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Section Symposium

Impacts of Pesticide Toxicity in Agroecosystems – Implications on Physiology, Behavior and Population Dynamics of Pests and Pollinators

9: Multiple pesticide exposures affect the nutritional quality of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly

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Royal jelly is a product of the glandular secretions of the nurse bees in the hive and is an important nutritional resource for developing queens in a colony. Even though previous research has highlighted minimum transition of pesticides from pollen to royal jelly, the indirect impacts of pesticides on royal jelly nutritional composition are largely undetermined. The present study reports novel findings on such impacts, where a multi-omics approach was helpful in exploring the nutritional composition of royal jelly secreted by nurse bees from control and pesticide exposed colonies. We observed differences in the metabolome, proteome, and phytosterol compositions of RJ synthesized by nurse bees from pesticide exposed colonies, including significant reductions in 24-methylenecholesterol, major royal jelly proteins and 10-HDA.