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Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees
Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001861
Raymann K., Shaffer Z., Moran N.A. (2017) Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees. PLoS biology 15:e2001861.

Firewalls in bee nests—survival value of propolis walls of wild Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis)
Link to the publication: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-017-1449-5
Tribe G., Tautz J., Sternberg K., Cullinan J. (2017) Firewalls in bee nests—survival value of propolis walls of wild Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). The Science of Nature 104:29.

Stress-mediated Allee effects can cause the sudden collapse of honey bee colonies
Link to the publication: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519317301212
Booton R.D., Iwasa Y., Marshall J.A.R., Childs D.Z. (2017) Stress-mediated Allee effects can cause the sudden collapse of honey bee colonies. Journal of Theoretical Biology 420:213–219.

The honey bee Apis mellifera contributes to Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus spread via pollination
Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppa.12702/full
Darzi E., Smith E., Shargil D., Lachman O., Ganot L., Dombrovsky A. (2017) The honey bee Apis mellifera contributes to Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus spread via pollination. Plant Pathology.

The influence of nest site selection on the population dynamics of Africanized honey bees in an urban landscape
Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12549/full
Birt A.G., Chen S.-H.V., Baum K.A., Tchakerian M.D., Coulson R.N. (2017) The influence of nest site selection on the population dynamics of Africanized honey bees in an urban landscape. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 162:315–327.

A pan-European epidemiological study reveals honey bee colony survival depends on beekeeper education and disease control
Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172591
Jacques A., Laurent M., Ribière-Chabert M., Saussac M., Bougeard S., Budge G.E., Hendrikx P., Chauzat M.-P. (2017) A pan-European epidemiological study reveals honey bee colony survival depends on beekeeper education and disease control. PloS one 12:e0172591.

Cuticular hydrocarbon cues of immune-challenged workers elicit immune activation in honey bee queens
Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.14086/full
López J.H., Riessberger-Gallé U., Crailsheim K., Schuehly W. (2017) Cuticular hydrocarbon cues of immune-challenged workers elicit immune activation in honey bee queens. Molecular Ecology.

Structure of deformed wing virus, a major honey bee pathogen
Link to the publication: http://www.pnas.org/content/114/12/3210.full
Škubnik K., Nováček J., Füzik T., Přidal A., Paxton R.J., Plevka P. (2017) Structure of deformed wing virus, a major honey bee pathogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114:3210–3215.

Feeding Preference and Sub-chronic Effects of ZnO Nanomaterials in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera carnica)
Link to the publication: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00244-017-0385-x
Glavan G., Milivojević T., Bożič J., Sepčić K., Drobne D. (2017) Feeding Preference and Sub-chronic Effects of ZnO Nanomaterials in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera carnica). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72:471–480.

Most ornamental plants on sale in garden centres are unattractive to flower-visiting insects
Link to the publication: https://peerj.com/articles/3066/
Garbuzov M., Alton K., Ratnieks F.L.W. (2017) Most ornamental plants on sale in garden centres are unattractive to flower-visiting insects. PeerJ 5:e3066.