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Original Research

Published on 10 Apr 2025

Infestation levels of Aphomia sociella in bumblebees increase with proximity to apiaries and result in lower reproductive output and weaker immune response

in Bee Protection and Health

Ronalds Krams
Tatjana Grigorjeva
Jonathan Willow
Sergejs Popovs
Māris Munkevics
Giedrius Trakimas
Jorge Contreras-Garduño
André Rodrigues de Souza
Colton B. Adams
Markus J. Rantala

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2025.1550560

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Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Unhealthy brood odor scores predict pathogen loads of several important honey bee diseases

in Bee Protection and Health

Samantha A. Alger
P. Alexander Burnham
M. Sydney Miller
Esmaeil Amiri
Corinne Jordan
Kaira Wagoner

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2025.1509871

1,662 views

Editorial

Published on 25 Mar 2025

Editorial: Applied bee science and technology transfer

in Bee Protection and Health

Nuria Morfin
Karina Antúnez
Patricia Aldea-Sánchez
M. Marta Guarna

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2025.1565929

267 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Feb 2025

Climate change will alter Amazonian bumblebees’ distribution, but effects are species-specific

in Bee Protection and Health

Patrícia Nunes-Silva
André Luis Acosta
Rafael Cabral Borges
Breno Magalhães Freitas
Ricardo Caliari Oliveira
Tereza Cristina Giannini
Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2025.1510004

846 views

Mini Review

Published on 04 Oct 2024

A case for microbial therapeutics to bolster colony health and performance of honey bees

in Bee Protection and Health

Sophie M. Killam
Brendan A. Daisley
Morgan L. Kleiber
Julia F. Lacika
Graham J. Thompson

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1422265

993 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2024

Diapause, pollen ball incidence, and overwintering energetics in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata

in Bee Protection and Health

Preetpal Singh
Arun Rajamohan
Sarah A. Waybright
Michael E. Dillon
Scott M. Ferrenberg
Joseph P. Rinehart
Julia H. Bowsher

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1454790

954 views

Mini Review

Published on 15 Aug 2024

Deadly triangle: honey bees, mites, and viruses

in Bee Protection and Health

Zachary S. Lamas
Jay D. Evans

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1418667

1,809 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 06 Aug 2024

Safety assessment of high doses of vaporized oxalic acid on honey bee worker health and queen quality

in Bee Protection and Health

Emilio Enrique Tellarini Prieto
Marco Pietropaoli
Ylona Camus
Marcelo Polizel Camilli
Muhammad Fahim Raza
Midhun Sebastian Jose
Oleksii Obshta
Marina Carla Bezerra da Silva
Ivanna Kozii
Igor Moshynskyy

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1442030

3,692 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Aug 2024

ProtectaBEE® and bee vectoring: innovating hive-based health with inspensing technology for sustainable apiculture

in Bee Protection and Health

Erica Shelley
Tasmin Brown
Aparna Karthikeyan
Peter Kevan

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1428673

2,768 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Jul 2024

Stimulus-specific gene expression profiles associated with grooming behavior and Varroa destructor resistance in honey bees

in Bee Protection and Health

Romina M. Russo
Hernán Pietronave
Claudia A. Conte
María C. Liendo
Alicia Basilio
Silvia B. Lanzavecchia
Alejandra C. Scannapieco

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1441317

1,280 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 05 Jul 2024

The honey bee “hive” microbiota: meta-analysis reveals a native and aerobic microbiota prevalent throughout the social resource niche

in Bee Protection and Health

Kirk E. Anderson
Duan C. Copeland

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1410331

2,290 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Jul 2024

Evaluation of three different bottom boards in honeybee hives for the control of Varroa destructor

in Bee Protection and Health

Pablo Juri
Enrique Nogueira
José Anzola
Valentina Rodríguez-Batista
Belén Branchiccela
Ciro Invernizzi

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1384846

1,379 views

Original Research

Published on 21 May 2024

Varroa destructor economic injury levels and pathogens associated with colony losses in Western Canada

in Bee Protection and Health

Nuria Morfin
Leonard J. Foster
Ernesto Guzman-Novoa
Paul Van Westendorp
Robert W. Currie
Heather Higo

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1355401

2,078 views
4 citations

Review

Published on 03 May 2024

Thermodynamics, thermal performance and climate change: temperature regimes for bumblebee (Bombus spp.) colonies as examples of superorganisms

in Bee Protection and Health

Peter G. Kevan
Pierre Rasmont
Baptiste Martinet

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1351616

7,192 views
4 citations

Review

Published on 14 Mar 2024

One for all and all for one: a review on the commonality of risk to honeybees and wild pollinators and the benefits of beekeepers in conservation

in Bee Protection and Health

Melissa A. Y. Oddie
Bjørn Dahle

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1305679

3,835 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 16 Feb 2024

Amplicon and Cas9-targeted nanopore sequencing of Varroa destructor at the onset of an outbreak in Australia

in Bee Protection and Health

Gus R. McFarlane
Katie L. Robinson
Kim Whitaker
John Webster
Lauren Drysdale
Lillian Brancalion
Ashlea Webster
Brendon O’Rourke
Daniel R. Bogema

Frontiers in Bee Science

doi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1334543

1,764 views
1 citation