Pathogens spillover from honey bees to other arthropods

A Nanetti, L Bortolotti, G Cilia - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Pathways for novel epidemiology: plant–pollinator–pathogen networks and global change

W Proesmans, M Albrecht, A Gajda, P Neumann… - Trends in ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Multiple global change pressures, and their interplay, cause plant–pollinator extinctions and
modify species assemblages and interactions. This may alter the risks of pathogen host …

Dominant bee species and floral abundance drive parasite temporal dynamics in plant-pollinator communities

P Graystock, WH Ng, K Parks, AD Tripodi… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Pollinator reductions can leave communities less diverse and potentially at increased risk of
infectious diseases. Species-rich plant and bee communities have high species turnover …

The managed-to-invasive species continuum in social and solitary bees and impacts on native bee conservation

L Russo, CW de Keyzer, AN Harmon-Threatt… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Over 80 different species of bees have been introduced around the world.•Non-
native bees range from solitary to social, and managed to unmanaged.•There exists a …

[HTML][HTML] Development of monoxenous trypanosomatids and phytomonads in insects

AO Frolov, AY Kostygov, V Yurchenko - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
In this review, we summarize the current data on development of monoxenous
trypanosomatids and phytomonads in various insects. Of these, Diptera and Hemiptera are …

Occurrence of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Pathogens in Wild Pollinators in Northern Italy

G Cilia, S Flaminio, L Zavatta, R Ranalli… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Conservation genomics reveals pesticide and pathogen exposure in the declining bumble bee Bombus terricola

N Tsvetkov, VJ MacPhail, SR Colla… - Molecular ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, many pollinators have experienced large population declines, which
threaten food security and the stability of natural ecosystems. Bumble bees are particularly …

Crithidia bombi can infect two solitary bee species while host survivorship depends on diet

LL Figueroa, C Grincavitch, SH McArt - Parasitology, 2021 - cambridge.org
Pathogens and lack of floral resources interactively impair global pollinator health. However,
epidemiological and nutritional studies aimed at understanding bee declines have …

Extreme heat alters the performance of hosts and pathogen

MF Porras, CA Navas, GA Agudelo-Cantero… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The frequency and intensity of extreme heat in the environment have increased in the last
decade. Extreme heating events (EHE) have wide-ranging impacts on biological systems …

A systematic review of honey bee (Apis mellifera, Linnaeus, 1758) infections and available treatment options

S Nekoei, M Rezvan, F Khamesipour… - Veterinary Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Honey bees and honeycomb bees are very valuable for wild flowering plants
and economically important crops due to their role as pollinators. However, these insects …