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

Honey bees, and pollinators in general, play a major role in the health of ecosystems. There
is a consensus about the steady decrease in pollinator populations, which raises global …

The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is of major economic and ecological importance,
with elevated rates of colony losses in temperate regions over the last two decades thought …

Since pollination by insects is vitally important for much of global crop production, and to
provide pollination services more widely throughout the planetary ecosystems, the prospect …

Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and bioinformatics
tools have revealed a vast array of viral diversity in insects, particularly RNA viruses …

Diseases contribute to the decline of pollinator populations, which may be aggravated by the
interspecific transmission of honey bee pests and pathogens. Flowers increase the risk of …

Sacbrood virus (SBV) is one of the many viruses that infect both the Western honeybee (Apis
mellifera) and the Eastern honeybee (Apis cerana). Recently, the interspecies transmission …

Concern around declining bee populations globally has become an environmental issue of
mainstream importance. Policymakers, scientists, environmental non-government …

Pathogen spillover represents an important cause of biodiversity decline. For wild bee
species such as bumblebees, many of which are in decline, correlational data point towards …

Agricultural management significantly affects insects, especially pollinators, which are
crucial for crop pollination and biodiversity. In agricultural landscapes, various factors …