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Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects by Theodorou, Panagiotis, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Lentendu, Guillaume, Kahnt, Belinda, Husemann, Martin, Bleidorn, Christoph, Settele, Josef, Schweiger, Oliver, Grosse, Ivo, Wubet, Tesfaye, Murray, Tomás E., Paxton, Robert J.

“…Urbanisation is an important global driver of biodiversity change, negatively impacting some species groups whilst providing opportunities for others. Yet its…”
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The novel insecticides flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor do not act synergistically with viral pathogens in reducing honey bee (Apis mellifera) survival but sulfoxaflor modulates host immunocompetence by Al Naggar, Yahya, Paxton, Robert J.

“…Through laboratory experiments in which treatments were administered singly or in combination to individual insects, we recorded harmful effects of FPF and…”
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Symbionts as major modulators of insect health: lactic acid bacteria and honeybees by Vásquez, Alejandra, Forsgren, Eva, Fries, Ingemar, Paxton, Robert J, Flaberg, Emilie, Szekely, Laszlo, Olofsson, Tobias C

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are well recognized beneficial host-associated members of the microbiota of humans and animals. Yet LAB-associations of…”
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Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification by Aizen, Marcelo A., Aguiar, Sebastián, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C., Garibaldi, Lucas A., Inouye, David W., Jung, Chuleui, Martins, Dino J., Medel, Rodrigo, Morales, Carolina L., Ngo, Hien, Pauw, Anton, Paxton, Robert J., Sáez, Agustín, Seymour, Colleen L.

“…The global increase in the proportion of land cultivated with pollinator‐dependent crops implies increased reliance on pollination services. Yet agricultural…”
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Urbanization is associated with shifts in bumblebee body size, with cascading effects on pollination by Theodorou, Panagiotis, Baltz, Lucie M., Paxton, Robert J., Soro, Antonella

“…Urbanization is a global phenomenon with major effects on species, the structure of community functional traits and ecological interactions. Body size is a key…”
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The virulent, emerging genotype B of Deformed wing virus is closely linked to overwinter honeybee worker loss by Natsopoulou, Myrsini E., McMahon, Dino P., Doublet, Vincent, Frey, Eva, Rosenkranz, Peter, Paxton, Robert J.

“…Bees are considered to be threatened globally, with severe overwinter losses of the most important commercial pollinator, the Western honeybee, a major concern…”
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Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism scan suggests adaptation to urbanization in an important pollinator, the red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius L.) by Theodorou, Panagiotis, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Kahnt, Belinda, Soro, Antonella, Grosse, Ivo, Paxton, Robert J.

“…Urbanization is considered a global threat to biodiversity; the growth of cities results in an increase in impervious surfaces, soil and air pollution,…”
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Mode of Transmission Determines the Virulence of Black Queen Cell Virus in Adult Honey Bees, Posing a Future Threat to Bees and Apiculture by Al Naggar, Yahya, Paxton, Robert J

“…Honey bees ( ) can be infected by many viruses, some of which pose a major threat to their health and well-being. A critical step in the dynamics of a viral…”
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Parasites modulate within-colony activity and accelerate the temporal polyethism schedule of a social insect, the honey bee by Natsopoulou, Myrsini E, Dino P. McMahon, Robert J. Paxton

“…Task allocation in social insect colonies is generally organised into an age-related division of labour, termed the temporal polyethism schedule, which may in…”
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Urban fragmentation leads to lower floral diversity, with knock-on impacts on bee biodiversity by Theodorou, Panagiotis, Herbst, Sarah-Christine, Kahnt, Belinda, Landaverde-González, Patricia, Baltz, Lucie M., Osterman, Julia, Paxton, Robert J.

“…Bees and flowering plants are two closely interacting groups of organisms. Habitat loss and fragmentation associated with urbanisation are major threats to…”
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Impact of managed honey bee viruses on wild bees by Tehel, Anja, Brown, Mark JF, Paxton, Robert J

“…[Display omitted] •Over 24 viruses have been associated with managed honey bees.•Many of these are also prevalent in wild bee species.•Evidence suggests…”
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Transcriptomic Responses Underlying the High Virulence of Black Queen Cell Virus and Sacbrood Virus following a Change in Their Mode of Transmission in Honey Bees ( Apis mellifera ) by Al Naggar, Yahya, Shafiey, Hassan, Paxton, Robert J

“…Over the last two decades, honey bees ( ) have suffered high rates of colony losses that have been attributed to a variety of factors, chief among which are…”
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Oxidative stress and senescence in social insects: a significant but inconsistent link? by Kramer, Boris H, Nehring, Volker, Buttstedt, Anja, Heinze, Jürgen, Korb, Judith, Libbrecht, Romain, Meusemann, Karen, Paxton, Robert J, Séguret, Alice, Schaub, Florentine, Bernadou, Abel

“…The life-prolonging effects of antioxidants have long entered popular culture, but the scientific community still debates whether free radicals and the…”
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The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions by Engel, Philipp, Kwong, Waldan K, McFrederick, Quinn, Anderson, Kirk E, Barribeau, Seth Michael, Chandler, James Angus, Cornman, R Scott, Dainat, Jacques, de Miranda, Joachim R, Doublet, Vincent, Emery, Olivier, Evans, Jay D, Farinelli, Laurent, Flenniken, Michelle L, Granberg, Fredrik, Grasis, Juris A, Gauthier, Laurent, Hayer, Juliette, Koch, Hauke, Kocher, Sarah, Martinson, Vincent G, Moran, Nancy, Munoz-Torres, Monica, Newton, Irene, Paxton, Robert J, Powell, Eli, Sadd, Ben M, Schmid-Hempel, Paul, Schmid-Hempel, Regula, Song, Se Jin, Schwarz, Ryan S, vanEngelsdorp, Dennis, Dainat, Benjamin

“…As pollinators, bees are cornerstones for terrestrial ecosystem stability and key components in agricultural productivity. All animals, including bees, are…”
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Host Barriers Limit Viral Spread in a Spillover Host: A Study of Deformed Wing Virus in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris by Streicher, Tabea, Brinker, Pina, Tragust, Simon, Paxton, Robert J

“…The transmission of pathogens from reservoir to recipient host species, termed pathogen spillover, can profoundly impact plant, animal, and public health…”
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Nosema ceranae has infected Apis mellifera in Europe since at least 1998 and may be more virulent than Nosema apis by PAXTON, Robert J, KLEE, Julia, KORPELA, Seppo, FRIES, Ingemar

“…Nosema ceranae, a microsporidian formerly regarded as confined to its Asiatic host Apis cerana, has recently been shown to parasitise Apis mellifera and to…”
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Epidemiology of a major honey bee pathogen, deformed wing virus: potential worldwide replacement of genotype A by genotype B by Paxton, Robert J., Schäfer, Marc O., Nazzi, Francesco, Zanni, Virginia, Annoscia, Desiderato, Marroni, Fabio, Bigot, Diane, Laws-Quinn, Eoin R., Panziera, Delphine, Jenkins, Christina, Shafiey, Hassan

“…The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is of major economic and ecological importance, with elevated rates of colony losses in temperate regions over the last…”
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So near and yet so far: harmonic radar reveals reduced homing ability of Nosema infected honeybees by Wolf, Stephan, McMahon, Dino P, Lim, Ka S, Pull, Christopher D, Clark, Suzanne J, Paxton, Robert J, Osborne, Juliet L

“…Pathogens may gain a fitness advantage through manipulation of the behaviour of their hosts. Likewise, host behavioural changes can be a defence mechanism,…”
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Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale by Piot, Niels, Schweiger, Oliver, Meeus, Ivan, Yañez, Orlando, Straub, Lars, Villamar-Bouza, Laura, De la Rúa, Pilar, Jara, Laura, Ruiz, Carlos, Malmstrøm, Martin, Mustafa, Sandra, Nielsen, Anders, Mänd, Marika, Karise, Reet, Tlak-Gajger, Ivana, Özgör, Erkay, Keskin, Nevin, Diévart, Virginie, Dalmon, Anne, Gajda, Anna, Neumann, Peter, Smagghe, Guy, Graystock, Peter, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Paxton, Robert J., de Miranda, Joachim R.

“…Viruses are omnipresent, yet the knowledge on drivers of viral prevalence in wild host populations is often limited. Biotic factors, such as sympatric managed…”
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Intra-specific variation in sensitivity of Bombus terrestris and Osmia bicornis to three pesticides by Linguadoca, Alberto, Jürison, Margret, Hellström, Sara, Straw, Edward A., Šima, Peter, Karise, Reet, Costa, Cecilia, Serra, Giorgia, Colombo, Roberto, Paxton, Robert J., Mänd, Marika, Brown, Mark J. F.

“…There is growing evidence that pesticides may be among the causes of worldwide bee declines, which has resulted in repeated calls for their increased scrutiny…”
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