Classic Hoarding Cages Increase Gut Bacterial Abundance and Reduce the Individual Immune Response of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workers

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dc.contributor.authorGregory, Casey L.en
dc.contributor.authorFell, Richard D.en
dc.contributor.authorBelden, Lisa K.en
dc.contributor.authorWalke, Jenifer B.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-19T12:46:07Zen
dc.date.available2022-07-19T12:46:07Zen
dc.date.issued2022-03-01en
dc.description.abstractLaboratory experiments have advanced our understanding of honey bee (Apis mellifera) responses to environmental factors, but removal from the hive environment may also impact physiology. To examine whether the laboratory environment alters the honey bee gut bacterial community and immune responses, we compared bacterial community structure (based on amplicon sequence variant relative abundance), total bacterial abundance, and immune enzyme (phenoloxidase and glucose oxidase) activity of cohort honey bee workers kept under laboratory and hive conditions. Workers housed in the laboratory showed differences in the relative abundance of their core gut taxa, an increase in total gut bacterial abundance, and reduced phenoloxidase activity, compared to bees housed in hives.en
dc.description.notesWe would like to thank Philene Vu for performing the immunological assays, and Hannah Miko for assisting with lab and field work. This work was supported by the Virginia Agricultural Foundation (Project number 677). We thank Virginia Tech's Open Access Subvention Fund for assistance with open access fees.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Agricultural Foundation [677]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac016en
dc.identifier.eissn1536-2442en
dc.identifier.issue2en
dc.identifier.other6en
dc.identifier.pmid35303101en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111290en
dc.identifier.volume22en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectmicrobiomeen
dc.subjecthoney beeen
dc.subjectimmunityen
dc.titleClassic Hoarding Cages Increase Gut Bacterial Abundance and Reduce the Individual Immune Response of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workersen
dc.title.serialJournal of Insect Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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