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Generational mutation patterns in a honey bee Deformed wing virus via infectious clones Open

Dawn Boncristiani, Yanping Chen · 2025

Efforts to improve honey bee colony health continue due to persistent high loss rates. A major focus in this area is Deformed wing virus (DWV), a key driver of colony loss. The application of modern molecular techniques has characterized t…

Insights from U.S. beekeeper triage surveys following unusually high honey bee colony losses 2024-2025 Open

Anthony Nearman, Christopher L. Crawford, M. Marta Guarna, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti, Katie Lee , et al. · 2025

In January of 2025, U.S. commercial beekeepers reported unusually high honey bee colony losses as they prepared colonies for almond pollination. Two industry groups launched nationwide surveys to document colony losses between June 2024 an…

Comparative analysis of microbiological, physicochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of stingless bee (Tetragonula pagdeni Schwarz) honey from various agricultural areas in Eastern Thailand Open

Salinee Phonmat, Narin Charoenphun, Thararat Chitov, Jakkrawut Maitip, Sunisa Ungwiwatkul , et al. · 2025

s: This study examined the physicochemical, microbiological, antioxidant, and antibacterial properties of honey derived from stingless bees (Tetragonula pagdeni Schwarz). The honey samples were from different botanical zones in Sa Kaeo pro…

Viruses and vectors tied to honey bee colony losses Open

Zachary S. Lamas, Frank D. L. Rinkevich, Andrew Garavito, Allison Shaulis, Dawn Boncristiani , et al. · 2025

Commercial beekeepers in the US reported severe colony losses early in 2025, as colonies were being staged for their critical role in the almond pollination season in California. Average reported losses since the preceding spring exceeded …

Combined Transcriptome, Metabolome, and Mirna Analysis Reveals the Genetic Regulatory Network of Sweet Corn Pericarp Thickness Open

Xiaming Wu, Ruixiang Liu, Meijing Zhang, Min Yang, Chenping Zhou , et al. · 2025

Bee cups 2.0: P-cups as single-use cages for honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) experiments Open

Jay D. Evans, Zachary S. Lamas, Lindsey M. Markowitz, Evan C. Palmer‐Young, E. V. Ryabov , et al. · 2024

Honey bees and other pollinators face threats from pesticides, imperfect nutrition, and a diverse set of parasites and pathogens. Honey bees are also a research model for development, social behavior, microbiology, and aging. Tackling thes…

Qualification rate and associated factors regarding COVID-19 clinical skills training based on scenario simulation teaching to medical staffs in China: a hospital-based cross-sectional study Open

Manyuan Cai, Yanping Chen, Fangting Luo, Yanqun Zheng, Ying Liu , et al. · 2024

Tetracycline-induced gut community dysbiosis and Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus infection synergistically negatively affect honeybees Open

Yao Liu, Shuo Jia, Yuqi Wu, Nihong Zhou, Yanling Xie , et al. · 2024

Antibiotics are frequently employed to control bacterial diseases in honeybees, but their broad-spectrum action can disrupt the delicate balance of the gut microbiome, leading to dysbiosis. This imbalance in the gut microbiota of honeybees…

Case Report: Emerging Losses of Managed Honey Bee Colonies Open

Zachary S. Lamas, Yanping Chen, Jay D. Evans · 2024

United States commercial beekeepers prepare honey bee colonies for almond pollination in California each year in late January to early February. This represents the largest managed pollination event in the world and involves more than half…

Prevalence and distribution of Varroa destructor and Nosema spp. in symptomatic honey bee colonies across the USA from 2015 to 2022 Open

Samuel Abban, Bart Smith, Miguel Corona, Steven C. Cook, Jay D. Evans , et al. · 2024

USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory received symptomatic honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) samples across the United States for disease diagnosis. Here, we present a retrospective study and cartography of ectoparasite Varroa destructor and intra…

Bee cups 2.0: P-Cups as single-use cages for honey bee experiments Open

Jay D. Evans, Yanping Chen, Zachary S. Lamas, Lindsey M. Markowitz, Evan C. Palmer‐Young , et al. · 2024

Honey bees and other pollinators face threats from pesticides, imperfect nutrition, and a diverse set of parasites and pathogens. Honey bees are also a research model for development, social behavior, microbiology, and aging. Tackling thes…

A DNA Plasmid-Based Approach for Efficient Synthesis of Sacbrood Virus Infectious Clones within Host Cells Open

Dandan Yue, Runlin Li, Jikailang Zhang, Yanping Chen, Evan C. Palmer‐Young , et al. · 2023

RNA viruses are often cited as a significant factor affecting the populations of both domestic honey bees and wild pollinators. To expedite the development of effective countermeasures against these viruses, a more comprehensive understand…

Apis mellifera Solinvivirus-1, a Novel Honey Bee Virus That Remained Undetected for over a Decade, Is Widespread in the USA Open

E. V. Ryabov, Anthony Nearman, Ashrafun Nessa, Kyle Grubbs, Benjamin Sallmann , et al. · 2023

A metagenomic analysis of the virome of honey bees (Apis mellifera) from an apiary with high rates of unexplained colony losses identified a novel RNA virus. The virus, which was named Apis mellifera solinvivirus 1 (AmSV1), contains a 10.6…

Case Report: Emerging losses of managed honey bee colonies Open

Jay D. Evans, Yanping Chen, Zachary S. Lamas · 2023

United States commercial beekeepers prepare honey bee colonies for almond pollination in California each year in late January to early February. This represents the largest managed pollination event in the world and involves more than half…

Decoupling the effects of nutrition, age, and behavioral caste on honey bee physiology, immunity, and colony health Open

Miguel Corona, Belén Branchiccela, Mohamed Alburaki, Evan C. Palmer‐Young, Shayne Madella , et al. · 2023

Nutritional stress, especially a dearth of pollen, has been linked to honey bee colony losses. Colony-level experiments are critical for understanding the mechanisms by which nutritional stress affects individual honey bee physiology and p…

Honey bee populations of the USA display restrictions in their mtDNA haplotype diversity Open

Mohamed Alburaki, Shayne Madella, Jillian Lopez, Maria Bouga, Yanping Chen , et al. · 2023

The genetic diversity of the USA honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) populations was examined through a molecular approach using two mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers. A total of 1,063 samples were analyzed for the mtDNA intergenic region locat…

The Role of Honey Bee Derived Aliphatic Esters in the Host-Finding Behavior of Varroa destructor Open

Jiamei Liu, Ruonan Zhang, Rui Tang, Yi Zhang, Rui Guo , et al. · 2022

Varroa destructor is an obligate ectoparasite of honey bees and shifted from its original host Apis cerana to the new host Apis mellifera in the first half of the twentieth century. The host shift has resulted in a great threat to the heal…

Spillover and genome selection of the gut parasite Nosema ceranae between honey bee species Open

Xiuxiu Wei, Jay D. Evans, Yanping Chen, Qiang Huang · 2022

Nosema ceranae is a honey bee gut parasite that has recently spilled to another honey bee host through trading. The impact of infection on the native host is minor, which is substantial in the novel host. In this study, artificial inoculat…

The vectoring competence of the mite Varroa destructor for deformed wing virus of honey bees is dynamic and affects survival of the mite Open

E. V. Ryabov, Francisco Posada-Flórez, Curtis Rogers, Zachary S. Lamas, Jay D. Evans , et al. · 2022

The ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor and the viruses it vectors, including types A and B of Deformed wing virus (DWV), pose a major threat to honey bees, Apis mellifera . Analysis of 256 mites collected from the same set of field colo…

Sacbrood Virus: A Growing Threat to Honeybees and Wild Pollinators Open

Ruike Wei, Lianfei Cao, Ye Feng, Yanping Chen, Gongwen Chen , et al. · 2022

Sacbrood virus (SBV) is one of the many viruses that infect both the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) and the Eastern honeybee (Apis cerana). Recently, the interspecies transmission of SBV has been discovered, especially among wild pollin…

Branding of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) through E-partnership in USA and Denmark Open

Song Yang, Yingmiao Jiao, Xueying Zhang, Xingai Qiu, Jielong Liang , et al. · 2022

People are caring more about mental and physical health when they must confront a treatment.Since research and development for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and western medicine is based on completely different metrics, this research …

Division of Labor among Worker Bees Is Associated with the Lipidomic Plasticity in Their Brains Open

Xiaojing Zhang, Yue Hao, Qingsheng Niu, Yanping Chen, Zhenyu Xia , et al. · 2022

The division of labor is a dominant characteristic of honeybees and is accompanied by behavioral specialization and cognitive enhancement. As the central nervous system to control the labor-specific behaviors of honeybee, the brain is rich…

Adenosine and L-proline can possibly hinder Chinese Sacbrood virus infection in honey bees via immune modulation Open

Xueqi Zhang, Liping Sun, Dongxiang Zhao, Chunsheng Hou, Xiaocui Xia , et al. · 2022

Sacbrood virus (SBV) infects larvae of honey bees, resulting in infected larvae becoming fluid-filled sacs. Our previous studies showed that the extract of herbal medicine, Radix Isatidis, could inhibit Chinese SBV (CSBV) infection in Asia…

Honey Bee Genetic Stock Determines Deformed Wing Virus Symptom Severity but not Viral Load or Dissemination Following Pupal Exposure Open

Hannah J. Penn, Michael Simone-Finstrom, Yanping Chen, Kristen Healy · 2022

Honey bees exposed to Varroa mites incur substantial physical damage in addition to potential exposure to vectored viruses such as Deformed wing virus (DWV) that exists as three master variants (DWV-A, DWV-B, and DWV-C) and recombinants. A…

Can floral nectars reduce transmission of Leishmania? Open

Evan C. Palmer‐Young, Ryan S. Schwarz, Yanping Chen, Jay D. Evans · 2022

Background Insect-vectored Leishmania are responsible for loss of more disability-adjusted life years than any parasite besides malaria. Elucidation of the environmental factors that affect parasite transmission by vectors is essential to …

The vectoring competence of the mite <i>Varroa destructor</i> for Deformed wing virus of honey bees is highly dynamic and affects survival of the mite Open

E. V. Ryabov, Francisco Posada-Flórez, Curtis Rogers, Zachary S. Lamas, Jay D. Evans , et al. · 2022

The ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor and the viruses it vectors, including types A and B of Deformed wing virus (DWV), pose a major threat to honey bees, Apis mellifera . Analysis of 256 mites collected from the same set of colonies o…

Genomic signatures underlying the oogenesis of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor on its new host Apis mellifera Open

Huoqing Zheng, Shuai Wang, Yuqi Wu, Shengmei Zou, Vincent Dietemann , et al. · 2022

Antiparasitic Effects of Three Floral Volatiles on Trypanosomatid Infection in Honey Bees Open

Evan C. Palmer‐Young, Lindsey M. Markowitz, Kyle Grubbs, Yi Zhang, Miguel Corona , et al. · 2022

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the high royal jelly-producing honeybees Open

Lianfei Cao, Xiaomeng Zhao, Yanping Chen, Cheng Sun · 2021

Impacts of Diverse Natural Products on Honey Bee Viral Loads and Health Open

Dawn L. Boncristiani, James P. Tauber, Evan C. Palmer‐Young, Lianfei Cao, William R. Collins , et al. · 2021

Western honey bees (Apis mellifera), a cornerstone to crop pollination in the U.S., are faced with an onslaught of challenges from diseases caused by parasites, pathogens, and pests that affect this economically valuable pollinator. Natura…

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