Insecticide mixture exposure alters the colony functioning and gut microbiota of honeybees
Honeybees are eusocial insect pollinators essential for crop production and biodiversity worldwide. Pesticide exposure is considered a major factor contributing to the loss of honeybee colonies. We extracted DNA from whole guts of bees sampled before and after exposure, and identified the relative abundance of the bacterial taxa using 16S rRNA V3-V4 amplicon sequencing.
Honeybees are eusocial insect pollinators essential for crop production and biodiversity worldwide. Pesticide exposure is considered a major factor contributing to the loss of honeybee colonies. We extracted DNA from whole guts of bees sampled before and after exposure, and identified the relative abundance of the bacterial taxa using 16S rRNA V3-V4 amplicon sequencing.
Wageningen University and Research