Three species of Vespula have become invasive in Australia, Hawai 'i, New Zealand, and
North and South America and continue to spread. These social wasp species can achieve …

Insect biological invasion causes great ecological and economic damage to invaded areas.
The insect invasion process can be influenced by many biotic and abiotic factors. In recent …

The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a leading cause of mortality for Western honey bee
(Apis mellifera) colonies around the globe. We sought to confirm the presence and likely …

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are a global threat to honeybees, and spillover from
managed bees threaten wider insect populations. Deformed wing virus (DWV), a …

Biological invasions exert multiple pervasive effects on ecosystems, potentially disrupting
species interactions and global ecological processes. Our ability to successfully predict and …

Global pollinator declines as a result of emerging infectious diseases are of major concern.
Managed honeybees Apis mellifera are susceptible to numerous parasites and pathogens …

When exotic animal species invade new environments they also bring an often unknown
microbial diversity, including pathogens. We describe a novel and widely distributed virus in …

Social insects host a diversity of viruses. We examined New Zealand populations of the
globally widely distributed invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) for RNA viruses. We …

Biopesticides or biological pesticides refer to the use of living biological organisms or their
metabolites for pests, pathogens, weeds, nematodes, rodents, etc. Regarding the field of …

Populations of introduced species are often thought to perform differently, or experience
different population dynamics, in their introduced range compared to their native habitat …