Metabolites,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(12), P. 864 - 864
Published: Dec. 13, 2021
The
feasibility
of
metabolomic
1H
NMR
spectroscopy
is
demonstrated
for
its
potential
to
help
unravel
the
complex
factors
that
are
impacting
honeybee
health
and
behavior.
Targeted
non-targeted
metabolic
profiles
liquid
tissue
samples
organisms
could
provide
information
on
pathology
infections
environmentally
induced
stresses.
This
work
reports
establishing
extraction
methods
characterization
Apis
mellifera,
European
honeybee,
describes
currently
assignable
aqueous
metabolome,
gives
examples
diverse
(brain,
head,
body,
whole
bee)
biologically
meaningful
variation
(drone,
forager,
day
old,
deformed
wing
virus).
Both
high-field
(600
MHz)
low-field
(80
applicable,
can
observe
a
useful
subset
metabolome
single
bees
using
accessible
instrumentation
MHz,
inverse
room
temperature
probe)
in
order
avoid
pooling
several
bees.
Metabolite
levels
changes
be
measured
by
bee
brain,
where
dysregulation
processes
has
been
implicated
colony
collapse.
For
targeted
study,
ability
recover
10-hydroxy-2-decenoic
acid
mandibular
glands
shown,
as
well
markers
interest
brain
such
GABA
(4-aminobutyrate),
proline,
arginine.
findings
here
support
growing
use
more
broadly
bees,
native
pollinators,
insects.
Journal of Nanobiotechnology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
20(1)
Published: Jan. 4, 2022
Nanomaterials
(NMs)
have
received
considerable
attention
in
the
field
of
agrochemicals
due
to
their
special
properties,
such
as
small
particle
size,
surface
structure,
solubility
and
chemical
composition.
The
application
NMs
nanotechnology
dramatically
overcomes
defects
conventional
agrochemicals,
including
low
bioavailability,
easy
photolysis,
organic
solvent
pollution,
etc.
In
this
review,
we
describe
advances
pesticides
fertilizers,
which
are
two
earliest
most
researched
areas
agrochemicals.
Besides,
article
concerns
with
new
applications
other
bio-pesticides,
nucleic
acid
pesticides,
plant
growth
regulators
(PGRs),
pheromone.
We
also
discuss
challenges
industrialization
trend
Constructing
nano-agrochemical
delivery
system
via
facilitates
improvement
stability
dispersion
active
ingredients,
promotes
precise
reduces
residual
pollution
decreases
labor
cost
different
scenarios,
is
potential
maintain
sustainability
agricultural
systems
improve
food
security
by
increasing
efficacy
inputs.
Microbial Ecology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
85(2), P. 765 - 778
Published: March 14, 2022
We
previously
showed
that
colonies
of
thriving
and
non-thriving
honeybees
co-located
in
a
single
geographically
isolated
apiary
harboured
strikingly
different
microbiomes
when
sampled
at
time
point
the
honey
season.
Here,
we
profiled
microbiome
returning
forager
bees
from
10
to
12
hives
each
6
apiaries
across
southern
half
Ireland,
early,
middle,
late
points
2019
production
Despite
wide
range
geographical
locations
forage
available,
site
was
not
strongest
determinant
honeybee
microbiome.
However,
there
clear
clustering
by
all
apiaries,
independent
which
sampled.
The
weaker
although
still
significant
three
may
be
connected
their
geographic
location
other
external
factors.
potential
effect
second
timepoint
(June-July)
also
displayed
greatest
difference
diversity.
identified
bacteria
bee
correlated
with
hive
health
as
measured
counts
larvae,
bees,
production.
These
findings
support
hypothesis
global
its
constituent
species
hives.
