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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Topical exposure of honey bee queens to heat-inactivated Israeli acute paralysis virus does not protect their offspring against active infection47
The impact of floral diversity on bumblebee colony development and pollination efficacy among foragers 42
Dietary dopamine supplementation has no effect on ovary activity in queen-less or queen-right honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers38
A scientific note on flower search and floral handling pattern determining flower constancy in bumblebees28
Bombus-plant interactions defined by bipartite network analysis in an underexplored Mediterranean island (Sicily)27
Relative effectiveness of methods that sample worker honey bees to estimate Varroa destructor populations in Apis mellifera colonies20
Natural viral infection, individual immunity, and flight performance in honey bee Apis mellifera drones19
The impact of chronic exposure to field-level thiamethoxam on sunflower visitation and yield for Apis cerana17
Vitellogenin in the honey bee midgut17
Tropical stingless bees exhibit pronounced positive phototaxis to the ultraviolet component of sunlight16
Cognitive impairment caused by abdominal exposure with fluvalinate in the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera14
Effects of coumaphos on locomotor activities of different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies and ecotypes14
Correction to: Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning13
Nutritional profiling of common eastern North American pollen species with implications for bee diet and pollinator health13
Scientific note: Phoretic interaction between Antherophagus (Coleoptera) and Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera), using Chuquiraga jussieui (Asteraceae) as transfer stations in the páramos13
Species redescription and nest architecture of Plebeia flavocincta (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)12
The development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect American foulbrood in managed honey bee populations12
Varroa resistance in Apis cerana: a review12
Natural habitat cover and fragmentation per se influence orchid-bee species richness in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado12
Eggs of the bee Osmia lignaria endure weeks of prolonged cold weather12
A filmed copulation of Ctenoplectra (Ctenoplectrini, Apidae) bees suggests that males may chemically mark females11
Evidence of sociality in European small Carpenter bees (Ceratina)11
Markerless tracking of bumblebee foraging allows for new metrics of bee behavior and demonstrations of increased foraging efficiency with experience10
A qPCR assay for sensitive and rapid detection of African A-lineage honey bees (Apis mellifera)10
The use of drone congregation behaviour for population surveys of the honey bee Apis cerana10
Correction to: Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics10
Gene flow among populations of Xylocopa frontalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) of islands and continent: is the sea a geographical barrier?10
Males from multiple colonies improve queen mating success in the bumblebee Bombus lantschouensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)10
Fuel provisioning for pollen collection by solitary bee, Andrena taraxaci orienticola10
Effect of Osmia bicornis supplemental pollination on seed yield of forest seed orchards9
Crushing corn pollen grains increased diet digestibility and hemolymph protein content while decreasing honey bee consumption9
Immediate and long-term effects of induced brood interruptions on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor9
Age-performance and intensity of grooming behavior toward Varroa destructor in resistant and susceptible Apis mellifera colonies9
Managed honeybee hives and the diversity of wild bees in a dryland nature reserve9
Effectiveness of an ethanol extract of jet black ant nests for combatting nosemosis in apiary honey bees8
A scientific note on the differential handling behaviour of two large carpenter bees on an inverted keel flower8
Effect of land-use intensity and adjacent semi-natural habitats on wild and honey bees of meadows8
Nesting biology of Centris aethyctera (Centridini, Apidae) in an estuarine environment8
Accessibility and resource quality drive flower visitation patterns among native perennial species8
Haplotype diversity and Varroa destructor infestation patterns in commercial beekeeping operations across Southwestern Saudi Arabia8
Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA8
Nesting ecology of the bee Hylaeus (Hylaeopsis) platensis n. sp. (Colletidae, Hylaeinae) with description of its parasite, Grotea hylaeivora n. sp. (Ichneumonidae, Labeninae)8
Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)7
The high Wolbachia infection does not drive Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sex bias and population genetic structure7
Effect of climate seasonality and vegetation cover on floral resource selection by two stingless bee species7
The effects of instrumental insemination on selected and unselected breeding characteristics in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)7
Disparate continental scale patterns in floral host breadth of Australian colletid bees (Colletidae: Hymenoptera)7
Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning7
More than the usual suspect: diversity of pollinators of chayote (Sechium edule) at high elevations in Chiapas, Mexico7
Nuclear translocation of vitellogenin in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)6
Acute toxicity of sublethal concentrations of thiacloprid and clothianidin to immune response and oxidative status of honey bees6
Macroalgal extracts as an alternative for the control of Paenibacillus larvae6
Rapid transformation of traditional beekeeping and colony marketing erode genetic differentiation in Apis mellifera simensis, Ethiopia6
Possibility to change the body size in worker bees by a combination of small-cell and standard-cell combs in the same nest6
Correction to: Wide genetic diversity in Old World honey bees threaten by introgression6
The time of day matters when it comes to yellowjackets’ attacks on honey bees and lavender essential oil can deter wasps from hives6
Varroa mites exhibit strong host fidelity despite spatial desegregation of mite and host species in Vietnam6
Commercial honey bee keeping compromises wild bee conservation in Mediterranean nature reserves6
Locomotion and searching behaviour in the honey bee larva depend on nursing interaction6
Long-term monitoring of changes in the native bumblebee community after alien species (Bombus terrestris) invasion and estimation of factors affecting its abundance6
Resin foraging interactions in stingless bees: an ecological synthesis using multilayer networks6
The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure6
Oxidative stress and apoptosis in Asian honey bees (A. cerana) exposed to multiple pesticides in intensive agricultural landscape6
Potential of whey protein as a nutritional intervention in alleviating manganese and paraquat-mediated oxidative stress in Apis mellifera meda6
First report of phoresy by silken fungus beetles on Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini) in the Southern Andes of Ecuador6
Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee5
Interaction between Vespula germanica and Apis mellifera in Patagonia Argentina apiaries5
Bee community composition, but not diversity, is influenced by floret size in cultivated sunflowers5
Long-term Vespa velutina nigrithorax pressure: Honey bee risk survival to alien invasion5
Sperm comet assay as a novel tool in assessing genotoxicity in high-mortality honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations5
Asymmetry in the ovarioles, mandibular glands and hypopharyngeal glands of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers developing in queenright or queenless colonies5
Biting behavior against Varroa mites in honey bees is associated with changes in mandibles, with tracking by a new mobile application for mite damage identification5
Oil flowers of Malpighiaceae and its oil-collecting bees: loyalty and robbery in a highly specialized system5
Scientific note: Polygyny and hierarchy among queens in the stingless bee Melipona quinquefasciata5
Side effects of imidacloprid, ethion, and hexaflumuron on adult and larvae of honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae)5
Honey bees in Chile: a national survey of ancestry and admixture4
Stingless bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) foragers prioritise resin and reduce pollen foraging after hive splitting4
Effects of queen excluders on the colony dynamics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under biodynamic management4
Effects of imidacloprid on survival and nest development in the neo-tropical bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus4
Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction4
Comparative prevalence of Nosema ceranae infection between wild and managed honey bee(Apis mellifera) colonies in South Texas4
Lithium chloride leads to concentration dependent brood damages in honey bee hives (Apis mellifera) during control of the mite Varroa destructor4
Honey bee-collected pollen richness and protein content across an agricultural land-use gradient4
A scientific note on pollinators’ ability to overcome exploitation barriers: deep hummingbird-evolved corollas and small-sized bees4
Monitoring of hive weight changes in various landscapes4
Comparative cytogenetic analysis reveals chromosomal variability in five stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)4
Fatty acid profile of Apis mellifera workers in the face of an immune challenge4
Age-related changes in cuticular hydrocarbon bouquet and same-sex sexual behavior of mason bee males (Osmia cornuta and O. bicornis)4
Scientific note: Imidacloprid found in wild plants downstream permanent greenhouses in Sweden4
Genetic diversity and population genetic structure analysis of Apis mellifera subspecies in Algeria and Europe based on complementary sex determiner (CSD) gene4
Correction to: Minus-C subfamily has diverged from Classic odorant-binding proteins in honeybees4
A scientific note on neotropical bumblebees Bombus (Thoracobombus) excellens4
Genetic parameters, trends, and inbreeding in a honeybee breeding program for royal jelly production and behavioral traits4
Reproduction of Varroa destructor does not elicit varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) or recapping behaviour in honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera)4
Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements4
A fully automatic classification of bee species from wing images3
Identification of reference genes for gene expression analysis at different developmental stages of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)3
Endochitinase from the Microsporidia Nosema ceranae facilitates infection in the honey bee Apis mellifera3
Scientific note: First report of small hive beetle in South Asia and their potential invasive pathway3
Thermal preferences of honey bee drones at different ages, depending on the rearing temperature3
Phylogenetic structure and ecological niche modeling of the red dwarf honey bee across its native range3
Molecular examination of nosemosis and foulbrood pathogens in honey bee populations from southeastern Morocco3
Meta-analysis on the effect of bacterial interventions on honey bee productivity and the treatment of infection3
A gene drive does not spread easily in populations of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor3
A scientific note on resurgence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) as a pest for Apis mellifera jamenitica in Sudan3
Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety3
When is it necessary to avoid your enemies? A stingless bee ignores aggressive competitor cues to explore food sources3
The dose makes the poison: feeding of antibiotic-treated winter honey bees, Apis mellifera, with probiotics and b-vitamins3
Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor3
Overview of the testing and assessment of effects of microbial pesticides on bees: strengths, challenges and perspectives3
Apis laboriosa confirmed by morphometric and genetic analyses of giant honey bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from sites of sympatry in Arunachal Pradesh, North East India3
Drone cell cappings of Asian cavity-nesting honey bees (Apis spp.)3
The botanical origin of cerumen and propolis of Indian stingless bees (Tetragonula iridipennis Smith): pollen spectrum does not accurately indicate latex and resin sources3
Proline and β-alanine influence bumblebee nectar consumption without affecting survival3
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)3
Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): chemical profile of the cuticle and possible chemical mimicry in a honeybee (Apis mellifera) pest3
Correction to: Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements3
Seed treatment with neonicotinoid insecticides does not affect the foraging behavior of honey bees3
The stingless bee Trigona fulviventris prefers sweet and salty over savory nectar3
Global invasion risk of Apocephalus borealis, a honey bee parasitoid3
Current status of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida in Latin America3
Insect sociality plays a major role in a highly complex flower-visiting network in the neotropical savanna3
Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)2
Genetic diversity and population structure of Apis cerana complementary sex determiner (csd) genes in China2
Next-generation colony weight monitoring: a review and prospectus2
Karyotypic variation in the stingless bee Trigona spinipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from different geographical regions of Brazil2
The longevity of queen honey bees (Apis mellifera) is associated with the increase of cellular activities through the cAMP/PKA and RAS/MAPK signaling pathways2
The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones2
Nesting biology of two species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Paratetrapedia s.l. (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) in Argentina2
Lower pollen nutritional quality delays nest building and egg laying in Bombus terrestris audax micro-colonies leading to reduced biomass gain2
Sex and caste effects on the vibrational sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)2
Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach2
Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey2
Synergistic effects of imidacloprid and high temperature on honey bee colonies2
Scientific note about the negative impacts of male competition on Epicharis albofasciata mating2
Reproductive quality in drones bred from Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) and Italian (A. m. ligustica) honey bee colonies2
Coeffects of diet and neonicotinoid exposure on honeybee mobility and food choice2
Dynamics of honey bee colony death and its implications for Varroa destructor mite transmission using observation hives2
Heat resistance variability in the Lebanese bee fauna2
Towards integrated pollination management in Spanish almond orchards2
Dietary consumption of the plant phytochemical, gelsemine, by worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) affects queen bee egg laying2
Scientific note: the nesting behaviour of two large carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Vietnam2
The role of native and exotic bees in Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito pollination: the effects of pollination intensity and visits on commercial fruits2
Nutrigenetic comparison of two Varroa-resistant honey bee stocks fed pollen and spirulina microalgae2
Evaluating honey bee foraging behaviour and their impact on pollination success in a mixed almond orchard2
Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension2
Stingless bees in urban areas: low body size and high frequency of diploid males at mating congregations of Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Mérida, Yucatán, México2
One for the road: bumble bees consume pollen at flowers2
Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)1
The selection traits of mite non-reproduction (MNR) and Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) show high variance in subsequent generations and require intensive time investment to evaluate1
Behaviour of honeybees integrated into bumblebee nests and the responses of their hosts1
Scientific note: a stingless bee species attempting to invade a foreign region1
Minus-C subfamily has diverged from Classic odorant-binding proteins in honeybees1
First evidence of large hive beetle (Oplostomus fuligineus) invasion in the Arabian region: a survey-based study of spread and future management1
Correction to: Coffee cover surrounding forest patches negatively affect Euglossini bee communities1
Assessing Varroa destructor acaricide resistance in Apis mellifera colonies of Virginia1
Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees1
Inter-colony fights in Tetragonula stingless bees result in temporary mixed-species worker cohorts1
Immune-related gene expression in honey bee larva (Apis mellifera) exposed to plant extracts from Humulus lupulus with antimicrobial activity against Paenibacillus larvae1
Three pillars of Varroa control1
Methoxyfenozide has minimal effects on replacement queens but may negatively affect sperm storage1
Correction to: Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)1
A scientific note on a description and behavior of a gynandromorph of the orchid bee Euglossa (Glossura) chalybeata (Hymenoptera, Apidae)1
Genetic diversity and population structure of the Saharan honey bee Apis mellifera sahariensis from southeastern Morocco: introgression assessment and implications for conservation1
Identification of gallic acid in Trapa bispinosa as an effective inhibitor of the vegetative growth and spore germination of Paenibacillus larvae1
Is acetamiprid really not that harmful to bumblebees (Apidae: Bombus spp.)?1
The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance1
Body size and age of drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) affect the structure and characteristics of mating congregations via dispersal1
The effects of anthropogenic toxins on honey bee learning: Research trends and significance1
Leafcutter bee preference of plant saplings in plant nurseries: context for future research and conservation1
Vertical stratification in orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini)?: a meta-analysis1
Correction to: Disparate continental scale patterns in floral host breadth of Australian colletid bees (Colletidae: Hymenoptera)1
Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography1
Coffee cover surrounding forest patches negatively affect Euglossini bee communities1
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)1
Current genetic diversity of managed and commercially produced Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina inferred by wing geometric morphometrics and COI-COII mtDNA locus1
Patterns of nest-site selection by Colletes thoracicus within a forested watershed1
The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure1
The effects of diet enhancement on the health of commercial bumblebee colonies1
Residual effect of imidacloprid and beta-cyfluthrin on Africanized Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) workers1
The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny1
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