Adult honey bees are maintained in vitro in laboratory cages for a variety of purposes. For
example, researchers may wish to perform experiments on honey bees caged individually or …

Worldwide, American foulbrood (AFB) is the most devastating bacterial disease of the honey
bee (Apis mellifera). Because the distinction between AFB and powdery scale disease is no …

Fumagillin is a potent fungal metabolite first isolated from Aspergillus fumigatus. It is widely
used in apiculture and human medicine against a variety of microsporidian fungal infections. …

In 2008 the COLOSS network was formed by honey bee experts from Europe and the USA.
The primary objectives set by this scientific network were to explain and to prevent large …

Newly-emerged honey bees were placed in cages and fed sucrose syrup and one of the
following single-pollen diets: Malus domestica Borkh., Brassica campestris L., Phacelia …

Individual and colony-level foraging behaviors were evaluated in response to changes in
the quantity or nutritional quality of pollen stored within honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. …

… Maritime Provinces (Williams et al., 2008), but the oldest sample from which this parasite
has been identified was one originally collected in 1994 from Northern Alberta (Pernal, …

We evaluated the influence of pollen-based cues on the foraging decisions made by
honeybees using a series of two-choice bioassays, performed within a highly controlled indoor …

Background There is a major paradox in our understanding of honey bee immunity: the high
population density in a bee colony implies a high rate of disease transmission among …

Background The microsporidia parasite Nosema contributes to the steep global decline of
honey bees that are critical pollinators of food crops. There are two species of Nosema that …