Honey bees overwintering in a southern climate: longitudinal effects of nutrition and queen age on colony-level molecular physiology and performance
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Ricigliano, Vincent A.Mott, Brendon M.
Floyd, Amy S.
Copeland, Duan C.
Carroll, Mark J.

Anderson, Kirk E.
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Univ Arizona, Dept EntomolUniv Arizona, Ctr Insect Sci
Univ Arizona, Dept Microbiol, Sch Anim & Comparat Biomed Sci
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2018-07-11
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Ricigliano, Vincent & M. Mott, Brendon & Floyd, Amy & Copeland, Duan & J. Carroll, Mark & Anderson, Kirk. (2018). Honey bees overwintering in a southern climate: Longitudinal effects of nutrition and queen age on colony-level molecular physiology and performance. Scientific Reports. 8. 10.1038/s41598-018-28732-z.Journal
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Honey bee colony nutritional ecology relies on the acquisition and assimilation of floral resources across a landscape with changing forage conditions. Here, we examined the impact of nutrition and queen age on colony health across extended periods of reduced forage in a southern climate. We measured conventional hive metrics as well as colony-level gene expression of eight immune-related genes and three recently identified homologs of vitellogenin (vg), a storage glycolipoprotein central to colony nutritional state, immunity, oxidative stress resistance and life span regulation. Across three apiary sites, concurrent longitudinal changes in colony-level gene expression and nutritional state reflected the production of diutinus (winter) bees physiologically altered for long-term nutrient storage. Brood production by young queens was significantly greater than that of old queens, and was augmented by feeding colonies supplemental pollen. Expression analyses of recently identified vg homologs (vg-like-A, -B, and -C) revealed distinct patterns that correlated with colony performance, phenology, and immune-related gene transcript levels. Our findings provide new insights into dynamics underlying managed colony performance on a large scale. Colony-level, molecular physiological profiling is a promising approach to effectively identify factors influencing honey bee health in future landscape and nutrition studies.Note
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