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SAKAMOTO Yoshiko

Researcher Name: SAKAMOTO Yoshiko

Div (Section) name/title: Biodiversity Division（Ecological Risk Assessment and Control Section）／Senior Researcher

Research Subject: Ecological risk assessment and development of control of invasive alien species

Degree(s): Ph.D.

Professional Qualification(s): Biology,Agricultural Science

Environmental Speciality Field: Chemical control,Conservation ecology

Membership of Academic Society: The Entomological Society of Japan,The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology,Ecological Society of Japan,The Lepidopterological Society of Japan,The Acarological Society of Japan

Research Subject

Fiscal Year: 2025
- 27211 : Study on the management of ecological risk factors that threaten biodiversity and human society
- 27248 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
Fiscal Year: 2024
- 26824 : Study on the management of ecological risk factors that threaten biodiversity and human society
- 26866 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
Fiscal Year: 2023
- 26416 : -Study on the management of ecological risk factors that threaten biodiversity and human society
- 26454 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
Fiscal Year: 2022
- 25980 : -Study on the management of ecological risk factors that threaten biodiversity and human society
- 26012 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
- 26380 : Emerging infectious diseases of bees in Japan: integrated risk assessment for conservation
Fiscal Year: 2021
- 25513 : -Study on the management of ecological risk factors that threaten biodiversity and human society
- 25764 : Emerging infectious diseases of bees in Japan: integrated risk assessment for conservation
- 25765 : -
- 25809 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
Fiscal Year: 2020
- 25098 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 25137 : Ecological Risk Assessment and Countermeasure for Artificial Disturbance
- 25372 : Emerging infectious diseases of bees in Japan: integrated risk assessment for conservation
Fiscal Year: 2019
- 24695 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 24717 : Ecological Risk Assessment and Countermeasure for Artificial Disturbance
Fiscal Year: 2018
- 24300 : Ecological risk assessment and countermeasure for artificial disturbance
- 24354 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
Fiscal Year: 2017
- 23828 : Ecological risk assessment and countermeasure for artificial disturbance
- 23845 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 24059 : The effects of pesticides on acarine parasites on honey bees
Fiscal Year: 2016
- 23408 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 23410 : Ecological risk assessment and countermeasure for artificial disturbance
- 23617 : Assessment of environmental impacts on terrestrial insects caused by neonicotinoid insecticides
- 23618 : Development of control methods for priority measures against invasive alien species
- 23718 : The effects of pesticides on acarine parasites on honey bees
Fiscal Year: 2015
- 23009 : The study for biodiversity impact assessment and management of artificial disturbance to environment
- 23179 : Assessment of environmental impacts on terrestrial insects caused by neonicotinoid insecticides
- 23180 : Development of control methods for priority measures against invasive alien speices
- 23263 : The effects of pesticides on acarine parasites on honey bees
Fiscal Year: 2014
- 22597 : The study for biodiversity impact assessment and management of artificial disturbance to environment
- 22726 : The effects of pesticides on acarine parasites on honey bees
- 22763 : Assessment of environmental impacts on terrestrial insects caused by neonicotinoid insecticides
- 22804 : Development of control methods for priority measures against invasive alien speices
Fiscal Year: 2013
- 22181 : The study for biodiversity impact assessment and management of artificial disturbance to environment
- 22527 : Development of integrated control methods and systems for invasive alien animals

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Research Result (Publication)

Other Publications

Insecticide susceptibility of Japanese mason bees (Osmia spp.) versus that of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Presenter : Seko Y., Ikegami M., Ishiguri Y., Yokoi T., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Journal of Pesticide Science, 50(4):148-154 (2025)
Original Paper

Dynamics of the hindgut microbiota of the Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) throughout the overwintering period

Presenter : Suzuki A., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , PeerJ, 13(e20050): (2025)
Original Paper

Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , The Science of Nature, 111: (2024)
Original Paper

Molecular detection of Lotmaria passim in intestine of Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Entomological Science, 27(2):e12571 (2024)
Original Paper

The origin of materials deposited by Japanese honey bees at their hive entrances as a defense against giant hornets

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Journal of Apicultural Research (2024)
Original Paper

Wing-slapping: A defensive behavior by honey bees against ants

Presenter : Seko Y., Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Ecology (2024)
Original Paper

Off-Season Swarming in the Japanese Honey Bee (Apis Cerana Japonica)

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Journal of Apicultural Science, 68(1):51-55 (2024)
Other Publications

Hive Defensive Behavior in Japanese Honey Bees: The Bees Slap Ants with Their Wings to Prevent Intrusion

Presenter : Seko Y., Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (2024)
Original Paper

Genetic population structure of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in Japan

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y., Watari Y., Iijima H., Doi K., Morishima K., Komine H., Okabe K., Goka K.
Title : , Experimental and Applied Acarology, 94:article number 8 (2024)
Original Paper

The impact of landscape structure on pesticide exposure to honey bees

Presenter : Hisamoto S., Ikegami M., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Nature Communications, 15:8999 (2024)
Acute toxicity data of common agricultural insecticides to Japanese wild bees

Presenter : SEKO Y., Ikegami M., Yokoi T., IKEMOTO M., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Data in Brief, 46(108901): (2023)
Original Paper

Current research and future directions for realizing the ideal One-Health approach: A summary of key-informant interviews in Japan and a literature review

Presenter : Andoh K., Hidano A., Sakamoto Y., Sawai K., Arai N., Suda Y., Mine J., Oka T.
Title : , One Health, 16(100468): (2023)
Original Paper

Comparison of RNA-Seq analysis data between tracheal mite-infested and uninfested Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Kamakura M., Shiramata T., Nakaoka S., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , BMC Research Notes volume , 16: (2023)
Original Paper

Draft genome sequences of Pantoea sp. strains QMID1-QMID4 isolated from the midgut of Japanese honey bee (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Nakajima N., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12(9): (2023)
Original Paper

Insecticide Residues Associated with Apple Orchard Treatments in the Mason Bee, Osmia cornifrons, and their Nests

Presenter : Suzuki T., Ikegami M., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(7):1564-1574 (2023)
Original Paper

Effects of neonicotinoids on honey bee autogrooming behavior against the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Yoshiyama M., Maeda T., Goka K.
Title : , Ecotoxicology (2022)
Original Paper

Genetic variation and Wolbachia infection status of the lycaenid butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Korean populations

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Koh S.K., Yago M.
Title : , Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25(4):101975 (2022)
Original Paper

Range expansion of the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) among Japanese honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, in Japan

Presenter : Maeda T., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Experimental and Applied Acarology (2020)
Original Paper

Environments, spatial structures, and species competitions: determining the impact of yellow-legged hornets, Vespa velutina, on native wasps and bees on Tsushima Island, Japan

Presenter : Ikegami M., Tsujii K., Ishizuka A., Nakagawa N., Kishi S., Sakamoto Y., Sakamoto H., Goka K.
Title : , Biological Invasions (2020)
Original Paper

Effects of fipronil on non-target ants and other invertebrates in a program for eradication of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Hayashi T., Inoue M.N., Ohnishi H., Kishimoto T., Goka K.
Title : , Sociobiology, 66(2):227-238 (2019)
Original Paper

Differential autogrooming response to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi by the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Maeda T., Yoshiyama M., Konno F., Pettis J.S.
Title : , Insectes Sociaux (2019)
Original Paper

Rapid detection of the red fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by loop‑mediated isothermal amplification

Presenter : Nakajima N., Sakamoto Y., Goka K.
Title : , Applied Entomology and Zoology, 54:319-322 (2019)
Original Paper

Insecticide susceptibility in Asian honey bees (Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)) and implications for wild honey bees in Asia

Presenter : Yasuda M., Sakamoto Y., Goka K., Nagamitsu T., Taki H.
Title : , Journal of Economic Entomology, 1-6 (2017)
Original Paper

Potential for interspecific hybridization between Zizina emelina and Zizina otis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Yago M.
Title : , Journal of Insect Conservation (2017)
Original Paper

Declaration of local chemical eradication of the Argentine ant: Bayesian estimation with a multinomial-mixture model

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Kumagai N., Goka K.
Title : , Scientific Reports (2017)
Original Paper

Tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi, greatly increase overwinter mortality in colonies of the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica

Presenter : Maeda T., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Apidologie, 1-9 (2016)
Original Paper

Field application of menthol for Japanese honey bees, Apis cerana japonica (Hymenoptera: Apidae), to control tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Presenter : Maeda T., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Experimental and Applied Acarology (2016)
Original Paper

Surveys of the ant faunas at ports of Tokyo Bay and the Ogasawara Islands

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Mori H., Onishi H., Imai H., Kishimoto T., Toda M., Kishi S., Goka K.
Title : , Applied Entomology and Zoology (2016)
Original Paper

Differential susceptibility to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi between Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Maeda T., Yoshiyama M., Pettis J.S.
Title : , Apidologie (2016)
Original Paper

Effects of photoperiod and temperature on the development and diapause of the endangered butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Hirai N., Ishii M.
Title : , Journal of Insect Conservation (2015)
Original Paper

Population genetic structure and Wolbachia infection in an endangered butterfly, Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), in Japan

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Hirai N., Tanikawa T., Yago M., Ishii M.
Title : , Bulletin of Entomological Research (2014)

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Dynamics of the hindgut microbiota of the Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) throughout the overwintering period

Presenter : Suzuki A., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , PeerJ, 13(e20050): (2025)
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , The Science of Nature, 111: (2024)
Molecular detection of Lotmaria passim in intestine of Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Entomological Science, 27(2):e12571 (2024)
The origin of materials deposited by Japanese honey bees at their hive entrances as a defense against giant hornets

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Journal of Apicultural Research (2024)
Wing-slapping: A defensive behavior by honey bees against ants

Presenter : Seko Y., Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Ecology (2024)
Off-Season Swarming in the Japanese Honey Bee (Apis Cerana Japonica)

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Journal of Apicultural Science, 68(1):51-55 (2024)
Genetic population structure of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in Japan

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y., Watari Y., Iijima H., Doi K., Morishima K., Komine H., Okabe K., Goka K.
Title : , Experimental and Applied Acarology, 94:article number 8 (2024)
The impact of landscape structure on pesticide exposure to honey bees

Presenter : Hisamoto S., Ikegami M., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Nature Communications, 15:8999 (2024)
Current research and future directions for realizing the ideal One-Health approach: A summary of key-informant interviews in Japan and a literature review

Presenter : Andoh K., Hidano A., Sakamoto Y., Sawai K., Arai N., Suda Y., Mine J., Oka T.
Title : , One Health, 16(100468): (2023)
Comparison of RNA-Seq analysis data between tracheal mite-infested and uninfested Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Kamakura M., Shiramata T., Nakaoka S., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , BMC Research Notes volume , 16: (2023)
Draft genome sequences of Pantoea sp. strains QMID1-QMID4 isolated from the midgut of Japanese honey bee (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Nakajima N., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12(9): (2023)
Insecticide Residues Associated with Apple Orchard Treatments in the Mason Bee, Osmia cornifrons, and their Nests

Presenter : Suzuki T., Ikegami M., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(7):1564-1574 (2023)
Effects of neonicotinoids on honey bee autogrooming behavior against the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Yoshiyama M., Maeda T., Goka K.
Title : , Ecotoxicology (2022)
Genetic variation and Wolbachia infection status of the lycaenid butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Korean populations

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Koh S.K., Yago M.
Title : , Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25(4):101975 (2022)
Range expansion of the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) among Japanese honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, in Japan

Presenter : Maeda T., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Experimental and Applied Acarology (2020)
Environments, spatial structures, and species competitions: determining the impact of yellow-legged hornets, Vespa velutina, on native wasps and bees on Tsushima Island, Japan

Presenter : Ikegami M., Tsujii K., Ishizuka A., Nakagawa N., Kishi S., Sakamoto Y., Sakamoto H., Goka K.
Title : , Biological Invasions (2020)
Effects of fipronil on non-target ants and other invertebrates in a program for eradication of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Hayashi T., Inoue M.N., Ohnishi H., Kishimoto T., Goka K.
Title : , Sociobiology, 66(2):227-238 (2019)
Differential autogrooming response to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi by the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Maeda T., Yoshiyama M., Konno F., Pettis J.S.
Title : , Insectes Sociaux (2019)
Rapid detection of the red fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by loop‑mediated isothermal amplification

Presenter : Nakajima N., Sakamoto Y., Goka K.
Title : , Applied Entomology and Zoology, 54:319-322 (2019)
Insecticide susceptibility in Asian honey bees (Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)) and implications for wild honey bees in Asia

Presenter : Yasuda M., Sakamoto Y., Goka K., Nagamitsu T., Taki H.
Title : , Journal of Economic Entomology, 1-6 (2017)
Potential for interspecific hybridization between Zizina emelina and Zizina otis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Yago M.
Title : , Journal of Insect Conservation (2017)
Declaration of local chemical eradication of the Argentine ant: Bayesian estimation with a multinomial-mixture model

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Kumagai N., Goka K.
Title : , Scientific Reports (2017)
Tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi, greatly increase overwinter mortality in colonies of the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica

Presenter : Maeda T., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Apidologie, 1-9 (2016)
Field application of menthol for Japanese honey bees, Apis cerana japonica (Hymenoptera: Apidae), to control tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Presenter : Maeda T., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Experimental and Applied Acarology (2016)
Surveys of the ant faunas at ports of Tokyo Bay and the Ogasawara Islands

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Mori H., Onishi H., Imai H., Kishimoto T., Toda M., Kishi S., Goka K.
Title : , Applied Entomology and Zoology (2016)
Differential susceptibility to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi between Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Maeda T., Yoshiyama M., Pettis J.S.
Title : , Apidologie (2016)
Effects of photoperiod and temperature on the development and diapause of the endangered butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Hirai N., Ishii M.
Title : , Journal of Insect Conservation (2015)
Population genetic structure and Wolbachia infection in an endangered butterfly, Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), in Japan

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Hirai N., Tanikawa T., Yago M., Ishii M.
Title : , Bulletin of Entomological Research (2014)

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Insecticide susceptibility of Japanese mason bees (Osmia spp.) versus that of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Presenter : Seko Y., Ikegami M., Ishiguri Y., Yokoi T., Goka K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , Journal of Pesticide Science, 50(4):148-154 (2025)
Hive Defensive Behavior in Japanese Honey Bees: The Bees Slap Ants with Their Wings to Prevent Intrusion

Presenter : Seko Y., Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Title : , The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (2024)

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Research Result (Presentation)

Research Presentation

Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria are abundant in hindgut microbiota of overwintering Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024) (2024)
Name of Proceedings : XXVII International Congress of Entomology ICE2024KYOTO Abstract Book, 144
Research Presentation

Japanese honey bee workers slap ants with their wings

Presenter : Seko Y., Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : XXVII International Congress of Entomology (2024)
Name of Proceedings : -
Research Presentation

Japanese honey bees swarmed more often between 2000 and 2022

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : XXVII International Congress of Entomology (2024)
Name of Proceedings : -
Research Presentation

Proximate factors influencing increased swarmings and their effect on subsequent colony survival in Japanese honey bees

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : The Joint Meeting of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Population Ecology and the 7th the Taiwan-Japan Ecology Workshop (2024)
Research Presentation

Establishing measures to control invasive alien insect species in Japan

Presenter : Sakamoto H., Sakamoto Y., Nakajima N., Goka K.
Name of Society : XIX IUSSI International Congress (2022)
Name of Proceedings : -
Research Presentation

Ethological approach to reveal why only Apis cerana japonica suffers from the tracheal mite in Japan

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Maeda T., Yoshiyama M., Pettis J.S.
Name of Society : The XXV International Congress of Entomology (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts

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Ethological approach to reveal why only Apis cerana japonica suffers from the tracheal mite in Japan

Presenter : Sakamoto Y., Maeda T., Yoshiyama M., Pettis J.S.
Name of Society : The XXV International Congress of Entomology (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria are abundant in hindgut microbiota of overwintering Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica)

Presenter : Suzuki A., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024) (2024)
Name of Proceedings : XXVII International Congress of Entomology ICE2024KYOTO Abstract Book, 144
Japanese honey bee workers slap ants with their wings

Presenter : Seko Y., Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : XXVII International Congress of Entomology (2024)
Name of Proceedings : -
Japanese honey bees swarmed more often between 2000 and 2022

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : XXVII International Congress of Entomology (2024)
Name of Proceedings : -
Proximate factors influencing increased swarmings and their effect on subsequent colony survival in Japanese honey bees

Presenter : Morii K., Sakamoto Y.
Name of Society : The Joint Meeting of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Population Ecology and the 7th the Taiwan-Japan Ecology Workshop (2024)
Establishing measures to control invasive alien insect species in Japan

Presenter : Sakamoto H., Sakamoto Y., Nakajima N., Goka K.
Name of Society : XIX IUSSI International Congress (2022)
Name of Proceedings : -

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Research Result (Presentation)