Queen Quality and the Impact of Honey Bee Diseases on Queen Health: Potential for Interactions between Two Major Threats to Colony Health

Survey results of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony losses in China (2010–2013)

(2016) Zhiguang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Gut microbial communities of social bees

(2016) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A mutualistic symbiosis between a parasitic mite and a pathogenic virus undermines honey bee immunity and health

(2016) Gennaro Di Prisco et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seminal fluid of honeybees contains multiple mechanisms to combat infections of the sexually transmitted pathogenNosema apis

(2016) Yan Peng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss

(2016) Dino P. McMahon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Deformed wing virus can be transmitted during natural mating in honey bees and infect the queens

(2016) Esmaeil Amiri et al.   Scientific Reports

Ties between ageing plasticity and reproductive physiology in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) reveal a positive relation between fecundity and longevity as consequence of advanced social evolution

(2016) Olav Rueppell et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Nosema apis infection in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens

(2016) Thomas C. Webster et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Weight at emergence of honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasica) queens and its effect on live weights at the pre and post mating periods

(2016) Yasin Kahya et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Reproductive Potential Affects Queen Mandibular Gland Pheromone Composition and Worker Retinue Response

(2016) Juliana Rangel et al.   PLoS One

The spread of pathogens through trade in honey bees and their products (including queen bees and semen): overview and recent developments

(2016) F. MUTINELLI   REVUE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE-OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES

Development of the Honey Bee Gut Microbiome throughout the Queen-Rearing Process

(2015) David R. Tarpy et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Vertical transmission of honey bee viruses in a Belgian queen breeding program

(2015) Jorgen Ravoet et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA

(2015) Nicola Seitz et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

(2015) D. Goulson et al.   SCIENCE

In-depth proteomic analysis of Varroa destructor: Detection of DWV-complex, ABPV, VdMLV and honeybee proteins in the mite

(2015) Tomas Erban et al.   Scientific Reports

Neonicotinoid pesticides severely affect honey bee queens

(2015) Geoffrey R. Williams et al.   Scientific Reports

The cost of promiscuity: sexual transmission of Nosema microsporidian parasites in polyandrous honey bees

(2015) K. E. Roberts et al.   Scientific Reports

Honey bee colony losses and associated viruses

(2015) Alexander J McMenamin et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Caste-Specific Differences in Hindgut Microbial Communities of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2015) Karen M. Kapheim et al.   PLoS One

Pathogens, Pests, and Economics: Drivers of Honey Bee Colony Declines and Losses

(2014) Kristine M. Smith et al.   EcoHealth

Bees under stress: sublethal doses of a neonicotinoid pesticide and pathogens interact to elevate honey bee mortality across the life cycle

(2014) Vincent Doublet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Occurrence of parasites and pathogens in honey bee colonies used in a European genotype-environment interactions experiment

(2014) Marina Doris Meixner et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

A review of methods used in some European countries for assessing the quality of honey bee queens through their physical characters and the performance of their colonies

(2014) Fani Hatjina et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Nosema ceranae and queen age influence the reproduction and productivity of the honey bee colony

(2014) Predrag Simeunovic et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

A survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the Republic of South Africa–2009 to 2011

(2014) Christian W W Pirk et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

The influence of genetic origin and its interaction with environmental effects on the survival of Apis mellifera L. colonies in Europe

(2014) Ralph Büchler et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Sex-Specific Differences in Pathogen Susceptibility in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2014) Gina Retschnig et al.   PLoS One

Interspecific competition in honeybee intracellular gut parasites is asymmetric and favours the spread of an emerging infectious disease

(2014) M. E. Natsopoulou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus in Honeybee Queens: Evaluating Susceptibility and Infection Routes

(2014) Esmaeil Amiri et al.   Viruses-Basel

Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Implications for Honey Bee Health

(2014) Yan Ping Chen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Extreme polyandry improves a honey bee colony’s ability to track dynamic foraging opportunities via greater activity of inspecting bees

(2013) Heather R. Mattila et al.   APIDOLOGIE

From molecules to societies: mechanisms regulating swarming behavior in honey bees (Apis spp.)

(2013) Christina M. Grozinger et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Differential effects of insemination volume and substance on reproductive changes in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

(2013) E. L. Niño et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Intracolonial genetic diversity increases chemical signaling by waggle-dancing honey bees, Apis mellifera

(2013) M. K. Carr-Markell et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Standard methods for European foulbrood research

(2013) Eva Forsgren et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Standard methods for tracheal mite research

(2013) Diana Sammataro et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Standard methods forApis melliferaanatomy and dissection

(2013) Norman L Carreck et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Standard methods for virus research inApis mellifera

(2013) Joachim R de Miranda et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Standard methods for Nosema research

(2013) Ingemar Fries et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Standard methods for rearing and selection ofApis melliferaqueens

(2013) Ralph Büchler et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

A national survey of managed honey bee 2011–12 winter colony losses in the United States: results from the Bee Informed Partnership

(2013) Angela M Spleen et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Comparative development and tissue tropism of Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae

(2013) Wei-Fone Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Long-Term Survival of High Quality Sperm: Insights into the Sperm Proteome of the Honeybee Apis mellifera

(2013) Reza Zareie et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Genetic diversity affects colony survivorship in commercial honey bee colonies

(2013) David R. Tarpy et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Varroa-Virus Interaction in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies

(2013) Roy M. Francis et al.   PLoS One

Viral infections in queen bees (Apis mellifera carnica) from rearing apiaries

(2012) Aleš Gregorc et al.   ACTA VETERINARIA BRNO

Correlation of queen size and spermathecal contents and effects of miticide exposure during development

(2012) Anita M. Collins et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Transcriptome comparison between honey bee queen- and worker-destined larvae

(2012) Xuan Chen et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queen reproductive potential on colony growth

(2012) J. Rangel et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Assessing the Mating ‘Health’ of Commercial Honey Bee Queens

(2012) David R. Tarpy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Patterns of viral infection in honey bee queens

(2012) R. M. Francis et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Low natural levels of Nosema ceranae in Apis mellifera queens

(2012) Brenna E. Traver et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Predictive Markers of Honey Bee Colony Collapse

(2012) Benjamin Dainat et al.   PLoS One

Pathogen Webs in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies

(2012) R. Scott Cornman et al.   PLoS One

Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality in migratory beekeeping operations in the eastern United States

(2012) Dennis vanEngelsdorp et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee

(2012) P. Engel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global Honey Bee Viral Landscape Altered by a Parasitic Mite

(2012) S. J. Martin et al.   SCIENCE

Nosema ceranae(Microsporidia), a controversial 21st century honey bee pathogen

(2012) Mariano Higes et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Synergistic Parasite-Pathogen Interactions Mediated by Host Immunity Can Drive the Collapse of Honeybee Colonies

(2012) Francesco Nazzi et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Pollination services in the UK: How important are honeybees?

(2011) T.D. Breeze et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Deformed wing virus and drone mating flights in the honey bee (Apis mellifera): implications for sexual transmission of a major honey bee virus

(2011) Orlando Yañez et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The effect of induced queen replacement on Nosema spp. infection in honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) colonies

(2011) Cristina Botías et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Experimentally induced variation in the physical reproductive potential and mating success in honey bee queens

(2011) D. R. Tarpy et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Histological Estimates of Ovariole Number in Honey Bee Queens,Apis mellifera, Reveal Lack of Correlation with other Queen Quality Measures

(2011) Jeffrey T. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Viruses Associated with Ovarian Degeneration in Apis mellifera L. Queens

(2011) Laurent Gauthier et al.   PLoS One

Temporal Analysis of the Honey Bee Microbiome Reveals Four Novel Viruses and Seasonal Prevalence of Known Viruses, Nosema, and Crithidia

(2011) Charles Runckel et al.   PLoS One

Bees brought to their knees: microbes affecting honey bee health

(2011) Jay D. Evans et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Varroa destructoris the main culprit for the death and reduced populations of overwintered honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in Ontario, Canada

(2010) Ernesto Guzmán-Novoa et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Varroamites and honey bee health: canVarroaexplain part of the colony losses?

(2010) Yves Le Conte et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The German bee monitoring project: a long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies

(2010) Elke Genersch et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Evaluation of colony losses in Israel in relation to the incidence of pathogens and pests

(2010) Victoria Soroker et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The physical, insemination, and reproductive quality of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

(2010) Deborah A. Delaney et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Honey bee pathology: current threats to honey bees and beekeeping

(2010) Elke Genersch   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Does a polyandrous honeybee queen improve through patriline diversity the activity of her colony’s scouting foragers?

(2010) Heather R. Mattila et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Surveys as a tool to record winter losses of honey bee colonies: a two year case study in Austria and South Tyrol

(2010) Robert Brodschneider et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe

(2010) Simon G Potts et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Varroa destructor is an effective vector of Israeli acute paralysis virus in the honeybee, Apis mellifera

(2010) G. Di Prisco et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Horizontal transmission of deformed wing virus: pathological consequences in adult bees (Apis mellifera) depend on the transmission route

(2010) N. Mockel et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Proteins within the seminal fluid are crucial to keep sperm viable in the honeybee Apis mellifera

(2010) Michaela King et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Pathological effects of the microsporidium Nosema ceranae on honey bee queen physiology (Apis mellifera)

(2010) Cédric Alaux et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

(2010) Simon G. Potts et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Deformed Wing Virus Implicated in Overwintering Honeybee Colony Losses

(2009) A. C. Highfield et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Immune suppression in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) following infection byNosema ceranae(Microsporidia)

(2009) Karina Antúnez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Added Weights Lead to Reduced Flight Behavior and Mating Success in Polyandrous Honey Bee Queens (Apis mellifera)

(2009) Miranda K. Hayworth et al.   ETHOLOGY

Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage

(2009) Susanne P.A. den Boer et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Deformed wing virus in western honey bees (Apis mellifera) from Atlantic Canada and the first description of an overtly-infected emerging queen

(2009) Geoffrey R. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

American Foulbrood in honeybees and its causative agent, Paenibacillus larvae

(2009) Elke Genersch   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Chronic bee paralysis: A disease and a virus like no other?

(2009) Magali Ribière et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

A historical review of managed honey bee populations in Europe and the United States and the factors that may affect them

(2009) Dennis vanEngelsdorp et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Deformed wing virus

(2009) Joachim R. de Miranda et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The Acute bee paralysis virus–Kashmir bee virus–Israeli acute paralysis virus complex

(2009) Joachim R. de Miranda et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Horizontal transmission ofNosema ceranae(Microsporidia) from worker honeybees to queens (Apis mellifera)

(2009) Mariano Higes et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Honeybee colony collapse due toNosema ceranaein professional apiaries

(2009) Mariano Higes et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Infection rate based on quantitative real-time PCR ofMelissococcus plutonius, the causal agent of European foulbrood, in honeybee colonies before and after apiary sanitation

(2008) Alexandra Roetschi et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Variance-based selection may explain general mating patterns in social insects

(2008) O. Rueppell et al.   Biology Letters

Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen (Apis mellifera)

(2008) Sarah D Kocher et al.   BMC GENOMICS

How natural infection by Nosema ceranae causes honeybee colony collapse

(2008) Mariano Higes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Varroosis – the Ongoing Crisis in Bee Keeping

(2008) Otto Boecking et al.   Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit-Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

Characteristics of the spermathecal contents of old and young honeybee queens

(2008) H. Al-Lawati et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Venereal and vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

(2008) J.R. de Miranda et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Energetic stress in the honeybee Apis mellifera from Nosema ceranae infection

(2008) Christopher Mayack et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Live Weight of Queen Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera L.) Predicts Reproductive Characteristics

(2008) Ethem Akyol et al.   JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Octanoic acid confers to royal jelly varroa-repellent properties

(2008) Francesco Nazzi et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

A Survey of Honey Bee Colony Losses in the U.S., Fall 2007 to Spring 2008

(2008) Dennis vanEngelsdorp et al.   PLoS One

Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies increases signal production by waggle-dancing foragers

(2008) H. R Mattila et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES