OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Apidologie is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Accessibility and resource quality drive flower visitation patterns among native perennial species	49
The high Wolbachia infection does not drive Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) sex bias and population genetic structure	35
Orally administered lactic-acid bacteria provide protection against cypermethrin in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona mexicana	22
The time of day matters when it comes to yellowjackets’ attacks on honey bees and lavender essential oil can deter wasps from hives	20
Curative effects of gallic acid in honey bees (Apis mellifera) infected with Nosema ceranae	19
Gene flow among populations of Xylocopa frontalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) of islands and continent: is the sea a geographical barrier?	17
Immediate and long-term effects of induced brood interruptions on the reproductive success of Varroa destructor	17
No influence of male origin on mating characteristics and queen survival in Bombus terrestris	16
Molecular examination of nosemosis and foulbrood pathogens in honey bee populations from southeastern Morocco	16
Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee	15
Toxicity of neonicotinoid insecticides to honey bees: a network meta-analysis	14
Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction	14
Glyphosate-based herbicide increases the number of foraging trips but does not affect the homing of 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	13
Mitogenomic analysis of Slovak Carniolan honey bees reveals C-lineage affiliation and regional mitochondrial variation	13
Monitoring of hive weight changes in various landscapes	12
Wild and managed bee communities in canola respond to landscape context and farm management	12
Endochitinase from the Microsporidia Nosema ceranae facilitates infection in the honey bee Apis mellifera	11
Scientific note: First report of small hive beetle in South Asia and their potential invasive pathway	10
Sublethal chronic exposure and lethal acute exposure to indoxacarb-based insecticide cause histopathological and cytopathological changes in the midgut of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	10
Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	10
Current genetic diversity of managed and commercially produced Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina inferred by wing geometric morphometrics and COI-COII mtDNA locus	10
Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography	10
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)	9
Genetic diversity and population structure of Apis cerana complementary sex determiner (csd) genes in China	9

Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension	9
Effect of bisphenol A on the ovarian expressions of estrogen-related receptor gene and protein in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera)	9
Nesting biology of two species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Paratetrapedia s.l. (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) in Argentina	9
First evidence of kleptoparasitism by Cissites maculata (Coleoptera: Meloidae) on Xylocopa lachnea (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Ecuador	9
Global and regional prevalence of Nosema ceranae infections in colonies and apiaries of European honeybee Apis mellifera: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Unraveling the species complex of the fire bee Oxytrigona tataira (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): an integrative approach	9
Heteroplasmy, inverted repeats, and genetic differentiation of the stingless bee Heterotrigona itama (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) mitochondrial genome	8
Mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy and phylogenomics of the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini)	8
A non-destructive approach to assess the gut microbiome of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens using fecal samples	8
Long-lived winter honey bees show unexpectedly high levels of flight activity compared to short-lived summer bees	8
The ground-nesting bee Anthophora plumipes as a model species for assessing effects of soil-mediated pesticide exposure	8
Sublethal exposure to imidacloprid in commercial Apis mellifera colonies in early spring: performance of honey bees and insecticide transference between in-hive products	8
Reproductive potential shapes the expression of nurse-to-forager transition genes in the workers of stingless bees (Meliponini)	7
An improved method and apparatus for assessing bee foraging preferences	7
A scientific note on the strategy of wax collection as rare behavior of Apis mellifera	7
Main causes of producing honey bee colony losses in southwestern Spain: a novel machine learning-based approach	7
Honey bees collecting pollen from the body surface of foraging bumble bees: a recurring behaviour	7
Evaluation of protein and amino acid composition of pollen and its use by domestic honey bees (Apis mellifera)	7
The post-capping period of the tropical honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor in La Réuion	7
Under the radar: the kleptoparasite Pseudohypocera kerteszi evades meliponine bee defense without cuticular hydrocarbon mimicry or camouflage	7
Proteomic characterisation of the summer–winter transition in Apis mellifera	7
Effects of queen cell cup sizes on royal jelly production and queen quality in Apis mellifera	7
Bacterial microbiota associated with the reproductive tissue of stingless bees	7
Cytogenetic characterization of Austroplebeia australis: evolutionary hints from a stingless bee outside the Neotropical region	7
The heat is on: impact of heat waves on critical thermal maxima in larvae and adults of solitary bee Osmia bicornis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)	7
Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives	6
Antennal sensilla pattern distribution and odor detection in Bombus pauloensis foragers (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	6
Effectiveness of an ethanol extract of jet black ant nests for combatting nosemosis in apiary honey bees	6
Bombus-plant interactions defined by bipartite network analysis in an underexplored Mediterranean island (Sicily)	6
The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure	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
Higher early than late-season residue load of pesticides in honey bee bread in Slovakia	6
Pollinators’ contribution to seed yield in two self-fertile almond varieties role of bees for self-fertile almonds	6
Pesticides put our food security at risk by reducing bee survival almost five times	6
Effects of coumaphos on locomotor activities of different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies and ecotypes	6
Morphological and molecular evidence for considering Xylocopa nigrocincta as the senior synonym of Xylocopa suspecta (Apidae: Xylocopini)	6
Evaluating gut microbial community dynamics in Bombus terrestris queens during diapause: a comparison of relative and absolute quantification methods	6
Genetic diversity of Apis mellifera complementary sex determiner (csd) in four Australian breeding populations	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
Resistance to Varroa destructor is a trait mainly transmitted by the queen and not via worker learning	6
Genetic parameters, trends, and inbreeding in a honeybee breeding program for royal jelly production and behavioral traits	5
Continuous hive monitoring reveals colony growth and activity differences among mite-resistant and Italian honey bee stocks	5
Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety	5
Reproductive quality in drones bred from Caucasian (A. m. caucasica) and Italian (A. m. ligustica) honey bee colonies	5
Sex and caste effects on the vibrational sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	5
Color choice and preference in the tropical orchid bee Euglossa dilemma	5
Macroalgal extracts as an alternative for the control of Paenibacillus larvae	5
The development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect American foulbrood in managed honey bee populations	5
Nutritional profiling of common eastern North American pollen species with implications for bee diet and pollinator health	5

Proline and β-alanine influence bumblebee nectar consumption without affecting survival	5
The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones	5
Effects of queen excluders on the colony dynamics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under biodynamic management	5
Metapodal shields: standardizing the morphometric study of Varroa destructor	5
Fatty acids profile in the honeybee: metabolic pathways, stressor interactions, and analytical approaches	5
The condition of the bee colony (Apis mellifera) after exposure to pesticide and their mixtures	5
Toxicity of imidacloprid for stingless bees of the genus Tetragonisca (Meliponini)	5
A scientific note on Bombus haemorrhoidalis: a long-tongued pocket-maker species	5
The stingless bee Trigona fulviventris prefers sweet and salty over savory nectar	5
Dynamics of honey bee colony death and its implications for Varroa destructor mite transmission using observation hives	5
Parasitoid flies associated with bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Argentina	5
Temperature-driven influence on overwintering performance of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in South Korea	5
Insights into nesting behavior of red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea) in tropical thorn forest of central Sindh, Pakistan	5
Effect of land-use intensity and adjacent semi-natural habitats on wild and honey bees of meadows	5
Crushing corn pollen grains increased diet digestibility and hemolymph protein content while decreasing honey bee consumption	5