Dwarf Honey Bee Genome Project

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The Arthropod Sequencing projects at the BCM-HGSC have all been completed and are presented on this website as historical data for informational purposes.

About the Project

The BCM-HGSC sequenced the genome of the dwarf honey bee (Apis florea). This primitively social bee has simple hives and a simplified waggle dance. This sequencing along with the bumble bee is part of the Honey bee genome refinement project and funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute.

A preliminary draft whole genome shotgun assembly is available. The assembly used the data from 20 fold genome sequence coverage in 454 fragment technology and 2.8 fold sequence coverage in 8kb 454 paired end libraries.

Genomic Resources

BCM-HGSC data
BCM-HGSC FTP site help
BCM-HGSC conditions of use
NCBI BioProject: Apis florea genome sequencing
NCBI SRA data
Honey bee sequencing upgrade whitepaper
BeeBase: for the home bee model organism database
International Genome Consortium Database: for information on related large-scale sequencing projects

Additional Resources

Learn more about the dwarf honey bee

Related Publications

Fouks B, Brand P, Nguyen HN, Herman J, Camara F, Ence D, et al.. The genomic basis of evolutionary differentiation among honey bees. Genome Res. 2021 ;31(7):1203-15.