Highlights•The 'hologenome'portrays a co-dependence among the bee and microbiota
genomes.•Host and pathosphere genotype can alter disease susceptibility and …

The honeybee Apis mellifera is highly appreciated worldwide because of its products, but
also as it is a pollinator of crops and wild plants. The beehive is vulnerable to infections due …

Microbial symbionts living within animal guts are largely composed of resident bacterial
species, forming communities that often provide benefits to the host. Gut microbiomes of …

Since the last decade, unusually high honey bee colony losses have been reported mainly
in North-America and Europe. Here, we report on a comprehensive bee pathogen screening …

Solitary bees and honey bees from a neighbouring apiary were screened for a broad set of
putative pathogens including protists, fungi, spiroplasmas and viruses. Most sampled bees …

Trypanosomatids are increasingly recognized as prevalent in European honey bees (Apis
mellifera) and by default are attributed to one recognized species, Crithidia mellificae …

A progressive honey bee population decline has been reported worldwide during the last
decades, and it could be attributed to several causes, in particular to the presence of …

Melissococcus plutonius is a bacterial pathogen that causes epidemic outbreaks of
European foulbrood (EFB) in honey bee populations. The pathogenicity of a bacterium …

Background Here we present a holistic screening of collapsing colonies from three
professional apiaries in Spain. Colonies with typical honey bee depopulation symptoms …

In this study, honey bees collected in Serbia over 9 consecutive years (2007–2015) were
retrospectively surveyed to determine the prevalence of eukaryotic gut parasites by …