Proceedings. Biological sciencesAnimalsBeesFemaleSwitzerlandMale
Resident viruses, but not honeybee-associated viruses, impair solitary bee fitness in the field.
Corina Maurer, Orlando Yañez, Alexandria Schauer, Peter Neumann, Adam J Vanbergen, Oliver Schweiger, Robert J Paxton, Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi, Loïc Pellissier, Matthias Albrecht
Published: 202610.1098/rspb.2025.1940
Abstract
Viruses can impact individual host fitness and host population dynamics, especially following host shifts. Thus, the decline of wild solitary bee populations over the last few decades may be linked to viruses or other pathogens. However, evidence for…
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