Title: Social structure affects the gut microbiota in honey bees: The
physiological cost of precocious foraging
Authors: Duan C .Copeland1,2*, Brendon M.
Mott1, and Kirk E. Anderson1*
Author affiliations:
1USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, 2000 E.
Allen Rd, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
2Department of Microbiology, School of Animal &
Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, USA
*Corresponding authors. Email:
Kirk.Anderson@usda.gov,
Duan.Copeland@usda.gov
Author emails
Brendon.Mott@usda.gov
Mailing address: Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS, 2000 E.
Allen Rd., Tucson, AZ 85719. Phone: (520) 820-7186 Fax: (520) 670-6493.
Keywords: phenotypic plasticity, gut microbiota, precocious foragers,
immunity, oxidative stress, vitellogenin, age-polyethism