Dear Colleagues,

Honeybee, as the most valuable insect pollinator for plant reproduction, plays great roles in agriculture for both ecological balance and economy. Apart from the contribution of global food supply, humans also benefit from a wide range of beehive products such as honey and pollen. Honeybee is a vital part of our agricultural system. However, the worldwide honeybee decline in recent years is posing a threat to our food security and agricultural sustainability. In order to optimize beekeeping and colony health, more and more attention has been paid to improving our understanding of the biology of bees and bee products based on the development of scientific and technological innovation. Significant technological advances in methodology and instrumentation have developed omics and multi-omics into powerful systematic tools to understand the gene expression, metabolomics, and other large-scale datasets of honeybees at the molecular levels.

This Special Issue focuses on the application of all kinds of omics tools, including but not limited to genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, lipidomics, microbiomics, in improving the new understanding of honeybee. The topics can be related to molecular, physiological, behavioral, and other aspects of honeybees. We would like to publish original research articles and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Yue Hao
Guest Editor

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• honeybee
• omics
• honeybee product
• beekeeping
• honeybee health