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Molecular Surveillance of Honey Bee Hives Using eDNA Metabarcoding During Pollination Season

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 6, November–December 2025.
Healthy honey bees are critical in safeguarding our food supply, but monitoring their health may present a significant challenge. Here, we used environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding on bee hive debris and detected species of arthropods, bacteria and fungi contributing to form the bee hive environment, including hive pests and pathogens as well as hive
Jessica Henneken, Francesco Martoni, Alexander Piper, Reannon Smith, Brendan Rodoni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-resolution maps of Swiss apiaries and their applicability to study spatial distribution of bacterial honey bee brood diseases [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Honey bees directly affect and are influenced by their local environment, in terms of food sources, pollinator densities, pathogen and toxin exposure and climate.
Raphael S. von Büren, Bernadette Oehen, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Silvio Erler   +3 more
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Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterium causing American foulbrood (AFB) in honey bee larvae. The remains of a diseased larva contains billions of extremely resilient P. larvae spores viable for decades.
Joseph Kiriamburi, Jamleck Muturi, Julius Mugweru, Eva Forsgren, Anna Nilsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Disease‐smart’ outcrossing can enhance individual fitness and increase survival via immune priming against pathogens: New approaches to strengthen genetic rescue efforts

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 18, Issue 5, Page 786-797, September 2025.
Our study provides a proof of concept for combining immune priming with assisted migration for insect conservation. Introducing genetically diverse, immune‐primed migrants improves both pathogen resistance and reproductive success in inbred individuals.
Enakshi Ghosh, Matthew Wallace, Ruth A. Hufbauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild bees and their nests host Paenibacillus bacteria with functional potential of avail

Microbiome, 2018
Background In previous studies, the gram-positive firmicute genus Paenibacillus was found with significant abundances in nests of wild solitary bees.
Alexander Keller, Annette Brandel, Mira C. Becker, Rebecca Balles, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen, Markus J. Ankenbrand, Wiebke Sickel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Landscape‐Wide Metabarcoding Shows Interactions Among the Gut Microbiome and Pollen Diversity in the Invasive Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2025.
The study examines how environmental factors and dietary diversity influence the gut microbiome of the invasive European buff‐tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in Tasmania. We found that gut bacterial composition and diversity were significantly affected by annual precipitation, pasture percentage, temperature and interactions between pollen ...
Sabrina Haque, Hasinika K. A. H. Gamage, Cecilia Kardum Hjort, Fleur Ponton, Francisco Encinas‐Viso, Ian T. Paulsen, Rachael Y. Dudaniec   +6 more
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Screening the Efficacy of Different Anti-biotics Against American Foulbrood in Jordan [PDF]

مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث العلوم الطبيعية, 2015
American foulbrood disease (AFB) is considered one of the most virulent bacterial diseases of honeybee (Apis mellifera); it has a vital negative impact on the beekeeping industry worldwide.
Nizar Haddad, Fares Khoury, Alaa Tellawi, Noureddine Adjlane   +3 more
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Ecology and Pathogenicity for Honey Bee Brood of Recently Described Paenibacillus melissococcoides and Comparison With Paenibacillus dendritiformis, Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 17, Issue 3, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Honey bee colonies contain thousands of individuals living in close proximity in a thermally homeostatic nest, creating ideal conditions for the thriving of numerous pathogens. Among the bacterial pathogens, Paenibacillus larvae infects larvae via the nutritive jelly that adult workers feed them, causing the highly contagious American ...
Florine Ory, Benjamin Dainat, Oliver Würgler, Fabian Wenger, Alexandra Roetschi, Lauriane Braillard, Jean‐Daniel Charrière, Vincent Dietemann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental DNA Methods for Detection of Varroa destructor in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Hives

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 3, May–June 2025.
The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is a worldwide problem for honey bees (Apis mellifera). Using a new species‐specific qPCR assay, we assessed the detection of V. destructor eDNA collected in honey and surface swabs from managed bee hives in Australia, where V. destructor has recently invaded, and in New Zealand, where V. destructor is established.
John M. K. Roberts, Richard J. Hall, Foyez Shams, Francisco Encinas‐Viso, Florence Bravo, Jenn Soroka, Liz Milla, Natale Snape, Francesco Martoni, Antonette Walford, Dianne Gleeson, Alejandro Trujillo‐González   +11 more
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Pharmacological approach to control American foulbrood of honeybees.

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica, 1997
In this review, I will describe honeybee biology from my prospective as a veterinary pharmacologist and will provide a summary of my research project to search for effective drugs to control American foulbrood, a bacterial disease of honeybees. In conclusion, mirosamicin, a macrolide antibiotic, as a preventive and glutaral, an alkylating agent, as a ...
openaire   +3 more sources