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Diseases & Parasites of Pollinators
item Chasing a little-known fairy bee (Perdita meconis) in a dynamic desert landscape (Nov 2024)
item Revealing the Baja California Peninsula’s Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) (Oct 2024)
item Pesticide use is linked to the shrinking of wild bee distributions across the contiguous United States (Aug 2024)
item Honey bee populations surviving Varroa destructor parasitism in Latin America and their mechanisms of resistance (Aug 2024)
item Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the Hunt bumble bee, Bombus huntii Greene, 1860, a species of agricultural interest (Jul 2024)
item Ants in the clouds: A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of a Honduran cloud forest ecosystem, featuring a key to country genera (Jun 2024)
item Pollination biology and life history traits of the rare Las Vegas bearpoppy (Arctomecon californica) (Jun 2024)
item Phylogenomics and biogeography of the small carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae: Ceratina) (Jun 2024)
item The efficacy of allyloxy-4 propoxybenzene (3c{3,6} against Varroa destructor mites in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies from Maryland, U.S.A (May 2024)
item Large cells suppress the reproduction of Varroa destructor (May 2024)
item Threats to ant diversity in Mesoamerica. Chapter in: Insect Decline and Conservation in the Neotropics (Apr 2024)
item Osmia lignaria laboratory rearing protocol (Feb 2024)
item Case Report: Emerging losses of managed honey bee colonies (Feb 2024)
item Host switch by honey bee parasitic mites leads to symbiont diversification (Jan 2024)
item Bacterial diversity using metagenomics of 16s rDNA in water kefir, an innovative source of probiotics for bee nutrition (Jan 2024)
item Algerian propolis from distinct geographical locations: chemical profiles, antioxidant capacity, cytotoxicity and inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase product biosynthesis (Jan 2024)
item Susceptible and infectious states for both vector and host in a dynamic pathogen-vector-host system. (Jan 2024)
item Honeybee symbiont Bombella apis could restore larval to pupal transition disrupted by antibiotic treatment (Dec 2023)
item Reproductive biology and flower visitors of two rare pecies of Sclerocactus (Cactaceae) in the Southwestern United States (Dec 2023)
item High temperatures augment inhibition of parasites by a honey bee gut symbiont (Oct 2023)
item Development of a DNA plasmid-based approach for efficient synthesis of Sacbrood virus infectious clones within host cells (Aug 2023)
item Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation (Aug 2023)
item Deformed wing virus of honey bees is inactivated by cold plasma ionized hydrogen peroxide (Aug 2023)
item Identity and diversity of pollens collected by two managed bee species while in blueberry fields for pollination (Jul 2023)
item The evolutionary history of bees in time and space (Jul 2023)
item Identification of sex chromosomes and primary sex ratio in the small hive beetle, a worldwide parasite of honey bees (Jul 2023)
item UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA (Jul 2023)
item Establishmentof an olfactory conditioning assay for two solitary, cavity-nesting bees (Jun 2023)
item Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an endangered North American pollinator (Jun 2023)
item Evolutionarily diverse origins of deformed wing viruses in western honey bees (Jun 2023)
item Blue orchard bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidea) origin and orchard growing region affect female retention at artificial nest sites in cherry orchards (Jun 2023)
item Odor discrimination after olfactory conditioning of managed solitary bees, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Jun 2023)
item Variation in North American bumble bee nest success and colony sizes under captive rearing conditions (Jun 2023)
item Mellitobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) female longevity and life stage-dependent parasitism using commercially managed Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as hosts (May 2023)
item Effects of geographic origin and temperature on survival, development, and emergence of the managed pollinator, Osmia lignaria (May 2023)
item Life cycle of Melittobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a host (Apr 2023)
item The expansion of agriculture has shaped the recent evolutionary history of a specialized squash pollinator (Apr 2023)
item Host-driven temperature dependence of deformed wing virus infection in honey bee pupae (Mar 2023)
item Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) (Mar 2023)
item Non-optimal ambient temperatures aggravate insecticide toxicity and affect honey bees Apis mellifera L. gene regulation (Mar 2023)
item polishCLR: a Nextflow workflow for polishing PacBio CLR genome assemblies (Feb 2023)
item Examination of hivetop incubator efficacy for emerging Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and the impact on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies (Jan 2023)
item Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides (Jan 2023)
item Promiscious feeding on multiple adult honey bee hosts amplifies the vectorial capacity of Varroa destructor (Jan 2023)
item Novel microsatellite markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American pollinator of agricultural crops and wildland plants (Jan 2023)
item Maternal body condition and season influence RNA deposition in the oocytes of alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachile rotundata) (Jan 2023)
item USA honey bee populations display restrictions in their mtDNA haplotype diversity (Jan 2023)
item The role of honey bee derived aliphatic esters in the host-finding behavior of Varroa destructor (Dec 2022)
item Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics (Dec 2022)
item Mediating a host cell signaling pathway linked to the overwinter mortality offers a promising therapeutic approach for improving bee health (Dec 2022)
item Captive rearing success and critical thermal maxima of Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A candidate for commercialization? (Nov 2022)
item Polyurethane honey bee hives provide better winter insulation than wooden hives (Oct 2022)
item Antiparasitic effects of three floral volatiles on trypanosomatid infection in honey bees (Sep 2022)
item The vectoring competence of the mite Varroa destructor for Deformed wing virus of honey bees is dynamic and affects survival of the mite (Sep 2022)
item Multiple daily brood cells define the fecundity of Osmia lignaria bees in a semi-natural setting (Sep 2022)
item Sacbrood virus: a growing threat to honeybees and wild pollinators (Aug 2022)
item Out of the temperate zone: A phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants (Jul 2022)
item Division of labor among worker bees is associated with the lipidomic plasticity in their brains (Jun 2022)
item Pollen column, and a wax canopy, in a first nest description of Bombus (Cullumanobombus) morrisoni (Apidae) (Jun 2022)
item Adenosine and L-proline can possibly hinder Chinese Sacbrood virus infection in honey bees via immune modulation (Jun 2022)
item Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research (Jun 2022)
item Development and evaluation of a new effective tool and method for assessing varroadestructor (Acari: Varroidae) mite populations in honey bee colonies (May 2022)
item Can floral nectars reduce transmission of Leishmania (May 2022)
item Found in Translation: Genes for the Future (more epigenetics) (May 2022)
item Genomic signatures underlying successful host shift of a parasite (May 2022)
item Pesticide risk to managed bees during blueberry pollination is primarily driven by off-farm exposures (May 2022)
item The Movement of Western Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) Among U.S. States and Territories: History, Benefits, Risks, and Mitigation Strategies (May 2022)
item Found in Translation: Herding genes with metagenomics (Apr 2022)
item A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac insecticidal protein resistant strain of Helicoverpa zea (Apr 2022)
item Improving Osmia lignaria and O. cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) retention with preferred nest materials and attractant spray (Apr 2022)
item Phylogenomic dating and Bayesian biogeography illuminate an antitropical pattern for eucerine bees (Apr 2022)
item Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using ultraconserved elements (Mar 2022)
item Punch in the gut: Parasite tolerance of phytochemicals reflects host diet (Mar 2022)
item An insight into the microRNA profiles of an ectoparasite mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae), the primary vector of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) of the honey bee Apis mellifera L (Mar 2022)
item Found in Translation:Dukes of Hazard Counting (Mar 2022)
item Influence of honey bee seasonal phenotype and emerging conditions on diet behavior and susceptibility to imidacloprid (Mar 2022)
item The interception of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 found in imported produce purchased in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i (Mar 2022)
item Found in Translation: Food security for honey bees (Mar 2022)
item Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae (Mar 2022)
item RNA interference-mediated knockdown of genes encoding spore wall proteins confers protection against Nosema ceranae infection in the European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera (Feb 2022)
item Found in Translation: Oversharing by honey bees (Feb 2022)
item Found in translation: Honey bees, an origin story (Feb 2022)
item Species paraphyly and social parasitism: Phylogenomics, morphology, and geography clarify the evolution of the Pseudomyrmex elongatulus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a Mesoamerican ant clade (Jan 2022)
item UCE phylogenomics of New World Cryptopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) elucidates genus boundaries, species boundaries, and the vicariant history of a temperate-tropical disjunction (Jan 2022)
item UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus (Jan 2022)
item The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the Clock (Jan 2022)
item Why sequence all eukaryotes? (Jan 2022)
item The Earth BioGenome project 2020: Starting the Clock (Jan 2022)
item Honeybee intestines retain low yeast titers, but no bacterial mutualists, at emergence (Jan 2022)
item Beeporter: a high-throughput tool for non-invasive analysis of honey bee virus infection (Jan 2022)
item A review of bee captures in pest monitoring traps and future directions for research and collaboration (Dec 2021)
item Resistance to amitraz in the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor is associated with mutations in the B-adrenergic like octopamine receptor (Dec 2021)
item Histological atlas of the internal anatomy of female varroa destructor mites in relation to feeding and reproduction (Dec 2021)
item Hot and sour: parasite adaptations to honey bee body temperature and pH (Dec 2021)
item New species of the genus Eoanthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from the Middle East link the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Realms, with a key to the Palaearctic taxa (Nov 2021)
item Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the high royal jelly-producing honeybees (Nov 2021)
item A brief assessment of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) abundance in forest and non-forested habitats across an altitude gradient on Mauna Loa, Hawai‘i (Nov 2021)
item Multi-tiered analyses of honey bees that resist or succumb to parasitic mites and viruses (Nov 2021)
item Impacts of diverse natural products on honey bee viral loads and health (Nov 2021)
item Impacts of diverse natural products on honey bee viral loads and health (Nov 2021)
item RFID technology serving honey bee research: A comprehensive description of a 32-antenna system to study honey bee behavior (Nov 2021)
item Adult body size measurement redundancies in Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Nov 2021)
item Validation of diagnostic methods for European Foulbrood on commercial honey bee colonies in the United States (Nov 2021)
item Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of host preferences in the largest clade of brood parasitic bees (Apidae: Nomadinae) (Nov 2021)
item Effects of provision type and pesticide exposure on the larval development of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Oct 2021)
item Found in Translation: Winter is Coming (Oct 2021)
item Paraphyly and low levels of genetic divergence in morphologically distinct taxa: Revision of the Pseudoanthidium scapulare complex of carder bees (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) (Sep 2021)
item The cell invasion preference of Varroa destructor between the original and new honey bee hosts (Sep 2021)
item The roles of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation in morphology and performance of an invasive species in a novel environment (Sep 2021)
item The invasion of Megachile policaris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) to Hawai‘i (Sep 2021)
item Found in Translation: Social thoughts (Sep 2021)
item Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis (Sep 2021)
item Workflows for rapid functional annotation of diverse arthropod genomes (Aug 2021)
item Identities, concentrations, and sources of pesticide exposure in pollen collected by managed bees during blueberry pollination (Aug 2021)
item Genetic divergence and functional convergence of gut bacteria between the Eastern honey bee Apis cerana and the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera (Aug 2021)
item Honey bee habitat sharing enhances gene flow of the parasite Nosema ceranae (Aug 2021)
item Microbial communities associated with honey bees in Brazil and in the United States (Jul 2021)
item Found in Translation: Resilience (Jul 2021)
item The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-quality genome assemblies for agricultural pest Arthropod research (Jul 2021)
item Assessment of the vulnerability to pesticide exposures across bee species (Jul 2021)
item Neonicotinoid pesticides cause mass fatalities of native bumble bees: A case study from Wilsonville, Oregon, USA (Jun 2021)
item Found in Translation: News from the management (Jun 2021)
item Phylogeny, phenology, and foraging breadth of ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (May 2021)
item Pesticides in Honey Bee Colonies: Establishing a baseline for real world exposure over seven years in the USA (May 2021)
item Genome and evolutionary analysis of Nosema ceranae: a microsporidian parasite of honey bees (May 2021)
item Ensemble models predict invasive bee habitat suitability will expand under future climate scenarios in Hawai‘i (May 2021)
item First records, phenology, habitat, and host-plant associations of Macrotera opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Montana (May 2021)
item Transcriptome profiling reveals a novel mechanism of antiviral immunity upon Sacbrood virus infection in honey bee larvae (Apis cerana) (Apr 2021)
item Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of Deformed wing virus (Apr 2021)
item Antiviral activities of a medicinal plant extract against Sacbrood virus in honeybees (Apr 2021)
item A novel method for the detection and diagnosis of virus infections in honey bees (Apr 2021)
item A novel strain of virus discovered in China specific to the parasitic mite Varroa destructor poses a potential threat to honey bees (Apr 2021)
item Integrating UCE phylogenomics with traditional taxonomy reveals a trove of new world syscia species (Formicidae: Dorylinae) (Mar 2021)
item Transferrin-mediated iron sequestration suggests a novel therapeutic strategy for controlling Nosema disease in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Feb 2021)
item Reduction in the potential distribution of bumble bees (Apidae: Bombus) in Mesoamerica under different climate change scenarios: Conservation implications (Feb 2021)
item Ultraconserved element phylogenomics and biogeography of the agriculturally important mason bee subgenus Osmia (Osmia) (Feb 2021)
item From bees to flies: Global shift in pollinator communities along elevation gradients (Jan 2021)
item Cold case: The disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970’s Egypt (Jan 2021)
item Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research (Dec 2020)
item Partitioned gene-tree analyses and gene-based topology testing help resolve incongruence in a phylogenomic study of host-specialist bees (Apidae: Eucerinae) (Nov 2020)
item Phylogenomic and morphological reevaluation of the bee tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with description of three new species of Schwarzia (Nov 2020)
item Neurotoxic alkaloid in pollen and nectar excludes generalist bees from foraging at death-camas, Toxicoscordion paniculatum (Melanthiaceae) (Oct 2020)
item Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China (Oct 2020)
item Bark beetle outbreak enhances biodiversity and foraging habitat of native bees in alpine landscapes of the southern Rocky Mountains (Oct 2020)
item Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits (Aug 2020)
item Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees (Jul 2020)
item A new bee species of the subgenus Ceratina (Rhysoceratina) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from northernmost South America (Jul 2020)
item A brief review of monolecty in bees and benefits of a broadened definition (Jun 2020)
item Co-incubation of dsRNA reduces proportion of viable spores of Ascosphaera apis, a honey bee fungal pathogen (May 2020)
item Aberrant cocoons found on honey bee comb cells are found to be Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski) (Hymenoptera: Megachillidae) (Apr 2020)
item Distribution of recently identified bee-infecting viruses in managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations in the USA (Apr 2020)
item Development of a honey bee RNA virus vector based on the genome of Deformed wing virus (Mar 2020)