A short exposure to a semi-natural habitat alleviates the honey bee hive microbial imbalance caused by agricultural stress.

ABSTRACT: Honeybee health and the species' gut microbiota are interconnected. Also noteworthy are the multiple niches present within hives, each with distinct microbiotas and all coexisting, which we termed "apibiome". External stressors (e.g. anthropization) can compromise microbial balance and bee resilience. We hypothesised that (1) the bacterial communities of hives located in areas with different degrees of anthropization differ in composition, and (2) due to interactions between the multiple microbiomes within the apibiome, changes in the community of a niche would impact the bacteria present in other hive sections. We characterised the bacterial consortia of different niches (bee gut, bee bread, hive entrance and internal hive air) of 43 hives from 3 different environments (agricultural, semi

SUBMITTER: Gorrochategui-Ortega J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637708 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature