Apidologie

Papers
(The median citation count of Apidologie is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Gene flow among populations of Xylocopa frontalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) of islands and continent: is the sea a geographical barrier?64
Accessibility and resource quality drive flower visitation patterns among native perennial species36
The time of day matters when it comes to yellowjackets’ attacks on honey bees and lavender essential oil can deter wasps from hives27
Immediate and long-term effects of induced brood interruptions on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor25
Nuclear translocation of vitellogenin in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)19
The high Wolbachia infection does not drive Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sex bias and population genetic structure19
Orally administered lactic-acid bacteria provide protection against cypermethrin in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona mexicana19
Wild and managed bee communities in canola respond to landscape context and farm management18
Molecular examination of nosemosis and foulbrood pathogens in honey bee populations from southeastern Morocco17
Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction16
Glyphosate-based herbicide increases the number of foraging trips but does not affect the homing of Bombus terrestris16
Biting behavior against Varroa mites in honey bees is associated with changes in mandibles, with tracking by a new mobile application for mite damage identification14
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)13
Monitoring of hive weight changes in various landscapes13
Endochitinase from the Microsporidia Nosema ceranae facilitates infection in the honey bee Apis mellifera13
Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee13
Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)12
Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography12
Identification of gallic acid in Trapa bispinosa as an effective inhibitor of the vegetative growth and spore germination of Paenibacillus larvae12
Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach12
Nesting biology of two species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Paratetrapedia s.l. (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) in Argentina11
Scientific note: First report of small hive beetle in South Asia and their potential invasive pathway11
Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension11
Sublethal exposure to imidacloprid in commercial Apis mellifera colonies in early spring: performance of honey bees and insecticide transference between in-hive products10
Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)10
Proteomic characterisation of the summer–winter transition in Apis mellifera10
Genetic diversity and population structure of Apis cerana complementary sex determiner (csd) genes in China10
Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees10
Current genetic diversity of managed and commercially produced Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina inferred by wing geometric morphometrics and COI-COII mtDNA locus10
An improved method and apparatus for assessing bee foraging preferences9
The heat is on: impact of heat waves on critical thermal maxima in larvae and adults of solitary bee Osmia bicornis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)9
Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour9
Heteroplasmy, inverted repeats, and genetic differentiation of the stingless bee Heterotrigona itama (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) mitochondrial genome9
Mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy and phylogenomics of the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)9
Influence of seasonal weather variables and habitat type on numbers of colonies of the giant honey bee in Nepal9
A non-destructive approach to assess the gut microbiome of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens using fecal samples8
Reproductive potential shapes the expression of nurse-to-forager transition genes in the workers of stingless bees (Meliponini)8
Main causes of producing honey bee colony losses in southwestern Spain: a novel machine learning-based approach8
The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure8
Morphological and molecular evidence for considering Xylocopa nigrocincta as the senior synonym of Xylocopa suspecta (Apidae: Xylocopini)7
Chronic exposure to a field-realistic concentration of Closer® SC (24% sulfoxaflor) insecticide impacted the growth and foraging activity of honey bee colonies7
Bacterial microbiota associated with the reproductive tissue of stingless bees7
A scientific note on the strategy of wax collection as rare behavior of Apis mellifera7
Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in Slovakia7
The post-capping period of the tropical honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor in La Réuion7
Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives7
The cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus chinensis, has a fragmented habitat, as revealed using the maximum entropy approach (Hymenoptera: Apidae)7
Genetic diversity of Apis mellifera complementary sex determiner (csd) in four Australian breeding populations7
Cytogenetic characterization of Austroplebeia australis: evolutionary hints from a stingless bee outside the Neotropical region7
Pollen columns and a wax canopy in a first nest description of Bombus (Cullumanobombus) morrisoni (Apidae)6
Image recognition using convolutional neural networks for classification of honey bee subspecies6
Bombus-plant interactions defined by bipartite network analysis in an underexplored Mediterranean island (Sicily)6
Postdiapause mating in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris): a novel strategy for conservation and laboratory breeding6
Pesticides put our food security at risk by reducing bee survival almost five times6
Effectiveness of an ethanol extract of jet black ant nests for combatting nosemosis in apiary honey bees6
Nutritional profiling of common eastern North American pollen species with implications for bee diet and pollinator health6
Pollinators’ contribution to seed yield in two self-fertile almond varieties role of bees for self-fertile almonds6
The role of botanical treatments used in apiculture to control arthropod pests6
Effect of land-use intensity and adjacent semi-natural habitats on wild and honey bees of meadows6
Antennal sensilla pattern distribution and odor detection in Bombus pauloensis foragers (Hymenoptera: Apidae)6
The effects of instrumental insemination on selected and unselected breeding characteristics in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)5
Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)5
Effects of queen excluders on the colony dynamics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under biodynamic management5
A scientific note on Bombus haemorrhoidalis: a long-tongued pocket-maker species5
Macroalgal extracts as an alternative for the control of Paenibacillus larvae5
Effects of coumaphos on locomotor activities of different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies and ecotypes5
The development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect American foulbrood in managed honey bee populations5
Natural habitat cover and fragmentation per se influence orchid-bee species richness in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado5
The stingless bee Trigona fulviventris prefers sweet and salty over savory nectar5
Continuous hive monitoring reveals colony growth and activity differences among mite-resistant and Italian honey bee stocks5
The condition of the bee colony (Apis mellifera) after exposure to pesticide and their mixtures5
Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning5
The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure5
First report of phoresy by silken fungus beetles on Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini) in the Southern Andes of Ecuador5
Genetic parameters, trends, and inbreeding in a honeybee breeding program for royal jelly production and behavioral traits5
Effects of imidacloprid on survival and nest development in the neo-tropical bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus5
Proline and β-alanine influence bumblebee nectar consumption without affecting survival5
Crushing corn pollen grains increased diet digestibility and hemolymph protein content while decreasing honey bee consumption5
Sex and caste effects on the vibrational sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)4
Fatty acids profile in the honeybee: metabolic pathways, stressor interactions, and analytical approaches4
Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety4
Correction to: Fatty acid homeostasis in honey bees (Apis mellifera) fed commercial diet supplements4
Dynamics of honey bee colony death and its implications for Varroa destructor mite transmission using observation hives4
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
Spatiotemporal variation of small hive beetle infestation levels in honeybee host colonies4
Colonization dynamics of the gut flora in western honey bee workers within 7-day post-emergence4
Parasitoid flies associated with bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Argentina4
The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance4
The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones4
Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor4
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
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
Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics4
The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny4
Nesting behavior of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)4
The dose makes the poison: feeding of antibiotic-treated winter honey bees, Apis mellifera, with probiotics and b-vitamins4
Color choice and preference in the tropical orchid bee Euglossa dilemma4
Reproductive quality in drones bred from Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) and Italian (A. m. ligustica) honey bee colonies4
Lithium chloride leads to concentration dependent brood damages in honey bee hives (Apis mellifera) during control of the mite Varroa destructor4
Influence of the agricultural landscape surrounding Apis mellifera colonies on the presence of pesticides in honey4
The missing queen: a non-invasive method to identify queenless stingless bee hives4
Correction to: Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in slovakia4
Landscape influences genetic diversity but does not limit gene flow in a Neotropical pollinator4
Transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes between the ovary and testis of the honey bee Apis mellifera4
Effects of two chordotonal-organ-targeting insecticides on survival and locomotion of Melipona beecheii and Nannotrigona perilampoides (Apidae: Meliponini)4
A scientific note on flower search and floral handling pattern determining flower constancy in bumblebees3
Edge effects on the cavity-nesting hymenopteran communities and their natural enemies within fragmented landscapes3
Varroa destructor infestation levels in Africanized honey bee colonies in Brazil from 1977 when first detected to 20203
Honey proteome of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris: similarities, differences, and exceptionality compared to honey bee honey as signatures of eusociality evolution3
Timing of drone flights and observations of other colony behaviors of Apis laboriosa in northern Vietnam3
Octopamine affects gustatory responsiveness and may enhance learning in bumble bees3
Eggs of the bee Osmia lignaria endure weeks of prolonged cold weather3
The invasion of the red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) in Egypt: morphometric assessment and nesting preferences in urban environments3
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
Nesting biology of Tetrapedia amplitarsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini)3
Oxalic acid in cellulose strips: towards an efficient and sustainable approach for the control of Varroa destructor3
Deconstructing and contextualizing foraging behavior in bumble bees and other central place foragers3
Impact of exposure of larvae to boscalid at field concentrations on gene expression in honey bees3
Scientific note: Phoretic interaction between Antherophagus (Coleoptera) and Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera), using Chuquiraga jussieui (Asteraceae) as transfer stations in the páramos3
Acute fipronil toxicity induces high mortality rate for honeybees and stingless bees, with the latter facing heightened risk3
Past, present, and future of SSR molecular markers in bee studies3
Age-performance and intensity of grooming behavior toward Varroa destructor in resistant and susceptible Apis mellifera colonies3
Impact of Cannabis sativa (L.) inflorescences on the control of artificial Nosema (= Vairimorpha) ceranae infection in honey bees Apis mellifera ligustica (Spinola, 1806)3
Estuarine floodplains harbor greater diversity of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) than mangroves in coastal Amazonia3
The significance of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) gnawing off the old brood cells3
Nutritional landscape of managed honey bee colonies in Mexico3
New highly discordant chromosome number and cytogenetic characterization in Trigona (Apidae, Meliponini)3
Sublethal effects of herbicides clethodim, haloxyfop-P-methyl, and their mixture on honey bee health3
A filmed copulation of Ctenoplectra (Ctenoplectrini, Apidae) bees suggests that males may chemically mark females3
Evidence of sociality in European small Carpenter bees (Ceratina)3
Nutritional, foraging, and nesting preferences of three species of solitary bees, Megachile rotundata, Megachile pugnata, and Megachile sculpturalis3
Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey2
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
Prairie and edge habitats provide valuable nesting resources for bumble bees (Bombus) in the midwestern U.S.2
Comparative cytogenetic analysis reveals chromosomal variability in five stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)2
Honey bees in Chile: a national survey of ancestry and admixture2
Fuel provisioning for pollen collection by solitary bee, Andrena taraxaci orienticola2
Haplotype diversity and Varroa destructor infestation patterns in commercial beekeeping operations across Southwestern Saudi Arabia2
Insect sociality plays a major role in a highly complex flower-visiting network in the neotropical savanna2
Side effects of imidacloprid, ethion, and hexaflumuron on adult and larvae of honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae)2
Trace element levels in Italian honeybees and wild plants: which factors matter?2
Leafcutter bee preference of plant saplings in plant nurseries: context for future research and conservation2
The botanical origin of cerumen and propolis of Indian stingless bees (Tetragonula iridipennis Smith): pollen spectrum does not accurately indicate latex and resin sources2
The role of native and exotic bees in Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito pollination: the effects of pollination intensity and visits on commercial fruits2
Short-term storage at 16ºC of semen from Africanized honeybee drones using different extenders2
A scientific note on pollinators’ ability to overcome exploitation barriers: deep hummingbird-evolved corollas and small-sized bees2
Nesting biology of Centris aethyctera (Centridini, Apidae) in an estuarine environment2
Commercial honey bee keeping compromises wild bee conservation in Mediterranean nature reserves2
Long-term Vespa velutina nigrithorax pressure: Honey bee risk survival to alien invasion2
Inter-colony fights in Tetragonula stingless bees result in temporary mixed-species worker cohorts2
The severe invasion of Sosnowsky’s hogweed Heracleum sosnowskyi favours European honeybees Apis mellifera over other pollinators2
First evidence of large hive beetle (Oplostomus fuligineus) invasion in the Arabian region: a survey-based study of spread and future management2
Correction to: Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)2
Current status of the small hive beetle Aethina tumida in Latin America2
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
A scientific note on neotropical bumblebees Bombus (Thoracobombus) excellens2
Deformed wing virus–induced changes in honey bee reception and preference for pollen scents2
A scientific note on the differential handling behaviour of two large carpenter bees on an inverted keel flower2
Evidence of introgression in Cyprian honey bees (Apis mellifera cypria) through geometric morphometrics analysis2
Assessing potential viral transmission between honeybees and hive-infesting ants using novel per-hive co-detection indices2
Thermal preferences of honey bee drones at different ages, depending on the rearing temperature2
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