ArticleParasitology2020
Cross-infectivity of honey and bumble bee-associated parasites across three bee families.
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- A systematic review of honey bee (Apis mellifera, Linnaeus, 1758) infections and available treatment options.Veterinary medicine and science · 2023Pooled it
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- Sunflower plantings reduce a common gut pathogen and increase queen production in common eastern bumblebee colonies.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Endosymbionts that threaten commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Journal of pollination ecology · 2023Article
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- Detection of Microsporidia in Pollinator Communities of a Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot for Wild Bees.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
- Effects of an alternative host on the prevalence and intensity of infection of a bumble bee parasite.Parasitology · 2022Article
- Sunflower pollen reduces a gut pathogen in the model bee species,Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Occurrence of Honey Bee (Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Hot and sour: parasite adaptations to honeybee body temperature and pH.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Conservation genomics reveals pesticide and pathogen exposure in the declining bumble bee Bombus terricola.Molecular ecology · 2021Article
- Pathogens Spillover from Honey Bees to Other Arthropods.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Eristalis flower flies can be mechanical vectors of the common trypanosome bee parasite, Crithidia bombi.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Functional traits linked to pathogen prevalence in wild bee communities.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Dominant bee species and floral abundance drive parasite temporal dynamics in plant-pollinator communities.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Article
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Abstract
Recent declines of wild pollinators and infections in honey, bumble and other bee species have raised concerns about pathogen spillover from managed honey and bumble bees to other pollinators. Parasites of honey and bumble bees include trypanosomatids and microsporidia that often exhibit low host specificity, suggesting potential for spillover to co-occurring bees via shared floral resources. However, experimental tests of trypanosomatid and microsporidial cross-infectivity outside of managed honey and bumble bees are scarce. To characterize potential cross-infectivity of honey and bumble bee-associated parasites, we inoculated three trypanosomatids and one microsporidian into five potential hosts - including four managed species - from the apid, halictid and megachilid bee families. We found evidence of cross-infection by the trypanosomatids Crithidia bombi and C. mellificae, with evidence for replication in 3/5 and 3/4 host species, respectively. These include the first reports of experimental C. bombi infection in Megachile rotundata and Osmia lignaria, and C. mellificae infection in O. lignaria and Halictus ligatus. Although inability to control amounts inoculated in O. lignaria and H. ligatus hindered estimates of parasite replication, our findings suggest a broad host range in these trypanosomatids, and underscore the need to quantify disease-mediated threats of managed social bees to sympatric pollinators.
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