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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Honey bee colony winter loss rates for 35 countries participating in the COLOSS survey for winter 2018–2019, and the effects of a new queen on the risk of colony winter loss	95
Propolis extraction methods: a review	70
Standard methods for Apis mellifera honey research	40
Summer brood interruption as integrated management strategy for effective Varroa control in Europe	39
Probiotic properties of bacteria isolated from bee bread of stingless bee Heterotrigona itama	28
Honey bee colony loss rates in 37 countries using the COLOSS survey for winter 2019–2020: the combined effects of operation size, migration and queen replacement	28
Essential oils against Varroa destructor: a soft way to fight the parasitic mite of Apis mellifera	26
Glyphosate-based herbicides and Nosema sp. microsporidia reduce honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) survivability under laboratory conditions	25
Standard methods for pollen research	25
Identification of novel anti-inflammatory peptides from bee pollen (Apis mellifera) hydrolysate in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages	25
A national survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Informed Partnership for 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20	22
Isolation and identification of lactic acid bacteria from the intestinal tracts of honey bees, Apis mellifera L., in Egypt	20
Brazilian bee pollen: phenolic content, antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activity	19
Changes of Western honey bee Apis mellifera ligustica (Spinola, 1806) ventriculus microbial profile related to their in-hive tasks	18
Evaluation of antioxidant properties and determination of phenolic and carotenoid profiles of chestnut bee pollen collected from Turkey	17
Standard methods for Apis mellifera venom research	17
Investigation of free-living honey bee colonies in Ireland	16
Factors affecting propolis production	16
Visualising and mapping a decade of literature on honey research: a bibliometric analysis from 2011 to 2020	15
Influence of winter feeding on colony development and the antioxidant system of the honey bee, Apis mellifera	15
Influence of neonicotinoids on pollinators: A review	14
Main honey botanical components and techniques for identification: a review	14
Out of Africa: novel source of small hive beetles infesting Eastern and Western honey bee colonies in China	13
The use of propolis for preventing and treating Nosema ceranae infection in western honey bee (Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1787) workers	12
Comparison of the physicochemical characteristics of sidr (Ziziphus spp.) honey produced by Apis florea F. and Apis mellifera L.	12

Factors influencing beekeepers income, productivity and welfare in developing countries: a scoping review	11
Protein feed stimulates the development of mandibular glands of honey bees (Apis mellifera)	11
Characterization of physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Bayburt honey from the North-east part of Turkey	11
Determination of multi-pesticide residues in honey with a modified QuEChERS procedure followed by LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS	11
Apicultural practice and disease prevalence in Apis mellifera, New Zealand: a longitudinal study	11
The COLOSS BEEBOOK: global standards in honey bee research	10
Preliminary trials on effects of lithium salts on Varroa destructor, honey and wax matrices	10
Turkish royal jelly: amino acid, physicochemical, antioxidant, multi-elemental, antibacterial and fingerprint profiles by analytical techniques combined with chemometrics	10
Analysis of beeswax adulteration with paraffin using GC/MS, FTIR-ATR and Raman spectroscopy	9
Chemical profile οf Greek Arbutus unedo honey: biological properties	9
Effects of extraction method, solvent and time on the bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Tetrigona apicalis Malaysian propolis	9
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in South and West Sulawesi, Indonesia: morphology, nest structure, and molecular characteristics	8
The Asian giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis Smith 1853 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae), a new exotic species for the bee fauna of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)	8
Insight into the chemical composition and biological properties of Mediterranean royal jelly	8
Physicochemical profile, antioxidant activity and mineral contents of honey from stingless bee and honey bee species	8
Diversity of pollen sources used by managed honey bees in variegated landscapes	8
On Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) in hives of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Campeche, México	8
Determination of amitraz and its metabolites residue in honey and beeswax after Apivar^® treatment in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies	8
Distribution modeling of Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in different climates of Iran	8
Honeys derived from plants of the coastal sandplains of Western Australia: antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and other characteristics	8
Morphological diversity of Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) in Croatia and Slovenia	8
Determining the dose of oxalic acid applied via vaporization needed for the control of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) pestVarroa destructor	8
DoBeauveria bassianaandMetarhizium anisopliaeaffect worker survival and the production of AfricanizedApis melliferaqueens?	8
Chemical profiling, biological properties and environmental contaminants of stingless bee honey and propolis	8
Bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity, fatty acid composition, and antimicrobial activity of propolis from different locations in Turkey	7
Genetic diversity and population structure of orchid bees from the Brazilian savanna	7
The trypanosome Lotmaria passim prevails in honey bees of different ages and stages of development	7
Cultured-dependent and cultured-independent study of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless bee Lepidotrigona terminata	7
Fatty acids and their derivatives from Chlorella vulgaris extracts exhibit in vitro antimicrobial activity against the honey bee pathogen	7
Combined effects of oxalic acid sublimation and brood breaks on Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) and deformed wing virus levels in newly established honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies	7
Effective pollination of greenhouse Galia musk melon (Cucumis meloL. var.reticulatusser.) by afrotropical stingless bee species	7
Effects of glyphosate-based herbicide on royal jelly production of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in field conditions	7
Acaricidal activity of Mentha suaveolens subsp. timija, Chenopodium ambrosioides, and Laurus nobilis essential oils, and their synergistic combinations against the ectopara	7
Prevalence and pathogen detection of Varroa and Tropilaelaps mites in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) apiaries in South Korea	7
Influence of nitrogen, minerals and vitamins supplementation on honey wine production using response surface methodology	7
Natural history and maternal investment of Ceratina cucurbitina, the most common European small carpenter bee, in different European regions	7
Antioxidant enzymes activity during age polyethism in Apis mellifera L., 1758	6
The regenerative potential of honey: a comprehensive literature review	6
The neonicotinoid imidacloprid alone alters the cognitive behavior in Apis mellifera L. and the combined exposure of imidacloprid and Varroa destructor mites synergistically contributes	6
Some biological aspects of honey bee colonies in relation to the age of beeswax combs	6
Isolation and identification of lactic acid bacteria from stored Apis mellifera honey	6
Protein and phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of honey bee-collected unifloral pollen pellets from Finland	6
Evaluating the effects of different drying methods, carrier materials and their ratios to produce bioactive honey-like powder	6
Effect of cold narcosis on foraging behavior of European honey bees (Apis mellifera ligustica) tracked using a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system	6
Local ecological knowledge of beekeeping with stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in Central Veracruz, Mexico	6
Flight range and resource loading-unloading behavior of stingless beeTetragonula iridipennis(Smith)	6
Review on physico-chemical properties of honey in Eastern Africa	6
Delayed flight time of drones and queens as a method for mating control in small-scale honey bee breeding	6
Hand pollination and natural pollination by carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp.) in Passiflora edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa Deg. (yellow passion fruit)	6
Honey bee losses and pesticides threat: an Asian perspective	6

Physicochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of selected Malaysian honey as treated at different temperature: A comparative study	5
On the impact of critical factors to honeydew honey production: the case of Marchalina hellenica and pine honey	5
Assessment of connectivity between core habitats of the red dwarf honey bees in Iran based on climate and environmental niche modeling	5
Interactions between sublethal doses of thiamethoxam and Nosema ceranae in the honey bee, Apis mellifera	5
Morphometric identification of the endemic Maltese honey bee (Apis mellifera ruttneri)	5
More time to fly: with a warming climate the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera, Linnaeus) now has more temperature-eligible flight hours than 40 years ago	5
Palynological and physicochemical properties of multifloral honey produced in some regions of Algeria	5
Use of physicochemical, FTIR and chemometric analysis for quality assessment of selected monofloral honeys	5
Preliminary analysis shows that feral and managed honey bees in Southern California have similar levels of viral pathogens	5
Purification and characteristics of individual major royal jelly protein 1–3	5
Selection of stable reference genes for real-time quantitative PCR in honey bee pesticide toxicity studies	5
Co-occurrence of Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae in honey bees ( Apis mellifera L.) from six states in t	5
Historical, current, and future climate niche of the red dwarf honey bee across its native range	5
COLOSS survey: global impact of COVID-19 on bee research	5
A century of discovery: Mining 100 years of honey bee research	5
Anti-nosemosis activity of phenolic compounds derived from Artemisia dubia and Aster scaber	5
Prevalence of nosemosis in honey bees (Apis mellifera L., 1758) of the Hatay province in Turkey	5
African endemic stingless bees as an efficient alternative pollinator to honey bees in greenhouse cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L)	5
Analysis on floral nectar characteristics among the selected black locust (Robinia spp.) individuals	5
The first molecular characterization of Lake Sinai virus in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) and Varroa destructor mites in Iran	5
Mitochondrial and nuclear diversity of colonies of varying origins: contrasting patterns inferred from the intergenic tRNA^leu-cox2 region and immune SNPs	5
Physicochemical differentiation of stingless bee honeys from Costa Rica	5
Temperature-dependent development and survival of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)	5
Assessment of synthetic acaricide residues in Royal Jelly	5
Beebread consumption by honey bees is fast: results of a six-week field study	5
Chemical composition and biological activities of Cypriot propolis	5
A scientific note on the comparison of PCR based quantification methods of Melissococcus plutonius in honey bees	4
Coexistence between selected pathogens in honey bee workers	4
Simple methods of analyzing proteins and amino acids in small pollen samples	4
Lasioglossumbees – the forgotten pollinators	4
The use of infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis for the quick detection of adulterated beeswax	4
Antioxidant, antiradical and antipyretic effects of olive oil extract of propolis	4
Bumble bee nest thermoregulation: a field study	4
Effects of abamectin and acetamiprid pesticides on the survival and behavior of Scaptotrigona aff. xanthotricha (Apidae, Meliponini)	4
Antimicrobial activity of 4-hydroxyderricin, sophoraflavanone G, acetylshikonin, and kurarinone against the bee pathogenic bacteria Paenibacillus larvae and Melissococcus plutonius	4
History of the displacement of the European dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) in Denmark	4
Effect of supplemental pantothenic acid on lipid metabolism and antioxidant function of Apis mellifera worker bees	4
The melittofauna and its floral associations in a natural riparian forest in Buenos Aires province, Argentina	4
The newly rising meliponiculture and research on stingless bees in China–a mini review	4
Cytotaxonomy and karyotype evolution in Neotropical Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) inferred by chromosomal mapping of 18S rDNA and five microsatellites	4
Origins and development of apitherapy and apitourism	4
A new fluorescent method to determine honey bee sperm motility parameters with computer-aided sperm analysis	4
Biochemical, physicochemical and melissopalynological analyses of two multifloral honey types from Brazil and their influence on mead production	4
The microbiological quality of fresh bee pollen during the harvesting process	4
Spatial distribution of recapping behaviour indicates clustering around Varroa infested cells	4
Pollen diversity and protein content in differentially degraded semi-arid landscapes in Kenya	4
Are there differences in the diversity of bees between organic and conventional agroecosystems in the Pampa biome?	4
Flower visitors in agricultural farms of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: Do forests act as pollinator reservoirs?	4
Notes on the nesting ecology of the Megachile bees from North India	4
Investigation of the efficacy of some biopesticides by food exposure on Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	4
Super/subcritical fluid extraction combined with ultrasound-assisted ethanol extraction in propolis development	4
Botanical origin, microbiological quality and physicochemical composition of the Melipona scutellaris pot-pollen (“samburá”) from Bahia (Brazil) Region	4
Effects of chestnut hydrolysable tannin enrichment in the artificial diet of forager bees, Apis mellifera	4
Chemical composition and in vitro biological studies of volatile oils from Nigerian bee propolis	4
Effect of the number of spermatozoa entering the spermatheca on the onset of oviposition in naturally mated and instrumentally inseminated queen honey bees	4
Antioxidants activity and physicochemical properties of honey from social bees of the Brazilian semiarid region	4
Sperm characteristics of Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drones during dry and wet seasons in the Caatinga biome	4
Insect pollinators decline: an emerging concern of Anthropocene epoch	4
Occurrence of pesticide residues in Brazilian Apis mellifera beeswax by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and pesticide hazard evaluation	4
Nosema ceranae and RNA viruses in honey bee populations of Cuba	4
Current state of knowledge on the biology and breeding of the solitary bee –Osmia bicornis	4