Deformed wing virus (DWV; Iflaviridae) is one of many viruses infecting honeybees and one
of the most heavily investigated due to its close association with honeybee colony collapse …

Honey bees are attacked by numerous parasites and pathogens toward which they present
a variety of individual and group-level defenses. In this review, we briefly introduce the many …

Elevated winter losses of managed honeybee colonies are a major concern, but the
underlying mechanisms remain controversial. Among the suspects are the parasitic mite …

Numerous studies have recently reported on the discovery of bee viruses in different
arthropod species and their possible transmission routes, vastly increasing our …

Honey bee virus research is an enormously broad area, ranging from subcellular molecular
biology through physiology and behaviour, to individual and colony-level symptoms …

Until the late 1980s, specific viral infections of the honey bee were generally considered
harmless in all countries. Then, with the worldwide introduction of the ectoparasite mite …

Pollination by honey bees plays a key role in the functioning of ecosystems and optimisation
of agricultural yields. Severe honey bee colony losses worldwide have raised concerns …

Background Environmental metagenomic analysis is typically accomplished by assigning
taxonomy and/or function from whole genome sequencing or 16S amplicon sequences …

There are a number of RNA virus pathogens that represent a serious threat to the health of
managed honey bees (Apis mellifera). That some of these viruses are also found in the …

Understanding the fundaments of colony losses and improving the status of colony health
will require cross-cutting research initiatives including honeybee pathology, chemistry …