The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, has shaken the beekeeping and pollination industries
since its spread from its native host, the Asian honey bee (Apis cerana), to the naïve …

The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L., Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a species of crucial
economic, agricultural and environmental importance. In the last ten years, some regions of …

Monitoring the environment for pollution, pesticides, and pathogens is crucial for protecting
human, agriculture, and overall ecosystem health. Diverse strategies ranging from physical …

Host specificity is observed in gut symbionts of diverse animal lineages. But how hosts
maintain symbionts while rejecting their close relatives remains elusive. We use eusocial …

In the past centuries, viruses have benefited from globalization to spread across the globe,
infecting new host species and populations. A growing number of viruses have been …

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 …

Melanin production from different types of phenoloxidases (POs) confers immunity from a
variety of pathogens ranging from viruses and microorganisms to parasites. The arthropod …

Ectoparasitic mites of the genera Varroa and Tropilaelaps have evolved to exclusively
exploit honey bees as food sources during alternating dispersal and reproductive life history …

Bees—including solitary, social, wild, and managed species—are key pollinators of
flowering plant species, including nearly three-quarters of global food crops. Their …

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 …