Honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiome associations with viruses and pesticides across Canadian agroecosystems
A. D. Kozlova, Lan Tran, Lance Lansing, Morgan Cunningham, Jonathan K. Ho, Thomas B Deckers, Amanda S. Gregoris, Jackie Zorz, Sarah K. French, Aidan Jamieson, Mateus Pepinelli, Ida M. Conflitti, Pierre Giovenazzo, Shelley E. Hoover, Robert W. Currie, , Huan Zhong
This study examines how pesticide exposure and RNA virus loadings affect the honey bee gut microbiome across Canadian agroecosystems, identifying consistent bacterial-virus and pesticide-microbe associations.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology