Nosema infections, caused predominantly by the microsporidian parasites Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae, have emerged as a significant threat to honey bee health worldwide. These obligate intracellular ...

A fungus that caused widespread loss of bee colonies in Europe and Asia may be playing a crucial role in the mysterious phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder that is wiping out bees across the ...

Researchers have found a parasite in every Ontario bee sample they analyzed in part ofan effort to prevent a recurrence of the disaster that wiped out a third of the province's honeybee colonies last ...

A genetically engineered gut bacterium has helped protect honeybees from a major hive parasite in lab experiments. The bacterium produces RNA molecules that switch off two key genes in the parasite ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A one-two punch by a gut parasite and viruses may help explain the mysterious decline in U.S. honeybees seen over the last four years. Bees infected with both the fungal parasite ...

Scientists hoping to explain widespread declines in wild bumble bee populations have conducted the first long-term genetic study of Nosema bombi, a key fungal pathogen of honey bees and bumble bees.

There is growing evidence that another 'pandemic' has been infecting bees around the world for the past two decades, and is spreading: a fungal pathogen known as Nosema. Move over, murder hornets.

Honey isn't the only powerfully anti-microbial fluid bees are capable of producing, with new research revealing the seminal fluid of male honey bees can destroy the fungal spores of one of the most ...

May 17 (UPI) --When fed probiotics, bee colonies are more resistant to nosemosis, a fungal infection linked with colony collapse disorder. Nosemosis, or nosema disease, is caused by a single-celled ...