Hymenoptera and biomimetic surfaces: insights and innovations

• Vinicius Marques Lopez,
• Carlo Polidori and
• Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1333–1352, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.107

• flabellum at the tip [75][76] (for a more detailed view of the mouthparts, see [77]). The different mouthparts combined with the characteristics of viscous food can inform the design of efficient viscous micropumps [78]. For instance, the galea ridges on the mouthparts of an Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera

Interaction between honeybee mandibles and propolis

• Leonie Saccardi,
• Franz Brümmer,
• Jonas Schiebl,
• Oliver Schwarz,
• Alexander Kovalev and
• Stanislav Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 958–974, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.84

• hypothetically could have developed evolutionary anti-adhesive strategies. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) was identified as an analogue model since it collects and processes propolis, which largely consists of collected tree resin. Propolis is a sticky substance used by bees to seal their hive and protect the

• indicate that the medial surface of the mandible is covered with a fluid substance that reduces propolis adhesion. First results suggested that the surface pattern does do not have a direct effect on propolis adhesion. Keywords: adhesion; Apis mellifera; bee mandibles; honeybee; propolis; Introduction

• plant are deprived of further reproduction, which exerts a significant evolutionary selection pressure. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) was chosen as a possible model because it collects and processes propolis, a sticky and ductile material, that is created by mixing plant resins, wax, and other

Design and characterization of polymeric microneedles containing extracts of Brazilian green propolis

• Camila Felix Vecchi,
• Rafaela Said dos Santos,
• Jéssica Bassi da Silva and
• Marcos Luciano Bruschi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 503–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.42

• Abstract Microneedles (MNs) are a means to break the protective skin barrier in a minimally invasive way. By creating temporary micropores, they make biologically active agents available in the skin layers. Propolis (PRP) is a gum resin with a complex chemical composition, produced by bees Apis mellifera L

• glycolic extracts. It is a strongly adhesive gum resin, which is collected, processed, and used by honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) [17][22][23]. PRP extracts have been reported to enhance some antibiotic effects, attributing the antibacterial activity of propolis mainly to flavonoids or synergisms among

• Apis mellifera L. bees, located inside a eucalyptus reserve, surrounded by native forest with predominance of Baccharis dracunculifolia (Asteraceae), in the northwest of Parana state. This research was registered in Brazil with SISGEN N° AC7A2F5. The different PRP extracts were prepared by turbo

Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

• Jan Michels,
• Esther Appel and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115

• wings of western honey bees (Apis mellifera) and assumed that they might play an analogous role in increasing the chordwise wing flexibility. Based on the distribution of resilin patches, wing veins, the occurrence of a flexible hook-mediated forewing–hindwing connection and observed wing deformations