Full-length transcriptome of Apis mellifera

As important pollinators, honey bees play a crucial role in both ecological balance and providing products for human beings. Although several versions of the western honey bee genome sequences have already been published, its transcriptome information still remains to be refined. In this study, PacBio single-molecule sequencing technology was used to sequence the full-length transcriptome of mixed samples from many developmental stages and tissues of A. mellifera queen, worker and drone. A total of 116535 transcripts corresponding to 30045 genes were obtained, of them, 92477 transcripts were annotated.