Changes of Western honey beeApis mellifera ligustica(Spinola, 1806) ventriculus microbial profile related to their in-hive tasks
Changes of Western honey beeApis mellifera ligustica(Spinola, 1806) ventriculus microbial profile related to their in-hive tasks
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10.1080/00218839.2020.1830259
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发表时间:
2020-10-16
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1.9
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Nanetti, Antonio
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Cilia, Giovanni;Fratini, Filippo;Nanetti, Antonio
The effects of in-hive tasks on the honey bee (Apis melliferaL.) ventriculus microbial profile were investigated by analysing honey bees belonging to six in-hive tasks (newly-emerged, nurses, wax builder, guardians, young foragers, old foragers). Total viable aerobic bacterial count, Enterobacteriaceae, staphylococci,Escherichia coli, lactic acid bacteria,Pseudomonasspp., aerobic bacterial endospores, andEnterococcusspp. were determined using a culture-based method. Significant in-hive tasks-dependent microbial profiles were detected for all cultured bacteria (p < 0.001), with the lowest values for newly-emerged and wax builder and the highest for old foragers.Pseudomonasspp. andStaphylococcusspp. were quantitatively lower in young foragers than in old foragers, while they were absent in the other investigated in-hive tasks.E. coliandEnterococcusspp. were detected only in old foragers. 1Lactic acid bacteria were higher in nurses and old foragers compared to the other in-hive tasks, while the newly-emerged showed the lowest amount of lactic acid bacteria. The results from this investigation showed that ventriculus microbiological profile ofApis mellifera ligusticaundergoes changes based on the in-hive task, and, as concerns foragers, on their age.