Tropilaelaps mercedesae parasitism changes behavior and gene expression in honey bee workers
Tropilaelaps mercedesae is without doubt one of the most problematic honey bee parasites and has change into extra threatening to the beekeeping business. Tropilaelaps can simply parasitize immature honey bees (larvae and pupae) and have each deadly and sublethal results on the person employee bees. Our examine for the primary time experimentally assessed the consequences …