A new threat to bees? Entomopathogenic nematodes used in biological pest control cause rapid mortality inBombus terrestris

Linking risk and efficacy in biological control host–parasitoid models

(2015) Joe M. Kaser et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

High prevalence and infection levels of Nosema ceranae in bumblebees Bombus atratus and Bombus bellicosus from Uruguay

(2015) N. Arbulo et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency 2012 experiment

(2015) Dave Goulson   PeerJ

Field realistic doses of pesticide imidacloprid reduce bumblebee pollen foraging efficiency

(2014) Hannah Feltham et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Exposure to neonicotinoids influences the motor function of adult worker honeybees

(2014) Sally M. Williamson et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Alternatives to neonicotinoid insecticides for pest control: case studies in agriculture and forestry

(2014) Lorenzo Furlan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Novel biopesticide based on a spider venom peptide shows no adverse effects on honeybees

(2014) E. Y. T. Nakasu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees

(2013) S. M. Williamson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Entomopathogenic nematodes

(2012) Adler R. Dillman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

How the insect pathogen bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis and Xenorhabdus/Photorhabdus occupy their hosts

(2012) Christina Nielsen-LeRoux et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees

(2012) Richard J. Gill et al.   NATURE

Pesticide exposure in honey bees results in increased levels of the gut pathogen Nosema

(2012) Jeffery S. Pettis et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Pathogen Webs in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies

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

Effects of Invasive Parasites on Bumble Bee Declines

(2011) IVAN MEEUS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Control of Overwintering Filbertworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Larvae With Steinernema carpocapsae

(2010) Ute Chambers et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Biology and control of Varroa destructor

(2009) Peter Rosenkranz et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Impact ofBacillus thuringiensisstrains on survival, reproduction and foraging behaviour in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2009) Veerle Mommaerts et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

The life-history impact and implications of multiple parasites for bumble bee queens

(2007) Samina T. Rutrecht et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY