Unique honey bee (Apis mellifera) hive component-based communities as detected by a hybrid of phospholipid fatty-acid and fatty-acid methyl ester analyses.
Microbial communities (microbiomes) are associated with almost all metazoans, including the honey bee Apis mellifera.Honey bees are social insects, maintaining complex hive systems composed of a variety of integral components including bees, comb, propolis, honey, and stored pollen.Given that the different components within read more hives can be p