Recent studies have emphasized the role of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera, as a
managed agricultural species worldwide, but also as a potential threat to endangered wild …

Wild and managed bees provide pollination services to crops and wild plants, as well as a
variety of other services beneficial to humans. Honey bees are the most economically …

Deformed wing virus (DWV) and its vector, the mite Varroa destructor, are a major threat to
the world's honeybees. Although the impact of Varroa on colony-level DWV epidemiology is …

The honeybee Apis mellifera has major ecological and economic importance. We analyze
patterns of genetic variation at 8.3 million SNPs, identified by sequencing 140 honeybee …

Bees are major pollinators of Angiosperms and therefore their apparent decline is of
importance for humans and biodiversity. We synthesise results of 12 recent reviews to …

Europe harbours several endemic honeybee (Apis mellifera) subspecies. Yet the distribution
of these subspecies is nowadays also much influenced by beekee** activities. Large …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 251–259 Abstract Ongoing expansion of large‐scale agriculture
critically threatens natural habitats and the pollination services they offer. Creating patches …

The native range of the honeybee A pis mellifera encompasses E urope, A frica, and the M
iddle E ast, whereas the nine other species of Apis are found exclusively in A sia. It is …

Simple Summary The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a major challenge to honey bee
populations worldwide. Some honey bee populations are resistant to the mite, but most of …

The recognition that the Dark European honey bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, is increasingly
threatened in its native range has led to the establishment of conservation programmes and …