pan-european assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of stressors on the health of bees

Here, you will find all public PoshBee deliverables as well as all scientific publications resulting from or relevant to the project.

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Clothianidin seed-treatment has no detectable negative impact on honeybee colonies and their pathogens

Authors: Osterman, J., Wintermantel, D., Locke, B., Jonsson, O., Semberg, E., Onorati, P., et al.

Year: 2019

Journal: Nature Communications

Volume/Issue: 10

Publisher/Place: Nature Publishing Group

Pages: e692

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08523-4

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Field-level clothianidin exposure affects bumblebees but generally not their pathogens

Authors: Wintermantel, D., Locke, B., Andersson, G.K.S., Semberg, E., Forsgren, E., Osterman, J., et al.

Year: 2018

Journal: Nature Communications

Volume/Issue: 9

Publisher/Place: Nature Publishing Group

Pages: e5446

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07914-3

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Impact of landscape configuration and composition on pollinator communities across different European biogeographic regions

Authors: Bottero, I., Dominik, C., Schweiger, O., Albrecht, M., Attridge, E., et al.

Year: 2023

Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volume/Issue: 11

Pages: 1128228

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1128228

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The Lifecycle of the Varroa Mite

Authors: Attridge, E.

Year: 2023

Journal: BBKA News Incorporating

Volume/Issue: February 2023

Pages: 63-64

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Responses in honeybee and bumblebee activity to changes in weather conditions

Authors: Karbassioon, A., Yearlsey, J., Dirilgen, T. et al.

Year: 2023

Journal: Oecologia

Volume/Issue: 582

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05332-x

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Roundup Causes High Levels of Contact Mortality in Bumblebees

Authors: Straw, E.A., Carpentier, E.N., & Brown, M.J.F.

Year: 2021

Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume/Issue: 58 (6)

Publisher/Place: Blackwell Publishing Inc.

Pages: 1167-1176

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13867

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The impact of pollen quality on the sensitivity of bumblebees to pesticides

Authors: Barraud A., Nadarajah S., Vanderplanck M., & Michez D.

Year: 2020

Journal: Acta Oecologica

Volume/Issue: 105

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 103552

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103552

Monitoring bee health in European agro-ecosystems using wing morphology and fat bodies

Authors: Vanderplanck, M., et al.

Year: 2021

Journal: One Ecosystem

Volume/Issue: 6

Publisher/Place: Pensoft Publishers

Pages: e63653

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.6.e63653

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Neonicotinoid Clothianidin reduces honey bee immune response and contributes to Varroa mite proliferation

Authors: Annoscia, D., Di Prisco, G., Becchimanzi, A., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Nature Communications

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Nature Research

Pages: 5887

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19715-8

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Bee Viruses: Routes of Infection in Hymenoptera

Authors: Yañez, O., Piot, N., Dalmon, A., de Miranda, J.R., Chantawannakul, P., Panziera, D., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Frontiers Media

Pages: 943

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00943

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Diversity and Global Distribution of Viruses of the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Authors: Beaurepaire, A., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Insects

Volume/Issue: 11/4

Publisher/Place: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Pages: 239

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11040239

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Sulfoxaflor exposure reduces egg laying in bumblebees Bombus terrestris

Authors: Siviter, H., Horner, J., Brown, M.J.F., & Leadbeater, E.

Year: 2019

Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume/Issue: 57/1

Publisher/Place: Blackwell Publishing Inc.

Pages: 160-169

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13519

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Individual and combined impacts of sulfoxaflor and Nosema bombi on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) larval growth

Authors: Siviter, H., Folly, A.J., Brown, M.J.F., & Leadbeater, E.

Year: 2020

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Volume/Issue: 287

Publisher/Place: Royal Society of London

Pages: 2020935

URL/DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0935

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Beyond generalists: The Brassicaceae pollen specialist Osmia brevicornis as a prospective model organism when exploring pesticide risk to bees

Authors: Hellström, S., Strobl, V., Straub, L., Osterman, W.H.A., Paxton, R.J., & Osterman, J.

Year: 2023

Journal: Environmental and Sustainability Indicators

Volume/Issue: 18

Pages: 100239

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2023.100239

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Unraveling the Bombus terrestris Hemolymph, an Indicator of the Immune Response to Microbial Infections, through Complementary Mass Spectrometry Approaches

Authors: Bournonville, L., Askri, D., Arafah, K., Voisin, S.N., Bocquet, M., & Bulet, P.

Year: 2023

Journal: J. Mol. Sci.

Volume/Issue: 24

Pages: 4658

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054658

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Interactions Between Thiamethoxam and Deformed Wing Virus Can Drastically Impair Flight Behavior of Honey Bees

Authors: Coulon, M., Dalmon, A., Di Prisco, G., Prado, A., Arban, F., Dubois, E., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Frontiers Media

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00766

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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

Authors: Al Naggar, Y., & Paxton, R. J.

Year: 2020

Journal: Microbial Biotechnology

Volume/Issue: 14/1

Publisher/Place: Wiley

Pages: 227-240

URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13673

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Stem-nesting Hymenoptera in Irish farmland: empirical evaluation of artificial trap nests as tools for fundamental research and pollinator conservation

Authors: Hodge, S., Bottero, I., Dean, R., Maher, S., & Stout, J.C.

Year: 2022

Journal: Journal of Pollination Ecology

Volume/Issue: 32:11

Pages: 110-123

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2022)697

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Impact of crop exposure and agricultural intensification on the phenotypic variation of bees

Authors: Gérard, M., Baird, E., Breeze, T., Dominik, C., & Michez, D.

Year: 2022

Journal: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volume/Issue: 338

Pages: 108107

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108107

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Parasite and Pesticide Impacts on the Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Haemolymph Proteome

Authors: Askri, D., Straw, E.A., Arafah, K., Voisin, S.N., Bocquet, M., Brown, M.J.F., & Bulet, P.

Year: 2023

Journal: Int. J. Mol. Sci.

Volume/Issue: 24

Pages: 5384

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065384

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