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Phylogeography and population genetics of the Australian small carpenter bee, Ceratina australensis

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Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics

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The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers

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The effect of maternal care on gene expression and DNA methylation in a subsocial bee

(2018) Samuel V. Arsenault et al.   Nature Communications

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Shotgun metagenomics of honey DNA: Evaluation of a methodological approach to describe a multi-kingdom honey bee derived environmental DNA signature

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(2018) Tim Regan et al.   Nature Communications

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Unbiased RNA Shotgun Metagenomics in Social and Solitary Wild Bees Detects Associations with Eukaryote Parasites and New Viruses

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A Mid-Cretaceous Origin of Sociality in Xylocopine Bees with Only Two Origins of True Worker Castes Indicates Severe Barriers to Eusociality

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