The Pathogens Spillover and Incidence Correlation in Bumblebees and Honeybees in Slovenia
Pathogens, 2021 Slovenia has a long tradition of beekeeping and a high density of honeybee colonies, but less is known about bumblebees and their pathogens. Therefore, a study was conducted to define the incidence and prevalence of pathogens in bumblebees and to ...
Metka Pislak Ocepek +3 more
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Pollen from multiple sunflower cultivars and species reduces a common bumblebee gut pathogen [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Pathogens are one of the factors driving pollinator declines. Diet can play an important role in mediating pollinator health and resistance to pathogens. Sunflower pollen (Helianthus annuus) dramatically reduced a gut pathogen (Crithidia bombi) of Bombus
George M. LoCascio +3 more
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Seasonally increasing parasite load is associated with microbiota dysbiosis in wild bumblebees. [PDF]
mSystemsGut microbiota often influence host defense against infection, but this relationship is incompletely understood in wild bumblebees. These critical pollinators host a characteristic core gut microbiota, yet field studies have offered conflicting insights ...
Young MG +7 more
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The trypanosomatid (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) parasites in bees: A review on their environmental circulation, impacts and implications. [PDF]
Curr Res Insect SciTrypanosomatids, obligate parasites capable of impacting insects' hindgut, have recently obtained considerable attention, especially about their effects on bees. While Crithidia mellificae and C.
Tiritelli R, Cilia G, Gómez-Moracho T.
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Pesticide and Pathogen Exposure Causes Idiosyncratic Gene Expression Responses Across Four Diverse North American Bumble Bee Species. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Bumble bee (Bombus Latreille) populations of certain species have declined precipitously in North America over several decades. Hypotheses for declines include exposure to the pathogen Nosema bombi and neonicotinoid pesticides. Importantly, populations of some bumble bee species remain stable despite their presumed exposure to these same ...
Martín-Blázquez R +4 more
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2020 Bombus terrestris is a European bumblebee extensively commercialized worldwide for crop pollination. In Chile, this species was introduced in 1997 and after confinement escape, it has spread and established in several localities of central-southern Chile
Kiara Fernández +3 more
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Data in Brief, 2021 Forager Apis melliefera honeybees were collected from four localities located in Europe, i.e.: London, UK; Athens, Greece; Marchamalo, Spain and Lublin, Poland. Furthermore, from Asia we have collected A. mellifera as well as A.
Marek Gancarz +14 more
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Pollen extracts and constituent sugars increase growth of a trypanosomatid parasite of bumble bees [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Phytochemicals produced by plants, including at flowers, function in protection against plant diseases, and have a long history of use against trypanosomatid infection.
Evan C. Palmer-Young, Lucy Thursfield
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The relationship between managed bees and the prevalence of parasites in bumblebees [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Honey bees and, more recently, bumblebees have been domesticated and are now managed commercially primarily for crop pollination, mixing with wild pollinators during foraging on shared flower resources.
Peter Graystock +2 more
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No effect of dual exposure to sulfoxaflor and a trypanosome parasite on bumblebee olfactory learning
Scientific Reports, 2022 Bees are important pollinators in wild and agricultural ecosystems, and understanding the factors driving their global declines is key to maintaining these pollination services.
Owen P. Vaughan +3 more
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