Core symbionts, age at inoculation and diet affect colonization of the bumblebee gut by a common bacterial pathogen. [PDF]
J Anim EcolThis paper examines ecological interactions within the bumblebee gut microbiome and between the microbiome and host using field sampling and controlled experiments. We demonstrate that non‐core bacteria occur frequently in high abundance in wild bumblebee gut microbiomes.
Nelson AS, Larson MJ, Hammer TJ.
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Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2018 The populations of honeybees and bumblebees have been decreasing around the world in the recent decades. A variety of pathogens and parasites, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, mites and insects play signi ficant role in honeybee and ...
V. Y. Vavilova +4 more
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Fungicide consumption exacerbates the negative effects of a common gut parasite in bumble bee microcolonies. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciBumble bees face numerous environmental stressors, including gut-parasite infection and exposure to agricultural fungicides, which can negatively impact colony health.
Runnion E +3 more
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Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Recent ecological studies in invertebrates show that the outcome of an infection is dependent on the specific pairing of host and parasite. Such specificity contrasts the long-held view that invertebrate innate immunity depends on a broad-spectrum ...
Carolyn Riddell +3 more
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Recognition and avoidance of contaminated flowers by foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Bumblebee colonies are founded by a single-mated queen. Due to this life history trait, bumblebees are more susceptible to parasites and diseases than polyandrous and/or polygynous social insects.
Bertrand Fouks, H Michael G Lattorff
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017 Bumblebees provide pollination services not only to wildflowers but also to economically important crops. In the context of the global decline of pollinators, there is an increasing interest in determining the pathogen diversity of bumblebee species.
Clara Jabal-Uriel +5 more
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Unbiased RNA Shotgun Metagenomics in Social and Solitary Wild Bees Detects Associations with Eukaryote Parasites and New Viruses. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The diversity of eukaryote organisms and viruses associated with wild bees remains poorly characterized in contrast to the well-documented pathosphere of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Karel Schoonvaere +5 more
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Gut microbiome of Vespa orientalis: functional insights and potential honey bee pathogen dynamics. [PDF]
Anim MicrobiomeVespa orientalis, the oriental hornet, is an emerging predator of honey bees whose ecological impact and microbial ecology remain poorly understood. Here, we present the first detailed characterisation of its gut microbiota by integrating 16S rRNA gene ...
Cutajar S +7 more
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Immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris: signatures of infection despite strong variation among populations, colonies, and sister workers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Ecological immunology relies on variation in resistance to parasites. Colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris vary in their susceptibility to the trypanosome gut parasite Crithidia bombi, which reduces colony fitness.
Franziska S Brunner +2 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2022 The recent decades witnessed the collapse of honey bee colonies at a global level. The major drivers of this collapse include both individual and synergic pathogen actions, threatening the colonies’ survival.
Giovanni Cilia +4 more
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