Metabolomics-Guided Comparison of Pollen and Microalgae-Based Artificial Diets in Honey Bees.

ABSTRACT: Managed honey bee colonies used for crop pollination are fed artificial diets to offset nutritional deficiencies related to land-use intensification and climate change. In this study, we formulated novel microalgae diets using Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) biomass and fed them to young adult honey bee workers. Diet-induced changes in bee metabolite profiles were studied relative to a natural pollen diet using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics. Untargeted analyses of pollen- and microalgae-fed bees revealed significant overlap, with 248 shared features determined by LC-MS and 87 shared features determined by GC-MS. Further metabolomic commonalities were evident upon subtracti

SUBMITTER: Ricigliano VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372997 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature