The honeybee, a well-known economic eusocial insect, serves as the most critical pollinator that provides a key ecosystem service that underpins crop production and sustainable agriculture. Wild and managed honeybee individuals live in their nests and visit various flowering plants by foraging activities, during which they face a variety of biotic and abiotic threats considering frequent contacts among highly related nestmates and intercolonial individuals, chemical exposure, urbanization processes, agricultural intensification, etc. A number of environmental and colonial stressors pose significant hazards on honeybee health. Consequently, colony losses emerge as a crucial problem in global apiculture.
Plenty of studies have reported the impacts of stressors on honeybee health. In this Research Topic, we expect to investigate deeply and identify specific changes in honeybee physiology when facing threats from inside and outside of the colony. These challenges may imply adverse effects of honeybee individual health, colony development, and even colony survival. This Research Topic will showcase and acknowledge novel and promising research trends focusing on the potential influence of biotic and abiotic factors on honeybee physiology and colony health.
Areas to be covered may include, but are not limited to the effects of:
• Pathogenic microorganism infection on bee physiology
• Ectoparasitic mite infestation on bee physiology
• Natural enemies and pests on colony survival
• Pesticide, fungicide, and herbicide exposure on bee physiology
• Application of acaricides on bee physiology
• Insufficiently nutritious diet on colony health
• Landuse and environment change on colony health
• Air quality on bee physiology
• Colony management practices on bee health
Various types of manuscripts will be welcomed for submission. Please click here (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/sections/invertebrate-physiology#article-types) for more details.
The honeybee, a well-known economic eusocial insect, serves as the most critical pollinator that provides a key ecosystem service that underpins crop production and sustainable agriculture. Wild and managed honeybee individuals live in their nests and visit various flowering plants by foraging activities, during which they face a variety of biotic and abiotic threats considering frequent contacts among highly related nestmates and intercolonial individuals, chemical exposure, urbanization processes, agricultural intensification, etc. A number of environmental and colonial stressors pose significant hazards on honeybee health. Consequently, colony losses emerge as a crucial problem in global apiculture.
Plenty of studies have reported the impacts of stressors on honeybee health. In this Research Topic, we expect to investigate deeply and identify specific changes in honeybee physiology when facing threats from inside and outside of the colony. These challenges may imply adverse effects of honeybee individual health, colony development, and even colony survival. This Research Topic will showcase and acknowledge novel and promising research trends focusing on the potential influence of biotic and abiotic factors on honeybee physiology and colony health.
Areas to be covered may include, but are not limited to the effects of:
• Pathogenic microorganism infection on bee physiology
• Ectoparasitic mite infestation on bee physiology
• Natural enemies and pests on colony survival
• Pesticide, fungicide, and herbicide exposure on bee physiology
• Application of acaricides on bee physiology
• Insufficiently nutritious diet on colony health
• Landuse and environment change on colony health
• Air quality on bee physiology
• Colony management practices on bee health
Various types of manuscripts will be welcomed for submission. Please click here (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/sections/invertebrate-physiology#article-types) for more details.
