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 …

Highlights•Nutritional stress and disease are two of the main concerns in honey bee
health.•Poor nutrition can lead to increased susceptibility to viral and fungal diseases.•Some …

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony loss is a widespread phenomenon with important
economic and biological implications, whose drivers are still an open matter of investigation …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are well recognized beneficial host-associated members of the
microbiota of humans and animals. Yet LAB-associations of invertebrates have been poorly …

The Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, is the most important animal pollinator in agriculture
worldwide providing more than 90% of the commercial pollination services. Due to the …

Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

The aim of this study was to investigate reported cases of honeybee death incidents with
regard to the potential interrelation to the exposure to pesticides. Thus honeybee, bee pollen …

Currently, there is concern about declining bee populations and the sustainability of
pollination services. One potential threat to bees is the unintended impact of systemic …

The health of managed and wild honeybee colonies appears to have declined substantially
in E urope and the U nited S tates over the last decade. Sustainability of honeybee colonies …

In this article, we explore the politics of expertise in an ongoing controversy in the United
States over the role of certain insecticides in colony collapse disorder–a phenomenon …