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Lefebre R, Smet L, Tehel A, Paxton R, Bossuyt E, Verbeke W, et al.
Insects . 2024 Jun; 15(6). PMID: 38921134
Implementation of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in modern beekeeping would improve sustainability, especially in breeding programs aiming for resilience against the parasitic mite . Selecting honey bee colonies for natural resistance...
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van Dooremalen C, Ulgezen Z, DallOlio R, Godeau U, Duan X, Sousa J, et al.
Insects . 2024 Jan; 15(1). PMID: 38276825
Honey bee colonies have great societal and economic importance. The main challenge that beekeepers face is keeping bee colonies healthy under ever-changing environmental conditions. In the past two decades, beekeepers...
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Paxton R, Schafer M, Nazzi F, Zanni V, Annoscia D, Marroni F, et al.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl . 2022 May; 18:157-171. PMID: 35592272
The western honey bee () is of major economic and ecological importance, with elevated rates of colony losses in temperate regions over the last two decades thought to be largely...
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Schafer M, Horenk J, Wylezich C
Vet Sci . 2022 Mar; 9(3). PMID: 35324875
is a protozoan that infects the Malpighian tubules of honey bees. The amoebae, ingested as cysts, develop into trophozoites that feed upon tubule epithelia. The resulting damage of the Malpighian...
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Bertolotti A, Forsgren E, Schafer M, Sircoulomb F, Gaiani N, Ribiere-Chabert M, et al.
Environ Microbiol . 2021 Feb; 23(9):5042-5051. PMID: 33615656
Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of the fatal American foulbrood disease in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Strain identification is vital for preventing the spread of the disease. To date, the...
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Dittes J, Aupperle-Lellbach H, Schafer M, Mulling C, Emmerich I
Vet Sci . 2020 Oct; 7(4). PMID: 33096775
Veterinarians are educated in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in various vertebrate species. As they are familiar with multifactorial health problems in single animals as well as in herd...
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Dittes J, Schafer M, Aupperle-Lellbach H, Mulling C, Emmerich I
Vet Sci . 2020 Sep; 7(3). PMID: 32972032
Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV), a widespread honey bee RNA virus, causes massive worker bee losses, mostly in strong colonies. Two different syndromes, with paralysis, ataxia and flight incapacity on...
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Schurr F, Cougoule N, Riviere M, Ribiere-Chabert M, Achour H, Adam D, et al.
J Virol Methods . 2017 Aug; 248:217-225. PMID: 28757385
The Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) is the aetiological agent of chronic bee paralysis, a contagious disease associated with nervous disorders in adult honeybees leading to massive mortalities in front...
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Greco M, Tong J, Soleimani M, Bell D, Schafer M
J Insect Sci . 2013 Feb; 12:89. PMID: 23421752
The sensitivity of the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymeonoptera: Apidae), brain volume and density to behavior (plasticity) makes it a great model for exploring the interactions between experience, behavior,...
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Schafer M, Ritter W, Pettis J, Neumann P
J Econ Entomol . 2010 Mar; 103(1):10-6. PMID: 20214362
Multiple infections of managed honeybee, Apis mellifera, colonies are inevitable due to the ubiquitous ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor and might be an underlying cause of winter losses. Here we investigated...