) exposed to multiple pesticides in intensive agricultural landscape2
Likelihood of same diapause fate for nest-adjacent siblings of alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachile rotundata, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)2
Honey bees in Chile: a national survey of ancestry and admixture2
Long-term Vespa velutina nigrithorax pressure: Honey bee risk survival to alien invasion2
Nesting biology of Centris aethyctera (Centridini, Apidae) in an estuarine environment2
De novo genome assembly and annotations of Bombus lapidarius and Bombus niveatus provide insights into the environmental adaptability1
Genomic and nutritional insights into pesticide exposure in western bees (Apis mellifera L.)1
One for the road: bumble bees consume pollen at flowers1
Phylogenetic structure and ecological niche modeling of the red dwarf honey bee across its native range1
Trophic strategies of Epanthidium tigrinum (Schrottky, 1905) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), a multivoltine Neotropical bee species1
A scientific note on resurgence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) as a pest for Apis mellifera jamenitica in Sudan1
Inter-colony fights in Tetragonula stingless bees result in temporary mixed-species worker cohorts1
First evidence of large hive beetle (Oplostomus fuligineus) invasion in the Arabian region: a survey-based study of spread and future management1
Effects of live yeasts and their metabolic products on bumble bee microcolony development1
Rapid transformation of traditional beekeeping and colony marketing erode genetic differentiation in Apis mellifera simensis, Ethiopia1
Asymmetry in the ovarioles, mandibular glands and hypopharyngeal glands of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers developing in queenright or queenless colonies1
Locomotion and searching behaviour in the honey bee larva depend on nursing interaction1
The influence of sublethal neonicotinoid doses on individual Apis mellifera scutellata thermotolerance1
Potential of whey protein as a nutritional intervention in alleviating manganese and paraquat-mediated oxidative stress in Apis mellifera meda1
Coffee cover surrounding forest patches negatively affect Euglossini bee communities1
Distribution widening of a ground-nesting social bee across Europe favored by climate change and urban setting1
Impact of different constant temperatures on the survival of honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)1
Development, behaviour, productivity, and health status of the native honey bee Apis mellifera ruttneri vs. the introduced A. m. ligustica in Malta1
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) cognition under exposure to field-relevant doses of Deltamethrin and Imidacloprid: isolated and combined effects1
Is acetamiprid really not that harmful to bumblebees (Apidae: Bombus spp.)?1
New insights into the unusual nesting biology of the bee Trichocolletes orientalis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Neopasiphaeinae), particularly its larval ‘oil bath’1
Leafcutter bee preference of plant saplings in plant nurseries: context for future research and conservation1
The effects of anthropogenic toxins on honey bee learning: Research trends and significance1
Comparative prevalence of Nosema ceranae infection between wild and managed honey bee(Apis mellifera) colonies in South Texas1
Dietary dopamine supplementation has no effect on ovary activity in queen-less or queen-right honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers1
Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): chemical profile of the cuticle and possible chemical mimicry in a honeybee (Apis mellifera) pest1
Thermal preferences of honey bee drones at different ages, depending on the rearing temperature1
Residual effect of imidacloprid and beta-cyfluthrin on Africanized Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) workers1
Living in harmony with nature: the key to resilience of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Africa1
A scientific note on the transmission of chalkbrood via field collected pollen1
Comparison of two methods for decoding honeybee waggle dances1
Towards integrated pollination management in Spanish almond orchards1
Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols?1
A thirty-two-year (1984–2015) longitudinal analysis of honey bee disease and pathogen prevalence in the USA1
Study of honey bee (Apis mellifera) water preferences: do bees really like dirty water?1
Tangled in natural and synthetic microfibers: prevalence, grooming, and spread across honeybees1
First evaluation of genetic diversity among honeybee populations in Kazakhstan1
Correction to: Disparate continental scale patterns in floral host breadth of Australian colletid bees (Colletidae: Hymenoptera)1
The severe invasion of Sosnowsky’s hogweed Heracleum sosnowskyi favours European honeybees Apis mellifera over other pollinators1
Trace element levels in Italian honeybees and wild plants: which factors matter?1
How long can Varroa destructor survive on its host Apis mellifera?1
Differential gene expression responsible for caste determination at both larval and adult stages of Bombus terrestris1
Scientific note: Polygyny and hierarchy among queens in the stingless bee Melipona quinquefasciata1
Varroa resistance in Apis cerana: a review1
Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA1
A scientific note on ‘Rapid brood decapping’—a method for assessment of honey bee (Apis mellifera) brood infestation with Tropilaelaps mercedesae1
Behaviour of honeybees integrated into bumblebee nests and the responses of their hosts1
Correction to: Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics1
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