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Bee Health and Productivity in Apis mellifera, a Consequence of Multiple Factors

Verónica Rachel Olate-Olave,
Mayda Verde,
Leslie Vallejos,
Leonel Perez Raymonda,
Maria Carla Cortese and
Marnix Doorn

Vet. Sci.2021, 8(5), 76;https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8050076

4 May 2021

Managed honeybees play an important role as pollinators. The health and nutritional condition of honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera L.) depends for an important part on management practices, and it is influenced by multiple factors. This study aims to...

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Nationwide Screening for Bee Viruses and Parasites in Belgian Honey Bees

Severine Matthijs,
Valérie De Waele,
Valerie Vandenberge,
Bénédicte Verhoeven,
Jacqueline Evers,
Marleen Brunain,
Claude Saegerman,
Paul J. J. De Winter,
Stefan Roels and
Nick De Regge
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Viruses2020, 12(8), 890;https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080890

14 August 2020

The health of honey bees is threatened by multiple factors, including viruses and parasites. We screened 557 honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies from 155 beekeepers distributed all over Belgium to determine the prevalence of seven widespread viruses...

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Honey Bee Survival and Pathogen Prevalence: From the Perspective of Landscape and Exposure to Pesticides

Mohamed Alburaki,
Deniz Chen,
John A. Skinner,
William G. Meikle,
David R. Tarpy,
John Adamczyk and
Scott D. Stewart

Insects2018, 9(2), 65;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9020065

13 June 2018

In order to study the in situ effects of the agricultural landscape and exposure to pesticides on honey bee health, sixteen honey bee colonies were placed in four different agricultural landscapes. Those landscapes were three agricultural areas with...

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Individual-Level Comparisons of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Hygienic Behavior Towards Brood Infested with Varroa destructor (Parasitiformes: Varroidae) or Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)

Monica Shrestha,
Jakob Wegener,
Ishan Gautam,
Madhusudan Singh,
Christoph Schwekendiek and
Kaspar Bienefeld

Insects2020, 11(8), 510;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080510

7 August 2020

The mites Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman and Tropilaelaps mercedesae Anderson and Morgan are both serious threats to the Apis mellifera beekeeping industry. A trait frequently used in selection programs for V. destructor resistance is hygieni...

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Nationwide Screening for Important Bee Viruses in Belgian Honey Bees

Severine Matthijs and
Nick De Regge

Proceedings2020, 50(1), 54;https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020050054

15 June 2020

The ecological and economic importance of bees for pollination and biodiversity is well established. The health of bees is, however, threatened by a multitude of factors, including viruses. In this study, we screened 557 colonies from 155 beekeepers...

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Processing of the 3C/D Region of the Deformed Wing Virus (DWV)

Carina Maria Reuscher,
Sandra Barth,
Fiona Gockel,
Anette Netsch,
Kerstin Seitz,
Till Rümenapf and
Benjamin Lamp

Viruses2023, 15(12), 2344;https://doi.org/10.3390/v15122344

29 November 2023

The deformed wing virus (DWV) belongs to the genus Iflavirus and the family Iflaviridae within the order Picornavirales. It is an important pathogen of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, causing major losses among honey bee colonies in associatio...

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