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Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators

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  • M. A. Fürst

    (Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Bourne Building, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
    IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria)

  • D. P. McMahon

    (Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK)

  • J. L. Osborne

    (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
    University of Exeter, Environment & Sustainability Institute, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK)

  • R. J. Paxton

    (Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
    Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Biology/General Zoology, Hoher Weg 8, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • M. J. F. Brown

    (Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Bourne Building, Egham TW20 0EX, UK)

Abstract

Laboratory infection experiments and field data show that emerging infectious diseases of honeybees are widespread infectious agents within the pollinator assemblage; the prevalence of deformed wing virus (DWV) and the parasite Nosema ceranae in honeybees and bumblebees is linked, and sympatric bumblebees and honeybees are infected by the same DWV strains, indicating ongoing disease transmission.

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  • M. A. Fürst & D. P. McMahon & J. L. Osborne & R. J. Paxton & M. J. F. Brown, 2014. "Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators," Nature, Nature, vol. 506(7488), pages 364-366, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:506:y:2014:i:7488:d:10.1038_nature12977
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12977
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