As the honey bee and bumble bee may suffer from the same or related microbial pathogens, cross contamination from commercially reared Bombus spp. to honey bees and wild bumble bees and vice ver
Genome of the bee pathogen and ascomycete fungus Ascosphaera acerosa (ATCC 201316). This is one of several genomes in a comparative study of the Ascosphaera genus.
Diseases contribute to the decline of pollinator populations, which may be aggravated by the interspecific transmission of honey bee pests and pathogens. Flowers increase the risk of transmission, as