The worldwide spread of diseases is considered a major threat to biodiversity and a possible driver of the decline of pollinator populations, particularly when novel species or strains of parasites emerge. Previous studies have suggested that populations of introduced European honeybee (Apis mellifera) and bumblebee species (Bombus terrestris and Bombus ruderatus) in Argentina share the neogreg...

The diversity of eukaryote organisms and viruses associated with wild bees remains poorly characterized in contrast to the well-documented pathosphere of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. Using a deliberate RNA shotgun metagenomic sequencing strategy in combination with a dedicated bioinformatics workflow, we identified the (micro-)organisms and viruses associated with two bumble bee hosts...

Honey bees, Apis mellifera, use short-lived repellent scent marks to distinguish and reject flowers that have recently been visited by themselves or by siblings, and so save time that would otherwise be spent in probing empty flowers. Conversely, both honey bees and bumblebees, Bombus spp., can mark rewarding flowers with scent marks that promote probing by conspecifics. We examined detection o...

Dünyada sayıca en çok üretimi yapılan bombus türü olan Bombus terrestris arıları hem doğal de kültüre alınmış çiçekli bitkilerin tozlaşmasına önemli katkılar sunmaktadır. Kontrollü koşullarda B. yetiştiriciliğinde çiftleşme ve diyapoz aşamaları diğer tüm aşamalar gibi kritik öneme sahiptir. Bu aşamaların başarılı olmasında kolonilerin ana arıların beslemesinin payı oldukça fazladır. yetiştirici...