The indigenous honey bees of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner): Their natural history and role in beekeeping

Abdulaziz Alqarni; Mohammed Hannan; Ayman Owayss; Michael Engel

doi:10.3897/zookeys.134.1677

Ahmad Alghamdi, Yehya Alattal (2020)
The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the Arabian Honeybee Apis mellifera jemenitica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Saudi Arabia. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 3655.

DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1832598

Mohamedazim I. B. Abuagla, Javaid Iqbal, Hael S. A. Raweh, Abdulaziz S. Alqarni (2023)
Olfactory Learning Behavior and Mortality of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera jemenitica in Response to Pyrethroid Insecticide (Deltamethrin). Toxics 12: 25.

DOI: 10.3390/toxics12010025

Abdulmajeed Barrak Albarrak, Alison Gray (2023)
Seasonal Colony Loss Rates and Honey Bee Management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Results of a Survey of Beekeepers. Insects 14: 513.

DOI: 10.3390/insects14060513

Hesham R. El-Seedi, Aida A. Abd El-Wahed, Chao Zhao, Aamer Saeed, Xiaobo Zou, Zhiming Guo, Ahmed G. Hegazi, Awad A. Shehata, Haged H. R. El-Seedi, Ahmed F. Algethami, Yahya Al Naggar, Neveen F. Agamy, Mostafa E. Rateb, Mohamed F. A. Ramadan, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, Kai Wang (2022)
A Spotlight on the Egyptian Honeybee (Apis mellifera lamarckii). Animals 12: 2749.

DOI: 10.3390/ani12202749

Lisa Horth, Nizar Haddad, Abdullah Nasher (2017)
Apis mellifera jemenitica in Yemen. Bee World 94: 66.

DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2017.1345225

Hamed A. Ghramh, Khalid Ali Khan (2023)
Honey Bees Prefer Pollen Substitutes Rich in Protein Content Located at Short Distance from the Apiary. Animals 13: 885.

DOI: 10.3390/ani13050885

Areej A. Al-Khalaf (2021)
Modeling the potential distribution of the predator of honey bees, Palarus latifrons, in the Arabian deserts using Maxent and GIS. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 5667.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.06.012

Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi, Mariam S. Al-Ghamdi, Ashraf M. Ahmed, Abdel Salam A. Mohamed, Ghada H. Shaker, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Moataza A. Dorrah, Khalid Ali Khan, Tahany H. Ayaad (2021)
Immune investigation of the honeybee Apis mellifera jemenitica broods: A step toward production of a bee-derived antibiotic against the American foulbrood. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 1528.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.026

Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi, Nuru Adgaba, Yilma Tadesse, Awraris Getachew, Anwer A. Al-Maktary (2017)
Comparative study on the dynamics and performances of Apis mellifera jemenitica and imported hybrid honeybee colonies in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 24: 1086.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.01.008

H. F. Abou-Shaara, A. A. Owayss, Y. Y. Ibrahim, N. K. Basuny (2017)
A review of impacts of temperature and relative humidity on various activities of honey bees. Insectes Sociaux 64: 455.

DOI: 10.1007/s00040-017-0573-8

Abdulaziz S. Alqarni (2020)
Differential Foraging of Indigenous and Exotic Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Races on Nectar-Rich Flow in a Subtropical Ecosystem. Insects 11: 254.

DOI: 10.3390/insects11040254

Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Javaid Iqbal, Hael S. Raweh, Awad M. A. Hassan, Ayman A. Owayss (2021)
Beekeeping in the Desert: Foraging Activities of Honey Bee during Major Honeyflow in a Hot-Arid Ecosystem. Applied Sciences 11: 9756.

DOI: 10.3390/app11209756

T. Eriksson, C.J. Picard (2021)
Genetic and genomic selection in insects as food and feed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 7: 661.

DOI: 10.3920/JIFF2020.0097

Nizar Haddad, Moath Al-Gharaibeh, Abdullah Nasher, Eman Anaswah, Yaseen Alammari, Lisa Horth (2018)
Scientific note: molecular detection of pathogens in unhealthy colonies of Apis mellifera jemenitica . Apidologie 49: 84.

DOI: 10.1007/s13592-017-0530-6

Khalid Ali Khan, Hamed A. Ghramh (2022)
Nutritional efficacy of different diets supplemented with microalga Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of King Saud University - Science 34: 101819.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101819

Abdulqader Y. Bazeyad, Ali S. Al-Sarar, Ahmed I. Rushdi, Ashraf S. Hassanin, Yasser Abobakr (2019)
Levels of heavy metals in a multifloral Saudi honey. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26: 3946.

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3909-7

ALAIN PAULY, JOSEPH MONKS, ANDREW POLASZEK (2023)
Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Oman. Zootaxa 5263: 107.

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.6

Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Nuru Adgaba, Awraris Getachew, Yilma Tadesse (2016)
New approach for determination of an optimum honeybee colony’s carrying capacity based on productivity and nectar secretion potential of bee forage species. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 23: 92.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.09.020

Awad M Awad, Ayman A Owayss, Javaid Iqbal, Hael S A Raweh, Abdulaziz S Alqarni (2019)
GIS Approach for Determining the Optimum Spatiotemporal Plan for Beekeeping and Honey Production in Hot-Arid Subtropical Ecosystems. Journal of Economic Entomology 112: 1032.

DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz002

Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Hussain Ali, Javaid Iqbal, Hael S. A. Raweh (2023)
Proboscis Extension Response of Three Apis mellifera Subspecies toward Water and Sugars in Subtropical Ecosystem. Stresses 3: 182.

DOI: 10.3390/stresses3010014

Abdel-Azeem S. Abdel-Baki, Mohammed M. Mares, Mohamed A. Dkhil, Saleh Al-Quraishy (2016)
First detection of Nosema sp., microsporidian parasites of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Journal of King Saud University - Science 28: 396.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2016.05.005

Nadine C. Chapman, A. Lelania Bourgeois, Lorraine D. Beaman, Julianne Lim, Brock A. Harpur, Amro Zayed, Michael H. Allsopp, Thomas E. Rinderer, Benjamin P. Oldroyd (2017)
An abbreviated SNP panel for ancestry assignment of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Apidologie 48: 776.

DOI: 10.1007/s13592-017-0522-6

Saad N. AL-Kahtani, El-Kazafy A. Taha, Shahid Farooq (2021)
Morphometric study of Yemeni (Apis mellifera jemenitica) and Carniolan (A. m. carnica) honeybee workers in Saudi Arabia. PLOS ONE 16: e0247262.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247262

Erkan Topal, Leonora Adamchuk, Ilaria Negri, Mustafa Kösoğlu, Giulia Papa, Maria Sorina Dârjan, Mihaiela Cornea-Cipcigan, Rodica Mărgăoan (2021)
Traces of Honeybees, Api-Tourism and Beekeeping: From Past to Present. Sustainability 13: 11659.

DOI: 10.3390/su132111659

Awad Mohamed Awad, Ayman Ahmad Owayss, Abdulaziz Saad Alqarni (2017)
Performance of two honey bee subspecies during harsh weather and Acacia gerrardii nectar-rich flow. Scientia Agricola 74: 474.

DOI: 10.1590/1678-992x-2016-0101

Reem A. Alajmi, Ibrahim A. H. Barakat, Loloa Alfozan, Amany Mahmoud, Laila Layqah, Hany M. Yehia, Dina M. Metwally (2022)
Microbiological investigation study for Apis mellifera yemenitica and Apis mellifera carnica bee venoms on selected bacterial strains. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 53: 709.

DOI: 10.1007/s42770-021-00656-3

Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Amal Abdullah Al-Abbadi, Khalid Ali Khan, Hamed Ali Ghramh, Ashraf M. Ahmed, Mohammad Javed Ansari (2020)
In vitroantagonistic potential of gut bacteria isolated from indigenous honey bee race of Saudi Arabia againstPaenibacillus larvae. Journal of Apicultural Research 59: 825.

DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2019.1706912

Hamed A. Ghramh, Khalid Ali Khan, Ali Mohammed A. Alshehri (2019)
Antibacterial potential of some Saudi honeys from Asir region against selected pathogenic bacteria. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 26: 1278.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.05.011

A S Alqarni (2015)
Honeybee Foraging, Nectar Secretion, and Honey Potential of Wild Jujube Trees, Ziziphus nummularia. Neotropical Entomology 44: 232.

DOI: 10.1007/s13744-015-0279-4

Miroslava Kačániová, Margarita Terentjeva, Jana Žiarovská, Przemysław Łukasz Kowalczewski (2020)
In Vitro Antagonistic Effect of Gut Bacteriota Isolated from Indigenous Honey Bees and Essential Oils against Paenibacillus Larvae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21: 6736.

DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186736

Maéva Angélique Techer, Johanna Clémencet, Christophe Simiand, Patrick Turpin, Lionel Garnery, Bernard Reynaud, Hélène Delatte, Tzen-Yuh Chiang (2017)
Genetic diversity and differentiation among insular honey bee populations in the southwest Indian Ocean likely reflect old geographical isolation and modern introductions. PLOS ONE 12: e0189234.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189234

Yehya ALATTAL (2024)
Adaptation of Apis mellifera jemenitica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to high temperatures: Morphological, behavioural, and physiological aspects. European Journal of Entomology 121: 173.

DOI: 10.14411/eje.2024.018

Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Adgaba Nuru, Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed, Tahany H. Ayaad, Abdulaziz Al-Qarni, Yehya Alattal, Noori Al-Waili (2017)
Survey and molecular detection of Melissococcus plutonius, the causative agent of European Foulbrood in honeybees in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 24: 1327.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.10.012

Mohamed Al-Fatimi (2024)
Traditional knowledge of wild plants on traditional tools, materials, products and economic practices in southern Yemen. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 20: .

DOI: 10.1186/s13002-024-00698-5

Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi, Mohammed M. Alsharhi, Hossam F. Abou-Shaar (2016)
Current Status of Beekeeping in the Arabian Countries and Urgent Needs for its Development Inferred from a Socio-economic Analysis. Asian Journal of Agricultural Research 10: 87.

DOI: 10.3923/ajar.2016.87.98

Hossam F. Abou-Shaara, Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi, Khalid Ali Khan, Saad N. Al-Kahtani (2021)
Genetic network analysis between Apis mellifera subspecies based on mtDNA argues the purity of specimens from North Africa, the Levant and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 2718.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.03.032

Ahmad A. Alghamdi, Yehya Z. Alattal (2023)
Expression Levels of Heat-Shock Proteins in Apis mellifera jemenetica and Apis mellifera carnica Foragers in the Desert Climate of Saudi Arabia. Insects 14: 432.

DOI: 10.3390/insects14050432

N Wijayati, D S Hardjono, M Rahmawati, A Kurniawati (2019)
Formulation of winged bean seeds as pollen substitute for outgrowth of honey bees (Apis mellifera L). Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1321: 022040.

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1321/2/022040

Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Adgaba Nuru, Khalid Ali Khan, Yehya Alattal (2017)
Geographical distribution and molecular detection of Nosema ceranae from indigenous honey bees of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 24: 983.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.01.054

Ahmad Alghamdi, Yehya Alattal, Cleber Galvão (2024)
Genome Resequencing of the Honeybee Apis mellifera jemenetica (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A Key Tool towards Characterization, Conservation, and Genomic Selection. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2024: 1.

DOI: 10.1155/2024/6627723

Yehya Alattal, Ahmad Al Ghamdi, Mohamad Al Sharhi, Stephan Fuchs (2014)
Morphometric characterisation of the native Honeybee,Apis melliferaLinnaeus, 1758, of Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East 60: 226.

DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2014.944431

Abdulaziz Alqarni, Mohammed Hannan, Michael Engel (2014)
A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 428: 29.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.428.7821

J Iqbal, A S Alqarni, H S A Raweh (2019)
Effect of Sub-lethal Doses of Imidacloprid on Learning and Memory Formation of Indigenous Arabian Bee (Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner) Adult Foragers. Neotropical Entomology 48: 373.

DOI: 10.1007/s13744-018-0651-2

Yehya Z. Alattal, Ahmad A. Alghamdi (2023)
Linking Histone Methylation States and hsp Transcriptional Regulation in Thermo-Tolerant and Thermo-Susceptible A. mellifera L. Subspecies in Response to Heat Stress. Insects 14: 225.

DOI: 10.3390/insects14030225

Y. Alattal, A. AlGhamdi, M. Alsharhi (2014)
Population Structure of the Yemeni Honey Bee (Apis mellifera jemenitica) Entails an Urgent Conservation Strategy in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Entomology 11: 163.

DOI: 10.3923/je.2014.163.169

Hossam F. Abou-Shaara, Afshan Syed Abbas, Saad N. AL-Kahtani, El-Kazafy A. Taha, Khalid Ali Khan, Zakia A. Jamal, Mashael Alhumaidi Alotaibi, Bilal Ahmad, Naveed Ahmad Khan, Samina Qamer, Syed Ishtiaq Anjum, Sanaullah Khan, Ahmed Hossam Mahmoud, Osama B. Mohammed, Mohamed Gamal El Den Nasser (2021)
Exploring the non-coding regions in the mtDNA of some honey bee species and subspecies. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 204.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.09.047

Yehya Alattal, Ramzi Al-Sarhan, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Nuru Adgaba, Hussien Migdadi (2021)
Mating frequency of Apis mellifera jemenitica under desert conditions of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 578.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.10.045

Hussain Ali , Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Javaid Iqbal, Ayman A. Owayss, Hael S. Raweh, Brian H. Smith (2019)
Effect of season and behavioral activity on the hypopharyngeal glands of three honey bee Apis mellifera L. races under stressful climatic conditions of central Saudi Arabia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 68: 85.

DOI: 10.3897/jhr.68.29678

Abdulmajeed Albarrak, Alison Gray (2023)
An overview of beekeeping in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Apicultural Research 62: 11.

DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2022.2026008

Zubair Ahmad (2023)
Assessment of natural enemies of honeybee (Apis mellifera jemenitica) in the Asir region, Southwestern, Saudi Arabia. Journal of King Saud University - Science 35: 102781.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2023.102781

Ahmad A. Alghamdi, Yehya Z. Alattal (2024)
Alterations in Histone Methylation States Increased Profusion of Lethal(2)-Essential-for-Life-Like (l(2)elf), Trithorax and Polycomb Genes in Apis mellifera under Heat Stress. Insects 15: 33.

DOI: 10.3390/insects15010033

Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Adgaba Nuru, Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed, Tahany H. Ayaad, Khalid Ali Khan, Noori Al-Waili (2017)
Diagnosis and molecular detection of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood in honey bees in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 37: 137.

DOI: 10.1017/S1742758417000133