Nosema ceranae is a common parasitic fungus that ... The researchers studied the effects of the parasites both individually and when bees were infected with both, finding that the lowest ...

The study also revealed the UBeeO test could identify colonies with resistance to Vairimorpha (previously Nosema), a disease that affects adult bees and not the developing brood. That finding has ...

At a time when a variety of pathogens and changing climate threaten bees, Nosema may simply be the final straw for a given colony. “What I quite like about [the paper] is that they use different ...