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Artificial Diet Supplementation: A Review for Sustainable Approach to Boost Honeybee Health

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Title Artificial Diet Supplementation: A Review for Sustainable Approach to Boost Honeybee Health
 
Creator Kartik
Rana, Anita
Singh, Gagandeep
 
Subject Artificial diet
Bee nutrition
Colony development
Dearth period
Honey bees
Natural diet
 
Description 914-933
Honeybees play an important role in ecosystem management and agriculture productivity with their pollination services.
They are helpful in production of 35% of global food, which requires animal pollination. However, they face many
challenges for their survival and development. These includes some of reasons like habitat loss, climate change, the use of
insecticides in modern agriculture practices, loss of natural flora, and change in temperature. A declining honeybee
population poses a threat to both ecological balance and food security. In response artificial diets are the emerging source to
rescue the bees to supplement natural forage in unfavorable conditions to overcome bees from the nutrient deficiency and
potential threats. However, the use of artificial diet on honeybee health remains poorly understood within a broader
ecosystem context. This paper aims to provide the information of current understanding of effects of artificial diets on
honeybee health, considering ecological conditions. We evaluate the nutritional composition of natural diet and compared it
with the nutritional composition of artificial diets, their effect on honeybee’s colony health, physiology, colony dynamics,
immune functions, and their ecological outcomes at the population and community levels. The artificial diets have the
positive effects on the bee health in the absence of natural food and dearth period. Additionally we explore how artificial
diet influence honeybee behavior such as foraging and examine the gene expression and diseases resistant quality of the
diets. The studies show that these diets may relieve immediate nutritional deficiencies; they also interrupt the natural forage
behavior and interactions with native flora, particularly leading to the unplanned ecological conditions. We call for future
research to close the knowledge gaps and modify the use of artificial diets while maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.
 
Date 2024-08-12T10:10:14Z
2024-08-12T10:10:14Z
2024-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0022-4456 (Print); 0975-1084 (Online)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64400
https://doi.org/10.56042/jsir.v83i8.9757
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source JSIR Vol.83(8) [August 2024]