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- Inferring plant-bee-microbe associations: Foragers, hive workers, and honey tell complementary stories.PloS one · 2026Article
- A propolis-rich hive environment affects redox gene expression and gut microbiota at the individual and social level in honey bees.FEMS microbes · 2026Article
- Exploring Eco-Friendly Microbial Strategies for Nosemosis Control in Honeybee.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Anti-bacterial Properties of Propolis: A Comprehensive Review.Current microbiology · 2025Review
- Microbiota Associated WithEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- Diet affects reproductive development and microbiota composition in honey bees.Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- AnEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- Thinking inside the box: Restoring the propolis envelope facilitates honey bee social immunity.PloS one · 2024Article
- Effects of ingested essential oils and propolis extracts on honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) health and gut microbiota.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023Article
- Social Interaction is Unnecessary for Hindgut Microbiome Transmission in Honey Bees: The Effect of Diet and Social Exposure on Tissue-Specific Microbiome Assembly.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Ecology of Pollen Storage in Honey Bees: Sugar Tolerant Yeast and the Aerobic Social Microbiota.Insects · 2023Article
- Developing Strategies to Help Bee Colony Resilience in Changing Environments.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Global similarity, and some key differences, in the metagenomes of Swedish varroa-surviving and varroa-susceptible honeybees.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of propolis in maintaining oral health: a scoping review.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2021Article
- Can Propolis Be a Useful Adjuvant in Brain and Neurological Disorders and Injuries? A Systematic Scoping Review of the Latest Experimental Evidence.Biomedicines · 2021Article
- Resin Use by Stingless Bees: A Review.Insects · 2021Review
- Antiviral, Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antiparasitic Properties of Propolis: A Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Overwintering Honey Bee Colonies: Effect of Worker Age and Climate on the Hindgut Microbiota.Insects · 2021Article
- Propolis in Metabolic Syndrome and Its Associated Chronic Diseases: A Narrative Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Honeybee Gut Mycobiota Cluster by Season Versus the Microbiota Which Cluster by Gut Segment.Veterinary sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
Honey bees collect and apply plant resins to the interior of their nest cavity, in order to form a layer around the nest cavity called a propolis envelope. Propolis displays antimicrobial activity against honey bee pathogens, but the effect of propolis on the honey bee microbiome is unknown. Honey bees do not intentionally consume propolis, but they do manipulate propolis with their mouthparts. Because honey bee mouthparts are used for collecting and storing nectar and pollen, grooming and trophallaxis between adults, feeding larvae, and cleaning the colony, they are an important interface between the bees' external and internal environments and serve as a transmission route for core gut bacteria and pathogens alike. We hypothesized that the antimicrobial activity of an experimentally applied propolis envelope would influence the bacterial diversity and abundance of the worker mouthpart microbiome. The results revealed that the mouthparts of worker bees in colonies with a propolis envelope exhibited a significantly lower bacterial diversity and significantly higher bacterial abundance compared to the mouthparts of bees in colonies without a propolis envelope. Based on the taxonomic results, the propolis envelope appeared to reduce pathogenic or opportunistic microbes and promote the proliferation of putatively beneficial microbes on the honey bee mouthparts, thus reinforcing the core microbiome of the mouthpart niche.
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