Aurélie Babin, Frank Schurr, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach, Minh Huyen Ton Nu Nguyet, Stéphanie Bougeard, Joachim R de Miranda, Maj Rundlöf, Dimitry Wintermantel, Matthias Albrecht, Eleanor Attridge, Irene Bottero, Elena Cini, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Gennaro Di Prisco, Christophe Dominik, Daniel Dzul, Simon Hodge, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Jessica Knapp, Anina C Knauer, Marika Mänd, Vicente Martínez-López, Piotr Medrzycki, Maria Helena Pereira-Peixoto, Simon G Potts, Risto Raimets, Oliver Schweiger, Deepa Senapathi, José Serrano, Jane C Stout, Giovanni Tamburini, Mark J F Brown, Marion Laurent, Marie-Pierre Rivière, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Eric Dubois
Infectious and parasitic agents (IPAs) and their associated diseases are major environmental stressors that jeopardize bee health, both alone and in interaction with other stressors. Their impact on pollinator communities can be assessed by studying multiple sentinel bee species. Here, we analysed the field exposure of three sentinel managed bee species (Apis mellifera, Bombus terrestris and Osmia bicornis) to 11 IPAs (six RNA viruses, two bacteria, three microsporidia). The sentinel bees were deployed at 128 sites in eight European countries adjacent to either oilseed rape fields or apple orchards during crop bloom...
February 12, 2024: Scientific Reports