The different dietary sugars modulate the composition of the gut microbiota in honeybee during overwintering.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health of honeybee colonies is critical for bee products and agricultural production, and colony health is closely associated with the bacteria in the guts of honeybees. Although colony loss in winter is now the primary restriction in beekeeping, the effects of different sugars as winter food on the health of honeybee colonies are not well understood. Therefore, in this study, the influence of different sugar diets on honeybee gut bacteria during overwintering was examined.

Results

The bacterial communities in honeybee midguts and hindguts before winter and after bees were fed honey, sucrose, and high-fructose syrup as winter-food were determined by targeting the V3-V4 region of 16S rDNA using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The dominant microbiota in honeybee gu

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076957 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature