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A DNA method for screening hive debris for the presence of small hive beetle (Aethinatumida)

A Look into the Cell: Honey Storage in Honey Bees, Apis mellifera

scientific article

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

scientific article

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

A scientific note on Israeli acute paralysis virus infection of Eastern honeybee Apis cerana and vespine predator Vespa velutina

scientific article published in 2012

A scientific note on quantitative diagnosis of small hive beetles,<i>Aethina tumida</i>, in the field

scientific article published in 2008

A scientific note on the ant pitfall for quantitative diagnosis of Varroa destructor

scientific article published in 2011

A scientific note on the association of <i>Cychramus luteus</i> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with honeybee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) colonies

scientific article published in 2004

A scientific note on the association of Haptoncus luteolus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with colonies of multiple stingless bee species

A scientific note on the association of black fungus beetles (Alphitobius laevigatus, Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) with Eastern honey bee colonies (Apis cerana)

scientific article published in 2016

A scientific note on the nest and colony development of the Neotropical bumble bee<i>Bombus</i><i>(Robustobombus)</i><i>melaleucus</i>

scientific article published in 2004

A short note on extreme sex ratio in solitary bees <i>Osmia cornuta</i> in semi-field trials testing the impact of neonicotinoids

scientific article published in 2019

A simple, non-radioactive DNA fingerprinting method for identifying patrilines in honeybee colonies

scientific article published in 1998

Aethina tumida

scientific article published in 2023

B-GOOD: Giving Beekeeping Guidance by cOmputatiOnal-assisted Decision making

scientific article

Bee-hawking by the wasp, Vespa velutina, on the honeybees Apis cerana and A. mellifera

scientific article published on 19 January 2007

Beekeeping under climate change

scientific article published in 2023

Bees and flowers: How to feed an invasive beetle species.

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Behaviour of African and European Subspecies ofApis MelliferaToward the Small Hive Beetle,Aethina Tumida

Black queen cell virus and drifting of honey bee workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i>)

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

COLOSS Survivors Task Force: Global Efforts to Improve Honey Bee Colony Survival

scientific article published on 10 November 2021

Cell size and Varroa destructor mite infestations in susceptible and naturally-surviving honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies

scientific article published in 2019

Challenges for developing pathogen-based biopesticides against Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)

scientific article published in 2012

Clinical signs of deformed wing virus infection are predictive markers for honey bee colony losses

scientific article

Cold Ambient Temperature Promotes Nosema spp. Intensity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published on 9 February 2017

Colony Collapse Disorder in context

scientific article

Colony collapse disorder in Europe

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Conflicting selection on workers underlies global honey bee colony losses

scientific article published on 12 May 2022

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile of Parasitic Beetles, <i>Aethina tumida</i> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

scientific article published on 19 August 2021

Darwinian black box selection for resistance to settled invasive Varroa destructor parasites in honey bees

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Dead or alive: deformed wing virus and Varroa destructor reduce the life span of winter honeybees

scientific article

Dicer regulates Nosema ceranae proliferation in honeybees

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Differences in absconding between African and European honeybee subspecies facilitate invasion success of small hive beetles

scientific article

Differential diagnosis of the honey bee trypanosomatids Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim.

scientific article

Dynamics of Apis mellifera Filamentous Virus (AmFV) Infections in Honey Bees and Relationships with Other Parasites

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Ecosystem services: Academies review insecticide harm

scientific article

Ectoparasitic Mites Varroa underwoodi (Acarina: Varroidae) in Eastern Honeybees, but not in Western Honeybees

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Effects, but no interactions, of ubiquitous pesticide and parasite stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera) lifespan and behaviour in a colony environment

scientific article

Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

article by Christian Pirk et al published March 2002 in Apidologie

Egg viability and worker policing in honey bees.

scholarly article

Endosymbionts and honey bee colony losses?

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially

scientific article

Evaluation of cage designs and feeding regimes for honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) laboratory experiments

scientific article published on February 2014

Evolution of starvation resistance in an invasive insect species, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

First detection of viruses in africanized honey bees from Peru.

scientific article published in October 2014

Foodborne Transmission and Clinical Symptoms of Honey Bee Viruses in Ants Lasius spp

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

Gene Expression and Functional Analyses of Odorant Receptors in Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida)

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Genetic characterization of slow bee paralysis virus of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.).

scientific article published on 2 June 2010

Genetic variation in natural honeybee populations, Apis mellifera capensis

scientific article published in September 2004

Genome Characterization, Prevalence and Distribution of a Macula-Like Virus from Apis mellifera and Varroa destructor

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Genome of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a worldwide parasite of social bee colonies, provides insights into detoxification and herbivory

Global invasions of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) and the consequences for biodiversity

scientific article published in 2005

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

scientific article

Global warming promotes biological invasion of a honey bee pest

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Go East for Better Honey Bee Health: Apis cerana Is Faster at Hygienic Behavior than A. mellifera

scientific article

Heat-balling wasps by honeybees

scientific article published on 28 October 2005

Hit-and-run trophallaxis of small hive beetles

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Honey Bee Virus Transmission via Hive Products

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Host sharing by the honey bee parasites Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae

scientific article

Impact of chronic neonicotinoid exposure on honeybee colony performance and queen supersedure

scientific article

Improving pesticide-use data for the EU

scientific article published on 14 October 2021

Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis?

scientific article published in March 2006

Infestation levels ofApis mellifera scutellataswarms by socially parasitic Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis)

Infestation of commercial bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) field colonies by small hive beetles (Aethina tumida)

scientific article published in 2006

Inside Honeybee Hives: Impact of Natural Propolis on the Ectoparasitic Mite Varroa destructor and Viruses.

scientific article published on 06 February 2017

Long-term effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on ants

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Longevity and reproductive success of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fed different natural diets

scientific article published in October 2002

Method of application of tylosin, an antibiotic for American foulbrood control, with effects on small hive beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) populations.

scientific article published in December 2002

Microsatellite loci for the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, a nest parasite of honey bees

scientific article published in May 2008

Multiple mating by both sexes in an invasive insect species, <i>Aethina tumida</i> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

scientific article published in 2022

Negative but antagonistic effects of neonicotinoid insecticides and ectoparasitic mites Varroa destructor on Apis mellifera honey bee food glands

scientific article published in 2023

Negative correlation between Nosema ceranae spore loads and deformed wing virus infection levels in adult honey bee workers

scientific article

Neonicotinoid insecticides can serve as inadvertent insect contraceptives.

scientific article published in July 2016

Neonicotinoid pesticides can reduce honeybee colony genetic diversity

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Neonicotinoid pesticides severely affect honey bee queens

scientific article

Neonicotinoids and ectoparasitic mites synergistically impact honeybees.

scientific article published on 4 June 2019

New Viruses from the Ectoparasite Mite Infesting and

scientific article published in 2019

Norwegian honey bees surviving Varroa destructor mite infestations by means of natural selection

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Not every sperm counts: Male fertility in solitary bees, Osmia cornuta

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Novel antennal lobe substructures revealed in the small hive beetle Aethina tumida

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Organic acids and thymol: unsuitable for alternative control of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)?

scientific article published in 2011

Out of Africa: novel source of small hive beetles infesting Eastern and Western honey bee colonies in China

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Overwintering Is Associated with Reduced Expression of Immune Genes and Higher Susceptibility to Virus Infection in Honey Bees

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

PCR Diagnosis of Small Hive Beetles

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Pheromonal dominance and the selection of a socially parasitic honeybee worker lineage (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

scientific article

Pheromone-mediated reproductive dominance hierarchies among pseudo-clonal honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis)

Positive Correlation between Pesticide Consumption and Longevity in Solitary Bees: Are We Overlooking Fitness Trade-Offs?

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Predictive markers of honey bee colony collapse

scientific article

Protein nutrition governs within-host race of honey bee pathogens.

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Quo vadis Aethina tumida? Biology and control of small hive beetles

Rapid parallel evolution overcomes global honey bee parasite.

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Rare royal families in honeybees, Apis mellifera.

scientific article published on 28 October 2005

Reduced Postcapping Period in Honey Bees Surviving Varroa destructor by Means of Natural Selection.

article

Reproduction of ectoparasitic mites in a coevolved system: <i>Varroa</i> spp.-Eastern honey bees, <i>Apis cerana</i>

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts.

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Reproductive biology of the Cape honeybee: a critique of Beekman et al.

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

Reproductive division of labour and thelytoky result in sympatric barriers to gene flow in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.).

scientific article published on 2 November 2010

Research strategies to improve honeybee health in Europe

article

Robotic bees for crop pollination: Why drones cannot replace biodiversity

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Sampling and RNA quality for diagnosis of honey bee viruses using quantitative PCR.

scientific article published on 5 April 2011

Scientific note. A scientific note on the natural merger of two honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

scientific article published in January 2001

Sex Ratio of Small Hive Beetles: The Role of Pupation and Adult Longevity.

scientific article published on 7 May 2019

Sex-specific differences in pathogen susceptibility in honey bees (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

scientific article published on 21 February 2008

Small Hive Beetles are Facultative Predators of Adult Honey Bees

Small hive beetle infestation levels of honey bee colonies correlate with precipitation and forest cover

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Small hive beetle,<i>Aethina tumida</i>, as a potential biological vector of honeybee viruses

scientific article published in 2008

Small hive beetle,<i>Aethina tumida</i>, populations II: Dispersal of small hive beetles

scientific article published in 2008

Small hive beetle,<i>Aethina tumida</i>, populations I: Infestation levels of honeybee colonies, apiaries and regions

scientific article published in 2007

Small hive beetles,<i>Aethina tumida</i>, are vectors of<i>Paenibacillus larvae</i>

scientific article published in 2009

Social apoptosis in honey bee superorganisms

scientific article published on 06 June 2016

Social regulation of ageing by young workers in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Species traits, landscape quality and floral resource overlap with honeybees determine virus transmission in plant–pollinator networks

scientific article published on 4 October 2024

Survival of Ectoparasitic Mites in Association with Honeybee Hive Products

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Susceptibility of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) larvae and pupae to entomopathogenic nematodes.

scientific article published in February 2010

Testing reliability of a potential island mating apiary using DNA microsatellites

scientific article published in 1999

The Apis mellifera Filamentous Virus Genome

scientific article

The COLOSS <i>BEEBOOK</i>, a Manual of Standard Methods for Honey Bee Research

scientific article published on 05 October 2021

The COLOSS BEEBOOK evolves: hive products, ‘omics research and Eastern honey bees, <i>Apis cerana</i>

scientific article published on 07 September 2021

The COLOSS BEEBOOK – an example of standard methods in insect research

scientific article published in 2023

The Darwin cure for apiculture? Natural selection and managed honeybee health

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

The Honey Bee Pathosphere of Mongolia: European Viruses in Central Asia

scientific article

The alternative Pharaoh approach: stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive

scientific article published on 9 December 2009

The behaviour of drifted Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis): predisposition for social parasitism?

The biology of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): Gaps in our knowledge of an invasive species

article

The dose makes the poison: feeding of antibiotic-treated winter honey bees, Apis mellifera, with probiotics and b-vitamins

scientific article published in 2022

The ectoparasitic mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae reduces western honey bee, Apismellifera, longevity and emergence weight, and promotes Deformed wing virus infections

scientific article

The need for an evolutionary approach to ecotoxicology

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

The neonicotinoid thiamethoxam impairs male fertility in solitary bees, Osmia cornuta

scientific article published in 2021

The small hive beetle’s capacity to disperse over long distances by flight

scientific article published on 27 June 2024

The smell of sex: cuticular hydrocarbons of adult small hive beetles, <i>Aethina tumida</i> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

scientific article published in 2022

Thiacloprid-Nosema ceranae interactions in honey bees: host survivorship but not parasite reproduction is dependent on pesticide dose

scientific article published in March 2014

Thiamethoxam soil contaminations reduce fertility of soil-dwelling beetles, Aethina tumida

scientific article published in 2023

Transitions in symbiosis: evidence for environmental acquisition and social transmission within a clade of heritable symbionts

scientific article published on 03 May 2021

Using Citizen Science to Scout Honey Bee Colonies That Naturally Survive Varroa destructor Infestations

scientific article published on 09 June 2021

Using DNA microsatellites for maternity testing in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

scientific article published in 1999

Varroa invasion and virus adaptation

scientific article published on 9 July 2012

Varying impact of neonicotinoid insecticide and acute bee paralysis virus across castes and colonies of black garden ants, Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published on 15 October 2021

Virus transmission via honey bee prey and potential impact on cocoon-building in labyrinth spiders (Agelena labyrinthica)

scientific article published in 2023

Winter losses of honeybee colonies (Hymenoptera: Apidae): the role of infestations with Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and Varroa destructor (Parasitiformes: Varroidae).

scientific article published in February 2010

You are what you eat: relative importance of diet, gut microbiota and nestmates for honey bee, Apis mellifera, worker health

scientific article published in 2021