OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Apidologie 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
Gene flow among populations of Xylocopa frontalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) of islands and continent: is the sea a geographical barrier?	42
Accessibility and resource quality drive flower visitation patterns among native perennial species	34
Orally administered lactic-acid bacteria provide protection against cypermethrin in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona mexicana	20
The high Wolbachia infection does not drive Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sex bias and population genetic structure	18
The time of day matters when it comes to yellowjackets’ attacks on honey bees and lavender essential oil can deter wasps from hives	17
Curative effects of gallic acid in honey bees (Apis mellifera) infected with Nosema ceranae	15
Molecular examination of nosemosis and foulbrood pathogens in honey bee populations from southeastern Morocco	15
Immediate and long-term effects of induced brood interruptions on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor	15
Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee	15
No influence of male origin on mating characteristics and queen survival in Bombus terrestris	14
Biting behavior against Varroa mites in honey bees is associated with changes in mandibles, with tracking by a new mobile application for mite damage identification	14
Wild and managed bee communities in canola respond to landscape context and farm management	14
Glyphosate-based herbicide increases the number of foraging trips but does not affect the homing of Bombus terrestris	13
Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction	13
Monitoring of hive weight changes in various landscapes	13
Endochitinase from the Microsporidia Nosema ceranae facilitates infection in the honey bee Apis mellifera	12
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)	12
Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)	11
Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography	11
Scientific note: First report of small hive beetle in South Asia and their potential invasive pathway	11
Nesting biology of two species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Paratetrapedia s.l. (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) in Argentina	11
Current genetic diversity of managed and commercially produced Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina inferred by wing geometric morphometrics and COI-COII mtDNA locus	10
Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	10
Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension	10
Genetic diversity and population structure of Apis cerana complementary sex determiner (csd) genes in China	10

Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach	10
Global and regional prevalence of Nosema ceranae infections in colonies and apiaries of European honeybee Apis mellifera: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Proteomic characterisation of the summer–winter transition in Apis mellifera	9
Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees	9
Identification of gallic acid in Trapa bispinosa as an effective inhibitor of the vegetative growth and spore germination of Paenibacillus larvae	9
The heat is on: impact of heat waves on critical thermal maxima in larvae and adults of solitary bee Osmia bicornis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)	8
An improved method and apparatus for assessing bee foraging preferences	8
The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure	8
A non-destructive approach to assess the gut microbiome of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens using fecal samples	8
Cytogenetic characterization of Austroplebeia australis: evolutionary hints from a stingless bee outside the Neotropical region	7
Heteroplasmy, inverted repeats, and genetic differentiation of the stingless bee Heterotrigona itama (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) mitochondrial genome	7
Mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy and phylogenomics of the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)	7
Main causes of producing honey bee colony losses in southwestern Spain: a novel machine learning-based approach	7
Sublethal exposure to imidacloprid in commercial Apis mellifera colonies in early spring: performance of honey bees and insecticide transference between in-hive products	7
The post-capping period of the tropical honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor in La Réuion	7
Bacterial microbiota associated with the reproductive tissue of stingless bees	7
Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour	7
Reproductive potential shapes the expression of nurse-to-forager transition genes in the workers of stingless bees (Meliponini)	7
Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives	6
A scientific note on the strategy of wax collection as rare behavior of Apis mellifera	6
The cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus chinensis, has a fragmented habitat, as revealed using the maximum entropy approach (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	6
Pollen columns and a wax canopy in a first nest description of Bombus (Cullumanobombus) morrisoni (Apidae)	6
Effectiveness of an ethanol extract of jet black ant nests for combatting nosemosis in apiary honey bees	6
Effect of land-use intensity and adjacent semi-natural habitats on wild and honey bees of meadows	6
Genetic diversity of Apis mellifera complementary sex determiner (csd) in four Australian breeding populations	6
Under the radar: the kleptoparasite Pseudohypocera kerteszi evades meliponine bee defense without cuticular hydrocarbon mimicry or camouflage	6
Morphological and molecular evidence for considering Xylocopa nigrocincta as the senior synonym of Xylocopa suspecta (Apidae: Xylocopini)	6
Pesticides put our food security at risk by reducing bee survival almost five times	6
Nutritional profiling of common eastern North American pollen species with implications for bee diet and pollinator health	6
Comparison of stress protein (HSP70) levels in the brain and hypopharyngeal glands, morphology of Malpighian tubules, and behavioral traits in honeybees fed on different patties	6
Pollinators’ contribution to seed yield in two self-fertile almond varieties role of bees for self-fertile almonds	6
Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in Slovakia	6
Antennal sensilla pattern distribution and odor detection in Bombus pauloensis foragers (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	6
The role of botanical treatments used in apiculture to control arthropod pests	6
Postdiapause mating in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris): a novel strategy for conservation and laboratory breeding	6
First report of phoresy by silken fungus beetles on Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini) in the Southern Andes of Ecuador	6
Dynamics of honey bee colony death and its implications for Varroa destructor mite transmission using observation hives	5
Macroalgal extracts as an alternative for the control of Paenibacillus larvae	5
Effects of imidacloprid on survival and nest development in the neo-tropical bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus	5
A scientific note on Bombus haemorrhoidalis: a long-tongued pocket-maker species	5
The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure	5
Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)	5
The development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect American foulbrood in managed honey bee populations	5
Insights into nesting behavior of red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea) in tropical thorn forest of central Sindh, Pakistan	5
Continuous hive monitoring reveals colony growth and activity differences among mite-resistant and Italian honey bee stocks	5
Lithium chloride leads to concentration dependent brood damages in honey bee hives (Apis mellifera) during control of the mite Varroa destructor	5
The stingless bee Trigona fulviventris prefers sweet and salty over savory nectar	5
Crushing corn pollen grains increased diet digestibility and hemolymph protein content while decreasing honey bee consumption	5
The effects of instrumental insemination on selected and unselected breeding characteristics in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)	5
Bombus-plant interactions defined by bipartite network analysis in an underexplored Mediterranean island (Sicily)	5

The condition of the bee colony (Apis mellifera) after exposure to pesticide and their mixtures	5
Sex and caste effects on the vibrational sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	5
Genetic parameters, trends, and inbreeding in a honeybee breeding program for royal jelly production and behavioral traits	5
Effects of queen excluders on the colony dynamics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under biodynamic management	5
Effects of coumaphos on locomotor activities of different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies and ecotypes	5
Proline and β-alanine influence bumblebee nectar consumption without affecting survival	5
Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning	5
Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety	5
Nesting behavior of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	4
Reproductive quality in drones bred from Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) and Italian (A. m. ligustica) honey bee colonies	4
Color choice and preference in the tropical orchid bee Euglossa dilemma	4
Mitigating the impacts of nutritional stress on honey bee colonies located in monoculture Eucalyptus plantations	4
New highly discordant chromosome number and cytogenetic characterization in Trigona (Apidae, Meliponini)	4
Dietary supplements with antioxidants: curcumin, coenzyme Q10, caffeine and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), influence lifespan, hypopharyngeal gland size, macronutrients, and antioxidants in caged ho	4
Octopamine affects gustatory responsiveness and may enhance learning in bumble bees	4
The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance	4
The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny	4
Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor	4
Spatiotemporal variation of small hive beetle infestation levels in honeybee host colonies	4
Deconstructing and contextualizing foraging behavior in bumble bees and other central place foragers	4
Nearly half of spring-flying male Andrena bees consume pollen, but less than female conspecifics	4
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 India	4
Colonization dynamics of the gut flora in western honey bee workers within 7-day post-emergence	4
The missing queen: a non-invasive method to identify queenless stingless bee hives	4
Body size and age of drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) affect the structure and characteristics of mating congregations via dispersal	4
Landscape influences genetic diversity but does not limit gene flow in a Neotropical pollinator	4
Fatty acids profile in the honeybee: metabolic pathways, stressor interactions, and analytical approaches	4
Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons	4
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 honeybees	4
Effects of two chordotonal-organ-targeting insecticides on survival and locomotion of Melipona beecheii and Nannotrigona perilampoides (Apidae: Meliponini)	4
Correction to: Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in slovakia	4
Parasitoid flies associated with bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Argentina	4
The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones	4