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Long-term prevalence of the protists Crithidia bombi and Apicystis bombi and detection of the microsporidium Nosema bombi in invasive bumble bees [PDF]
, 2020 An initial survey in 2009 carried out at a site in northwestern Patagonia region, Argentina, revealed for the first time in South America the presence of the flagellate Crithidia bombi and the neogregarine Apicystis bombi, two pathogens associated with ...
Minardi, Graciela Mónica +3 more
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Poison or Potion: Effects of Sunflower Phenolamides on Bumble Bees and Their Gut Parasite
Biology, 2022 Specific floral resources may help bees to face environmental challenges such as parasite infection, as recently shown for sunflower pollen. Whereas this pollen diet is known to be unsuitable for the larval development of bumble bees, it has been shown ...
Antoine Gekière +5 more
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Brood parasitism reduces but does not prevent Bombus terrestris reproductive success
Insect Science, EarlyView.Graphical depiction of the colony splitting process. Throughout figures in this paper, results pertaining to host success are represented in blue, and cuckoo success is represented in red. Abstract Cuckoo bumblebees are obligate brood parasites that must invade a colony of their host bumblebee species in order to reproduce.
Sofia Dartnell, Lynn V. Dicks
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The costs and benefits of sunflower pollen diet on bumble bee colony disease and health
Ecosphere, 2021 Pathogen transmission between domesticated and wild host species has important implications for community ecology, agriculture, and wildlife conservation.
Jonathan J. Giacomini +4 more
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Habitat-specific variation in gut microbial communities and pathogen prevalence in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Gut microbial communities are critical for the health of many insect species. However, little is known about how gut microbial communities respond to anthropogenic changes and how such changes affect host-pathogen interactions.
L Bosmans +8 more
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Integrating the Microbiome Into Infection Ecology and Evolution in Wild Animals
Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 5, March 2026.ABSTRACT Parasites are a ubiquitous force in nature threatening wildlife populations and ecosystems. Interactions between hosts and their parasites are impacted by host‐associated microbiomes, which are essential for host development, physiology and immunity.
Jingdi Li +5 more
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, 2015 <p>Data and R scripts for analysis of nicotine-thymol synergy experiment and thymol dose experiment evaluating effects of nectar secondary metabolite treatments on <em>Crithidia bombi </em>parasite load and mortality in the ...
Biller, Olivia M +9 more
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<p><em>Crithidia bombi </em>is a trypanosomatid parasite that infects several species of bumble bees (<em>Bombus</em> spp.), by adhering to their intestinal tract.
Glasser, Sonja +6 more
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, 2023 Pesticides pose a potential threat to bee health, especially in combination with other stressors, like parasites. However, pesticide risk assessment tests them in isolation from other stresses.
Lorène Bournonville (10291253) +5 more
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Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2026.This study develops a quantitative framework that integrates field data, epidemiological models, simulations, and Bayesian inference to identify key viral hosts in multispecies bee communities. By estimating species‐specific R0 values from flower‐visitor networks and viral screening, we show that honeybees, as well as other wild bees, can drive the ...
Patrycja Pluta +4 more
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