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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Development and applications of in vitro artificial rearing of honey bee larvae	123
Biology of Iraí ( Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836)) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini): systematic review of an important species for melipo	120
Seasonal variation in honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) venom extraction and its effect on colony performance	77
Can larval Osmia bees (Megachilidae) tolerate conifer resin volatiles?	58
Standard methods for direct observation of honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) nuptial flights	30
Changes in worker retinue behaviors during early establishment of adult honey bee queens	27
Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens	26
First attempt to identify and prioritise best beekeeping practices with a multi-actor approach in the EU	19
Assessing the environmental, social and economic sustainability of beekeeping activities	17
Viruses in Brazilian stingless bees	17
Increased levels of introgression evident in Irish honey bees	17
Comparison of the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of honeys produced by Apis mellifera and four stingless bee species from the miombo vegetation in Western Ta	15
Bee brood as traditional human food on Andros Island, Greece	15
Assessment of advanced lures through gel and spray application for the attraction of honey bee swarms	15
Morphometric and genetic analyses show differentiation of the widely distributed stingless bee Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) across geographic regions in Mexico	14
A morphological description of “Cyclops” honey bee ( Apis mellifera L. )	13
Exploring the susceptibility of Bombus eximius (apidae, hymenoptera) to Nosema ceranae (microsporidia: nos	13
The dark European honey bee Apis mellifera mellifera in Lithuania: data on mitotype diversity of native bee population	13
Physicochemical patterns and determination of metals in honey from different species of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae)	12
Sub-lethal exposure to bioinsecticides impairs hypopharyngeal gland development in hybrid nurse bees ( Apis mellifera L.)	11
A first approach in the correlation of pathogens load affecting Bombus pauloensis to the land use in Buenos Aires Province	11
Development of Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell, 1918) queens by in vitro culture for conservation purposes	10
Using black solider fly larvae ( Hermetia illucens ) to clean unwanted beeswax from equipment	10
Beekeeping practices and challenges in Algeria: a SWOT-based survey analysis	10
Understanding the differential performance in hygienic behavior against dead brood of drones and workers of Apis mellifera : a chemical approach	10

Plant protection products and pollinators: a cross-country study on beekeeper awareness, risk perception, and interactions with farmers	9
Mitochondrial haplotypes of free-living honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County, California	9
Drying kinetics and chemical profile of propolis extract from Heterotrigona itama	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
Flight ranges of Tetragonula “nr” pagdeni and standardization of hive density for profitable coriander production in the semi-arid region	9
The COLOSS BEEBOOK : developments and renewal	9
Deformed wing virus in bee bread: infectivity and thermal inactivation	9
In pursuit of the ultimate pollen substitute (insect larvae) for honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) feed	8
First record of Leptus sp. larvae on Melipona scutellaris	8
Precision apiculture system: honey traceability from hive to spoon	8
Honey bee colony population annual dynamics in northern Ethiopia’s semi-arid region, Tigray	8
Best practices for colony management: a neglected aspect for improving honey bee colony health and productivity in Africa	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
Beekeeping under climate change	7
Bacterial diversity associated with Apis cerana himalaya Smith 1991 across altitudinal gradients in the eastern hill region of India	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
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
Chemical fingerprints of the organic varietal aroeira honey supports geographical indication area expansion in Minas Gerais, Brazil	7
An update on gynandromorphism records in the Meliponini tribe (Hymenoptera: Apidae): first case in Melipona flavolineata	7
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
A novel approach for improved honey identification and scientific definition: a case of buckwheat honey	6
The effect of migratory beekeeping on Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) microbiota – a first report	6
The effect of bumble bee gynes’ reproductive status on the response to CO ₂ narcosis	6
Comparative proteomics analysis of the head proteins of worker honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) in production stage of royal jelly	6
Could hive debris samples and qPCR ease the investigation of factors influencing Paenibacillus larvae spore loads?	6
Analytical method for the detection of prohibited substances in medicinal biopreparations used in beehives	6
Factors influencing pollinator abundance in indigenous coffee farms of the Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India	6
Feeding Apis mellifera with Moringa oleifera and Dipteryx alata	6
Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) pests of honey bee colonies in Cameroon	6
Quality evaluation of gallnut honey collected from different geographical areas of China	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
Sustainable development outlooks to subsistent apiculture in a transition: the case of Ethiopia	6
Special issue on stingless bees	6
Phylogenetic analysis of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: nitidulidae) from Reunion Island	6
Evaluation of genotoxic and genoprotective effects of Agaricus bisporus extract on AmE-711 honey bee cell line in the Comet assay	5
Harmful effects in vivo of formic acid on honey bee brood development evaluated with AI-based HiveAnalyzer© software	5
Acute bee paralysis virus field isolates from apiaries suffering colony losses in Türkiye	5
Does diatomaceous earth (DE) cause mortality on Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris ?	5
Variability of Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae infection level in individual honey bees and its implications on the pooled sample size	5
Comparative blueberry pollination efficacy of Bombus terrestris and two Apis species in greenhouses	5
Environmental and social drivers of beekeeping in the Gulf of Mexico region	5
The influence of an analog of juvenile hormone on the silk gland of Africanized Apis mellifera larvae reared in vitro	5
Effects of advanced chelate-based mineral supplement on adult worker honey bees’ ( Apis mellifera L.) survival, nutritional indices, hypopharyngeal gland	5
Nutritional requirements and effect of nectar and pollen substitute diets on Apis mellifera L. colonies: a review	5
The influence of sub-lethal neonicotinoid doses and ambient temperature on individual Apis mellifera scutellata flight efficiency	5
Predation behaviour of the pseudoscorpion, Chelifer cancroides , against Varroa destructor in the presence	5
A new variant of slow bee paralysis virus revealed by transcriptome analysis	5
Effect of pasteurization, dehumidification, refrigeration and maturation on the composition, quality and acceptability of Scaptotrigona depilis honey	5
Volatile constituents of different smoking materials in bee honey harvesting and detection of mean differences in calming time using completely randomized design	5

Characteristics of honey bee physiological proteins extracted from faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) honey	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
Effects of honey bee queen exposure to deformed wing virus-A on queen and juvenile infection and colony strength metrics	5
Task specific behavior of Indian honey bee ( Apis cerana indica ) workers	5
Beneficial effect of sodium butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, on the honey bee’s ( Apis mellifera ) immune response and oxidative status	5
Contribution of phenolics to the antioxidant potential of propolis from Tetragonula laeviceps and Tetragonula pegdeni and its correlation	5
Honey bee gut bacterial communities’ characterisation across different ecosystem qualities in the department of Boyacá, Colombia	5
Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads	5
Old strategies as modern solutions, shook swarming reduced Varroa destructor infestation rates of managed honey bee, Apis mellifera , colo	4
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
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
Honey bees colonies in Eucalyptus grandis plantation: when the excess of nectar and pollen limits the queen’s oviposition	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
Lack of brood cell recapping in Irish honey bees: a possible trade-off with chalkbrood resistance?	4
Bee bread from Anatolia: its chemical composition, phenolic and aromatic profiles, and antioxidant properties	4
Data mining hive inspections: more frequently inspected honey bee colonies have higher over-winter survival rates	4
Choice of forage plants by the giant honey bee Apis laboriosa Smith in a captive condition outside their native geographic range	4
Testing the selectiveness of electric harps: a mitigation method for reducing Asian hornet impact at beehives	4
Diversity and foraging behavior assessment of watermelon pollinators in Tizi-Ouzou area (Algeria)	4
Bioactive properties of honeys from stingless bees and Apis mellifera bees in the food industry	4
Experimental parameters affecting the outcomes of amitraz resistance testing in Varroa destructor	4
RNAi can be effective for the control of Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies	4
Bee tourism: apiculture and sustainable development in rural areas	4
Time series analysis of Varroa destructor counts in Ontario honey bee colonies and their association with weather variables	4
Drone sperm ( Apis mellifera ) quality through the season in the argentinean pampa, an input for artificial insemination timing within selected lineages	4
Aggression between invasive hymenopterans in Southern California: scutellata -hybrids versus German yellowjackets	4
Honey produced by apini and meliponini in Brazil: multivariate analysis of physicochemical parameters, sugar and metabolite profiles	4
Lipid oxidation and antioxidant properties of propolis collected in different regions of Turkey	4
Morphometrical analyses revealed high diversity of the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) in mountains and islands in China	4
Global range of Tropilaelaps mercedesae	4
Panuwan Chantawannakul	4