Delivering RNAi
Honey bee functional genomics using symbiont-mediated RNAi Patrick J. Lariviere, Sean P. Leonard, Richard D. Horak, J. Elijah Powell & Jeffrey E. Barrick Abstract Honey…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Researchers Have Analyzed How Paralysis Virus Hijacks the Cellular Protein Production Machinery and Misuses It for Its Own Purposes
The Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus is a pathogen that affects honey bees and has been linked to Colony Collapse Disorder, a key factor in…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Disrupting One Gene Could Be First Step Toward Treating Honey Bee Parasite Nosema Ceranae.
By: Kim Kaplan Jay Evans, research leader of the ARS Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, June 20, 2019—Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have taken…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Monsanto and St. Louis Biotech Startup Develop Tool to Protect Bees and Fight Pests.
By Eli Chen St Louis Public Radio Merav Gleit, Monsanto’s bee health platform lead, holds up a swath of honey bees that she’s using…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey bees outfitted with tiny microchips reveal possible bizarre effects of a covert, yet deadly, virus.
BY JEN VIEGAS in Seeker Detective work involving honey bees outfitted with ultra-small microchips reveals that a virus once thought to be relatively benign is…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Varroa, Honey Bees and Deformed Wing Virus – A Parasite-Pathogen Partnership
Parasitic Mites That Transmit A Honey Bee-Infecting Virus May Benefit From Spreading The Pathogen, A Study Shows. By Ashley P. Taylor , The Scientist,…
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