Honey bees are a highly valued resource around the world. They are prized for their honey
and wax production and depended upon for pollination of many important crops. While …

Since 2006, disastrous colony losses have been reported in Europe and North America. The
causes of the losses were not readily apparent and have been attributed to overwintering …

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 …

Over the past fifty years, annual honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony losses have been steadily
increasing worldwide. These losses have occurred in parallel with the global spread of the …

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

From studies of behaviour, chemical communication, genomics and developmental biology,
among many others, honey bees have long been a key organism for fundamental …

Deformed wing virus (DWV) of honeybees (Apis mellifera) is closely associated with
characteristic wing deformities, abdominal bloating, paralysis, and rapid mortality of …

Deformed wing virus (DWV) normally causes covert infections but can have devastating
effects on bees by inducing morphological deformity or even death when transmitted by the …

Several studies have suggested that covert stressors can contribute to bee colony declines.
Here we provide a novel case study and show using radiofrequency identification tracking …

Recent reports on a steady decline of honeybee colonies in several parts of the world
caused great concern. There is a consensus that pathogens are among the key players in …