A non-invasive method for profiling the gut microbiome and virome of honey bee queens
Leslie A. Holmes, Patricia Wolf Veiga, Jeffery Stuart Pettis, Maria Marta Guarna, Shelley E. Hoover
This paper introduces a non-invasive method to collect feces from honey bee queens for profiling their gut microbiome and virome, enabling stressor detection and viral screening.
Scientific Reports · Jan 19, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology