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The invasion of southern South America by imported bumblebees and associated parasites

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Lethal and sub-lethal effects of thymol on honeybee (Apis mellifera) larvae rearedin vitro

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Self-Medication in Animals

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Gut microbiota instead of host genotype drive the specificity in the interaction of a natural host-parasite system

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Reliance on pollinators predicts defensive chemistry across tobacco species

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Synergistic Effects of Iridoid Glycosides on the Survival, Development and Immune Response of a Specialist Caterpillar, Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae)

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Robustness of the outcome of adult bumblebee infection with a trypanosome parasite after varied parasite exposures during larval development

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Probing Mixed-Genotype Infections II: High Multiplicity in Natural Infections of the Trypanosomatid, Crithidia bombi, in Its Host, Bombus spp

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Seasonal variability of prevalence and occurrence of multiple infections shape the population structure ofCrithidia bombi, an intestinal parasite of bumblebees (Bombusspp.)

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Behavioural resistance against a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly

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Honeybees and nectar nicotine: Deterrence and reduced survival versus potential health benefits

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Interspecific geographic distribution and variation of the pathogens Nosema bombi and Crithidia species in United States bumble bee populations

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The Genotypic Structure of a Multi-Host Bumblebee Parasite Suggests a Role for Ecological Niche Overlap

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Molecular Divergence Defines Two Distinct Lineages of Crithidia bombi (Trypanosomatidae), Parasites of Bumblebees

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RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran Pollinators: Evidence of Inter-Taxa Virus Transmission via Pollen and Potential Impact on Non-Apis Hymenopteran Species

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The conservation of bees: a global perspective

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Effect of thymol and resveratrol administered with candy or syrup on the development ofNosema ceranaeand on the longevity of honeybees (Apis melliferaL.) in laboratory conditions

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Consumption of a nectar alkaloid reduces pathogen load in bumble bees

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Self-Medication as Adaptive Plasticity: Increased Ingestion of Plant Toxins by Parasitized Caterpillars

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Antifungal, phytotoxic and insecticidal properties of essential oil isolated from Turkish Origanum acutidens and its three components, carvacrol, thymol and p-cymene

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Dose–response effects of essential oils on in vitro fermentation activity of the rumen microbial population

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