The bee bread of honey bees is characterized by a core microbiota despite the application of miticide treatments and variation across space and time
Taken together, our results demonstrate that the bee bread of honey bees is characterized by a core microbiota despite variations associated with geographic location, sampling period, and miticide applications.
Authors
- Gordon Custer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4328-0714)
- Margarita María López-Uribe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8185-2904)
- Robert R. Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6030-4837)
- Francisco Dini‐Andreote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6654-0769)
- Brooke L. Lawrence
- Robyn M. Underwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-5093)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20366
- Primary Topic
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00