Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae

Jeffery S. Pettis; Elinor M. Lichtenberg; Michael Andree; Jennie Stitzinger; Robyn Rose; Dennis vanEngelsdorp

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070182

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Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae

Jeffery S. Pettis,

Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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Elinor M. Lichtenberg,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Michael Andree,

Affiliation Cooperative Extension Butte County, University of California, Oroville, California, United States of America
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Jennie Stitzinger,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Robyn Rose,

Affiliation USDA-APHIS, Riverdale, Maryland, United States of America
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Dennis vanEngelsdorp

* E-mail: dennis.vanengelsdorp@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae

Jeffery S. Pettis,
Elinor M. Lichtenberg,
Michael Andree,
Jennie Stitzinger,
Robyn Rose,
Dennis vanEngelsdorp

Published: July 24, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070182

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A fungus and a virus come together

Posted by Zafar-Hayat-Khan on 17 Aug 2013 at 11:02 GMT

As per Wikipedia, quoting a Bloomberg article which I was unable to locate :"News articles published in October 2010 quoted researchers who had discovered that Nosema fungus had joined with a previously unsuspected virus, Invertebrate Iridescent Virus, or IIV6, dealing test bee colonies a lethal blow. Neither the fungus nor the virus alone kill all the test group, but the two combined do. Both the fungus and the virus are found together with high frequency in hives that have suffered CCD. Final testing is in progress with field tests on colonies"

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Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae

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A fungus and a virus come together

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