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    Honey bee-collected pollen is a potential source of Ascosphaera apis infection in managed bumble bees

    The trade of bumble bees started in the early nineties for pollinator-dependent greenhouse plants. Nowadays, its rearing and transport have received public attention, since managed bees can transfer pathogens ...

    Kleber de Sousa Pereira, Ivan Meeus, Guy Smagghe in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Double-stranded RNA reduces growth rates of the gut parasite Crithidia mellificae

    Parasites of managed bees can disrupt the colony success of the host, but also influence local bee-parasite dynamics, which is regarded as a threat for wild bees. Therapeutic measures have been suggested to im...

    Kleber de Sousa Pereira, Niels Piot, Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus in Parasitology Research (2019)