The omics approach to bee nutritional landscape.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant annual honey bee colony losses have been reported in the USA and across the world over the past years. Malnutrition is one among several causative factors for such declines. Optimal nutrition serves as the first line of defense against multiple stressors such as parasites/pathogens and pesticides. Given the importance of nutrition, it is imperative to understand bee nutrition holistically, identifying dietary sources that may fulfill bee nutritional needs. Pollen is the primary source of protein for bees and is critical for brood rearing and colony growth. Currently, there is significant gap in knowledge regarding the chemical and nutritional composition of pollen.

Methods

Targeted sterol analysis and untargeted metabolomics were conducted on five comm

SUBMITTER: Chakrabarti P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753177 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature