Does nonreproductive swarming adapt to pathogens?

Qingyun Diao; Chunsheng Hou

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006742

Does nonreproductive swarming adapt to pathogens?

PLoS Pathog. 2018 Jan 25;14(1):e1006742. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006742. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

Qingyun Diao^{1

2}, Chunsheng Hou^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing, P. R. China.
² Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Haidian District, Beijing, P. R. China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Bees / immunology*
Bees / microbiology
Bees / parasitology
Bees / virology
Behavior, Animal*
Fungi / immunology
Fungi / physiology
Gram-Negative Bacteria / immunology
Gram-Negative Bacteria / physiology
Gram-Positive Bacteria / immunology
Gram-Positive Bacteria / physiology
Host-Parasite Interactions
Host-Pathogen Interactions*
Immunity, Herd*
Nosema / immunology
Nosema / physiology
Varroidae / immunology
Varroidae / physiology
Virus Physiological Phenomena
Viruses / immunology

Grants and funding

This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31572471) and the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (CAAS-ASTIP-2016-IAR). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.