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Chronic exposure to pesticides disrupts the bacterial and fungal co-existence and the cross-kingdom network characteristics of honey bee gut microbiome

Gut microbiome communities have a significant impact on bee health and disease and have been shown to be shaped by a variety of factors, including exposure to pesticides and inhive chemicals. However, it is unknown whether pesticide exposure affects the coexistence and cross-kingdom network parameters of bee gut microbiome communities because microbes may compete in…

BEELIFE Online training on how to data cleaning and integration

Dear COLOSS colleagues, BeeLife are organising a second online training within the EUBP Platform Project. This time Michael Rubinigg, a Data Scientists specialised in Data Quality Management, will introduce to us to the Best Practices on how to clean data and ensure its easy integration into wider databases. Michael is a biologist, holding a PhD in Plant Physiology, specialised in apiculture, bee health,…

Lethal, sublethal, and combined effects of pesticides on bees: A meta-analysis and new risk assessment tools

Abstract Multiple stressors threaten bee health, a major one being pesticides. Bees are simultaneously exposed to multiple pesticides that can cause both lethal and sublethal effects. Risk assessment and most research on bee health, however, focus on lethal individual effects. Here, we performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis that summarizes and re-interprets the available…