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Gekiere Antoine

Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie

ORCID
0000-0001-5337-1305
Main Referenced Co-authors
MICHEZ, Denis  (19)
Vanderplanck, Maryse  (13)
GERBAUX, Pascal  (9)
SEMAY, Irène  (6)
GERARD, Maxence  (5)
Main Referenced Keywords
Bee (4); Parasite (4); Bombus terrestris (3); Phytochemical (3); Pollen (3);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
CIRMAP - Centre d'Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux Polymères (3)
CISMA - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Spectrométrie de Masse (2)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Zoology (19)
Environmental sciences & ecology (9)
Entomology & pest control (3)
Chemistry (3)
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology (2)

Publications (total 31)

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Gekiere, A., Semay, I., Gérard, M., Michez, D., Gerbaux, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (01 April 2022). Poison or Potion: Effects of Sunflower Phenolamides on Bumble Bees and Their Gut Parasite. Biology, 11 (545), 1-24. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/42530

The most cited

17 citations (OpenAlex)

Gekiere, A., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (15 October 2023). Trace metals with heavy consequences on bees: A comprehensive review. Science of the Total Environment, 895, 165084. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165084 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/46471

TOURBEZ, C., GEKIERE, A., Bottero, I., Chauzat, M.-P., Cini, E., Corvucci, F., de Miranda, J. R., Prisco, G. D., Dominik, C., Grillenzoni, F. V., Hodge, S., Kiljanek, T., Knauer, A., Laurent, M., Martínez-López, V., Raimets, R., Schwarz, J. M., Senapathi, D., Serra, G., ... MICHEZ, D. (May 2025). Variation in the pollen diet of managed bee species across European agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 383, 109518. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2025.109518
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GEKIERE, A. (09 January 2025). Terrestrial insect defences in the face of metal toxicity. Chemosphere, 372, 144091. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144091
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GEKIERE, A., GERARD, M., Evrard, D., Breuer, L., Dorio, L., Maesen, P., Vanderplanck, M., & MICHEZ, D. (22 December 2024). Copper-accelerated pupation in larvae of the buff-tailed bumble bee. Apidologie, 56, 4. doi:10.1007/s13592-024-01134-z
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Gekiere, A., Gerard, M., Fievet, M., Dorio, L., Evrard, D., Verdy, L., Maesen, P., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (04 October 2024). Effects of trace metals on larvae and adults of the buff-tailed bumble bee [Paper presentation]. GDR Pollineco, Dijon, France.

Gekiere, A., Gerard, M., Potts, S., Michez, D., & Ghisbain, G. (03 October 2024). The proximate mechanisms of wild bee decline [Paper presentation]. GDR Pollineco, Dijon, France.

Gekiere, A., Breuer, L., Dorio, L., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (27 September 2024). Lethal effects and sex-specific tolerance of copper and cadmium in the buff-tailed bumble bee. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 110, 104546. doi:10.1016/j.etap.2024.104546
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Gekiere, A., Breuer, L., Dorio, L., Evrard, D., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (2024). Bumble bees do not avoid field-realistic but innocuous concentrations of cadmium and copper. Ecotoxicology. doi:10.1007/s10646-024-02802-7
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GEKIERE, A., GHISBAIN, G., GERARD, M., & MICHEZ, D. (05 July 2024). Towards unbiased interpretations of interactive effects in ecotoxicological studies. Environmental Research, 259, 119572. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2024.119572
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Gekiere, A., & Maryse Vanderplanck. (06 March 2024). Bees Could Visit Flower “Pharmacies” When They Are Sick. Frontiers for Young Minds, 12, 1293746. doi:10.3389/frym.2024.1293746
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GEKIERE, A., Vanderplanck, M., Hettiarachchi, A., Semay, I., Gerbaux, P., Michez, D., Joossens, M., & Vandamme, P. (01 December 2023). A case study of the diet-microbiota-parasite interplay in bumble bees. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 134 (12), 303. doi:10.1093/jambio/lxad303
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Hettiarachchi, A., Cnockaert, M., Joossens, M., Gekiere, A., Meeus, I., Vereecken, N. J., Michez, D., Smagghe, G., & Vandamme, P. (14 November 2023). The wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia cornuta microbiota are host specific and dominated by endosymbionts and environmental microorganisms. Microbial Ecology, 86 (4), 3013 - 3026. doi:10.1007/s00248-023-02304-9
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Willcox, B. K., Potts, S. G., Brown, M. J. F., Alix, A., Al Naggar, Y., Chauzat, M.-P., Costa, C., Gekiere, A., Hartfield, C., Hatjina, F., Knapp, J. L., Martínez-López, V., Maus, C., Metodiev, T., Nazzi, F., Osterman, J., Raimets, R., Strobl, V., Van Oystaeyen, A., ... Senapathi, D. (23 October 2023). Emerging threats and opportunities to managed bee species in European agricultural systems: a horizon scan. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 18099. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45279-w
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Gekiere, A. (16 October 2023). Poison or potion: An infected bee story [Paper presentation]. European Congress of Entomology 2023, Heraklion, Greece.

Gekiere, A. (16 October 2023). Fat body content: Indicator of what? [Paper presentation]. European Congress of Entomology 2023, Heraklion, Greece.

Gekiere, A., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (15 October 2023). Trace metals with heavy consequences on bees: A comprehensive review. Science of the Total Environment, 895, 165084. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165084
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Gekiere, A. (04 October 2023). Trace elements with heavy consequences - A bee perspective [Paper presentation]. GDR Pollineco 2023, Bordeaux, France.

Gekiere, A. (04 October 2023). Poison or potion: An infected bee story [Poster presentation]. GDR Pollineco 2023, Bordeaux, France.

Tourbez, C.* , & Gekiere, A.*. (04 October 2023). Poison or potion: An infected bee story [Poster presentation]. GDR Pollineco, Bordeaux, France.
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Marin, L., Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., & Gekiere, A. (October 2023). Pollen as Bee Medicine: Is Prevention Better than Cure? [Poster presentation]. SCAPE, Mozet, Belgium.

Semay, I., Lemaur, V., Gekiere, A., Vanderplanck, M., Duez, P., Michez, D., & Gerbaux, P. (26 May 2023). Evaluation of Tandem Mass Spectrometry Experiments in the Negative Ionization Mode for Phenolamide Regioisomer Characterization. Journal of Natural Products, 86 (5), 1274 - 1283. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00047
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Vanderplanck, M., Marin, L., MICHEZ, D., & GEKIERE, A. (24 March 2023). Pollen as Bee Medicine: Is Prevention Better than Cure? Biology, 12 (4), 497. doi:10.3390/biology12040497
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Gekiere, A. (22 March 2023). Bees need à-la-carte pollen diets [Paper presentation]. 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) Pan-european assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of stressors on the health of bees (PoshBee), Rome, Italy.

Tourbez, C., Semay, I., Michel, A., MICHEZ, D., GERBAUX, P., GEKIERE, A., & Vanderplanck, M. (2023). Heather pollen is not necessarily a healthy diet for bumble bees. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 153. doi:10.26496/bjz.2023.111
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Gekiere, A., Michel, A., Semay, I., Tourbez, C., Begou, M., Michez, D., Gerbaux, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (2023). Tree-dimensional resources: hedgerow and orchard pollen for bumble bees. Comptes Rendus Chimie, 26 (S2), 1-15. doi:10.5802/crchim.231
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Gekiere, A., Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (12 October 2022). Bumble Bee Breeding on Artificial Pollen Substitutes. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115 (5), 1423 - 1431. doi:10.1093/jee/toac126
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Gekiere, A., Marin, L., Semay, I., Michez, D., Gerbaux, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (22 September 2022). Poison or potion - A story of bumblebees, parasites and pollen resource [Paper presentation]. Benelux Congress of Zoology 2021, Leuven, Belgium.

Gekiere, A., Habay, J., & Michez, D. (31 August 2022). Monitoring of parasites in bumblebee colonies developed from controlled nesting of wild queens (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 10, 45-54. doi:10.47446/OSMIA10.5
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Gekiere, A., Gérard, M., Sculfort, O., Nonclercq, D., Gerbaux, P., Duez, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (30 July 2022). Specialised metabolites in floral resources - Effects and detection in buff-tailed bumblebees [Paper presentation]. International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress 2022, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Gekiere, A., Semay, I., Gérard, M., Michez, D., Gerbaux, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (01 April 2022). Poison or Potion: Effects of Sunflower Phenolamides on Bumble Bees and Their Gut Parasite. Biology, 11 (545), 1-24.
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Sculfort, O., Gerard, M., Gekiere, A., Nonclerq, D., Gerbaux, P., Duez, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (07 September 2021). Specialized Metabolites in Floral Resources: Effects and Detection in Buff-Tailed Bumblebees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9.
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Sculfort, O., Gérard, M., Gekiere, A., Nonclercq, D., Gerbaux, P., Duez, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (2021). Specialized Metabolites in Floral Resources: Effects and Detection in Buff-Tailed Bumblebees. Front Ecol.Evol. 9:669352. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
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