[PDF][PDF] Bees just wanna have fungi: a review of bee associations with nonpathogenic fungi

D Rutkowski, M Weston… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bee–fungus associations are common, and while most studies focus on entomopathogens,
emerging evidence suggests that bees associate with a variety of symbiotic fungi that can …

The gut microbiota of bumblebees

TJ Hammer, E Le, AN Martin, NA Moran - Insectes sociaux, 2021 - Springer
Bumblebees (Bombus) are charismatic and important pollinators. They are one of the best-
studied insect groups, especially in terms of ecology, behavior, and social structure. As …

The effects of glyphosate, pure or in herbicide formulation, on bumble bees and their gut microbial communities

EVS Motta, NA Moran - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread use of glyphosate-based formulations to eliminate unwanted vegetation
has increased concerns regarding their effects on non-target organisms, such as honey …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the effects of glyphosate on the bumblebee proteome and microbiota

MG Cullen, L Bliss, DA Stanley, JC Carolan - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides globally. It acts by inhibiting an
enzyme in an aromatic amino synthesis pathway specific to plants and microbes, leading to …

The wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia cornuta microbiota are host specific and dominated by …

A Hettiarachchi, M Cnockaert, M Joossens, A Gekière… - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
We characterized the microbial communities of the crop, midgut, hindgut, and ovaries of the
wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia …

The effect of pesticides on the microbiome of animals

MY Syromyatnikov, MM Isuwa, OV Savinkova… - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent decades an increase in the use of pesticides to protect plants from pests, diseases
and weeds has been observed. There are many studies on the effects of various pesticides …

Microbial diversity in bee species and bee products: Pseudomonads contribution to bee well-being and the biological activity exerted by honey bee products: A …

C Tsadila, C Amoroso, D Mossialos - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bees are important pollinators worldwide, promoting sustainability in agriculture and natural
ecosystems. Moreover, honey bees produce a variety of honey bee products (beehive …

Microbiome assembly and maintenance across the lifespan of bumble bee workers

TJ Hammer, A Easton‐Calabria, NA Moran - Molecular ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
How a host's microbiome changes over its lifespan can influence development and ageing.
As these temporal patterns have only been described in detail for a handful of hosts, an …

Phylogenomic Analyses of Snodgrassella Isolates from Honeybees and Bumblebees Reveal Taxonomic and Functional Diversity

L Cornet, I Cleenwerck, J Praet, RR Leonard… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Snodgrassella is a genus of Betaproteobacteria that lives in the gut of honeybees (Apis spp.)
and bumblebees (Bombus spp). It is part of a conserved microbiome that is composed of a …

Local habitat type influences bumble bee pathogen loads and bee species distributions

EM Gratton, DJ McNeil Jr, CM Grozinger… - Environmental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombus Latreille) perform important
ecological services in both managed and natural ecosystems. Anthropogenically induced …