Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by UP Author "Nicolson, Sue W."

Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by UP Author "Nicolson, Sue W."

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  • Antibiotic treatment impairs protein digestion in the honeybee, Apis mellifera 
    Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Stutzer, Christian; Human, Hannelie; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Nicolson, Sue W. (Springer, 2020-02)
    Nutritional stress due to habitat transformation and loss is one of several factors contributing to current declines in global bee populations. Bees obtain protein from pollen, which in honeybees is consumed and digested ...
  • Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake in honeybees 
    Archer, C. Ruth; Kohler, Angela; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Oosthuizen, Vinette; Apostolides, Zeno; Nicolson, Sue W. (Elsevier, 2014-12)
    Over-consuming amino acids is associated with reduced survival in many species, including honeybees. The mechanisms responsible for this are unclear but one possibility is that excessive intake of amino acids increases ...
  • Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine 
    Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Smit, Salome; Beukes, Mervyn; Apostolides, Zeno; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Nicolson, Sue W. (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-07)
    Insecticides are thought to be among the major factors contributing to current declines in bee populations. However, detoxification mechanisms in healthy, unstressed honey bees are poorly characterised. Alkaloids are ...