Intensification of food production has the potential to drive increased disease prevalence in
food plants and animals. Microsporidia are diversely distributed, opportunistic, and density …

The worldwide beekeeping sector has been facing a grave threat, with losses up to 100–
1000 times greater than those previously reported. Despite the scale of this honey bee …

Across the Northern hemisphere, managed honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera, are currently
affected by abrupt depopulation during winter and many factors are suspected to be …

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 …

This study reports honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colony losses that occurred in South Africa
over two consecutive years. The total losses were 29.6%(95% CI: 22.8–37.5) in 2009–2010 …

Monitoring biodiversity is a growing and pressing challenge, particularly as climate change
threatens species with extinction and leads to widespread shifts in plant distribution and …

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are agriculturally important pollinators that have been recently
at risk to severe colony losses. A variety of parasites and pathogens have been linked to …

Nosema ceranae causes a widespread disease that reduces honey bee health but is only
thought to infect adult honey bees, not larvae, a critical life stage. We reared honey bee …

Accurate identification of the botanical components of honey can be used to establish its
geographical provenance, while also providing insights into honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) …

Emerging and reemerging diseases that result from pathogen host shifts are a threat to the
health of humans and their domesticates. RNA viruses have extremely high mutation rates …