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Researcher
Ivan Meeus
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116
Results
2025
Data on visitation records from wild bees and plants along a land use gradient in Germany and Belgium : laboratory work and protocol description for barcoding
Maria Alejandra Parreno
Susanne Werle
Louella Buydens
Joshua Spitz
Franz Haertl
Jeremias Montoya
Fabian Ruedenauer
Baturalp Arisoy
Regina Seiler
Clementine Leroy
et al.
A2
Journal Article
in
DATA IN BRIEF
2025
Different pollinator sampling methods measure distinct pollinator communities in a mass-flowering crop, which respond differently to the composition of the surrounding landscape
Maxime Eeraerts
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
WEB ECOLOGY
2025
Global synthesis of apple pollination research highlights general pollen limitation and positive contributions of wild bees compared to honeybees
Maxime Eeraerts
Julia Osterman
Péter Batáry
Alexandra‐Maria Klein
Matthias Albrecht
Georg K. S. Andersson
András Báldi
Olivia M. Bernauer
Leah Blechschmidt
Eleanor J. Blitzer
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
2025
Small-scale, diverse horticultural systems and semi-natural grasslands support complementary pollinator populations
Jutta Crois
Kris Verheyen
Ivan Meeus
Maxime Eeraerts
Preprint
2025
2024
Landscape heterogeneity correlates with bee and pollen diversity while size and specialization degree explain species-specific responses of wild bees to the environment
M.A. Parreño
S. Werle
Louella Buydens
C. Leroy
S. Roberts
S. Koirala
M. Filipiak
M. Kuhlmann
J.-L. Brunet
M. Henry
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
2024
The parasite community of solitary bees and Anthropogenic filtering of the gut microbiome
Tina Tuerlings
Ivan Meeus
Peter Vandamme
Monica Höfte
Guy Smagghe
Dissertation
2024
2023
Pollination services in agroecosystems : advancing modelling approaches
Daniel Alejandro Ariza Pacheco
Ivan Meeus
Monica Höfte
Guy Smagghe
Dissertation
2023
Signatures of anthropogenic stressors in the genomes of European bumblebees
Alex Hart
Monica Höfte
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2023
The wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia cornuta microbiota are host specific and dominated by endosymbionts and environmental microorganisms
Gowri Amanda Hettiarachchi
Margo Cnockaert
Marie Joossens
Antoine Gekiere
Ivan Meeus
Nicolas J. Vereecken
Denis Michez
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
2023
2022
Cold case : the disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970's Egypt
Joachim R. de Miranda
Laura E. Brettell
Nor Chejanovsky
Anna K. Childers
Anne Dalmon
Ward Deboutte
Dirk de Graaf
Vincent Doublet
Haftom Gebremedhn
Elke Genersch
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
VIROLOGY JOURNAL
2022
Critical links between biodiversity and health in wild bee conservation
M. A. Parreno
C. Alaux
J. -L. Brunet
Louella Buydens
M. Filipiak
M. Henry
A. Keller
A. -M. Klein
M. Kuhlmann
C. Leroy
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
2022
CropPol : a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination
Alfonso Allen-Perkins
Ainhoa Magrach
Matteo Dainese
Lucas A. Garibaldi
David Kleijn
Romina Rader
James R. Reilly
Rachael Winfree
Ola Lundin
Carley M. McGrady
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGY
2022
Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale
Niels Piot
Oliver Schweiger
Ivan Meeus
Orlando Yanez
Lars Straub
Laura Villamar-Bouza
Pilar De la Rua
Laura Jara
Carlos Ruiz
Martin Malmstrom
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2022
Increased compositional heterogeneity of mass-flowering orchard crops does not promote wild bee abundance in orchards
Matti Pisman
Maxime Eeraerts
Daniel Alejandro Ariza Pacheco
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
2022
Linking remote sensing data to the estimation of pollination services in agroecosystems
Daniel Alejandro Ariza Pacheco
Ivan Meeus
Maxime Eeraerts
Matti Pisman
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
2022
Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
Alex Hart
Jaro Verbeeck
Daniel Alejandro Ariza Pacheco
Diego Cejas
Guillaume Ghisbain
Hanna Honchar
Vladimir G. Radchenko
Jakub Straka
Toshko Ljubomirov
Thomas Lecocq
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
2022
2021
Fruit orchards and woody semi-natural habitat provide complementary resources for pollinators in agricultural landscapes
Maxime Eeraerts
Sanne Van Den Berge
Willem Proesmans
Kris Verheyen
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
2021
Landscapes with high amounts of mass-flowering fruit crops reduce the reproduction of two solitary bees
Maxime Eeraerts
Niels Piot
Matti Pisman
Gregor Claus
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
2021
Managed bumble bees acquire parasites from their foraging environment : a case study on parasite spillback
Kleber de Sousa Pereira
Laurian Parmentier
Niels Piot
Joachim R. de Miranda
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2021
More is less : mass-flowering fruit tree crops dilute parasite transmission between bees
Niels Piot
Maxime Eeraerts
Matti Pisman
Gregor Claus
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
2021
Reduced nest development of reared Bombus terrestris within apiary dense human-modified landscapes
Ivan Meeus
Laurian Parmentier
Matti Pisman
Dirk de Graaf
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2021
The bee hemolymph metabolome : a window into the impact of viruses on bumble bees
Luoluo Wang
Lieven Van Meulebroek
Lynn Vanhaecke
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2021
The impact of local and landscape-level land use on wild insect pollinators in four key habitats in Flanders
Matti Pisman
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2021
2020
A growers’ perspective on crop pollination and measures to manage the pollination service of wild pollinators in sweet cherry cultivation
Maxime Eeraerts
Lieve Borremans
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECTS
2020
Bumble bee abundance and richness improves honey bee pollination behaviour in sweet cherry
Maxime Eeraerts
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
2020
Metabolomic analysis of cricket paralysis virus infection in Drosophila S2 cells reveals divergent effects on central carbon metabolism as compared with silkworm Bm5 cells
Luoluo Wang
Luc Swevers
Lieven Van Meulebroek
Ivan Meeus
Lynn Vanhaecke
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2020
Network centrality as an indicator for pollinator parasite transmission via flowers
Niels Piot
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECTS
2020
Parasite-host interactions in the pollinator community
Niels Piot
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2020
Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and non‐Apis bees to sweet cherry
Maxime Eeraerts
Ruben Vanderhaegen
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
2020
Pollination service to intensive sweet cherry orchards : local- and landscape-level drivers and functional importance of pollinator diversity
Maxime Eeraerts
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2020
Recommendations for standardized oral toxicity test protocols for larvae of solitary bees, Osmia spp.
Maxime Eeraerts
Matti Pisman
Ruben Vanderhaegen
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2020
2019
A metabolomics approach to unravel cricket paralysis virus infection in silkworm Bm5 cells
Luoluo Wang
Luc Swevers
Caroline Rombouts
Ivan Meeus
Lieven Van Meulebroek
Lynn Vanhaecke
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2019
A metabolomics study of virus-insect interactions and its potential for bee disease monitoring
Luoluo Wang
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Luc Swevers
Dissertation
2019
Bumble bee parasite prevalence but not genetic diversity impacted by the invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera
Maryse Vanderplanck
Nathalie Roger
Romain Moerman
Guillaume Ghisbain
Maxence Gerard
Dominik Popowski
Sebastian Granica
Denis Fournier
Ivan Meeus
Niels Piot
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOSPHERE
2019
Double-stranded RNA reduces growth rates of the gut parasite Crithidia mellificae
Kleber de Sousa Pereira
Niels Piot
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
2019
Establishment of wildflower fields in poor quality landscapes enhances micro-parasite prevalence in wild bumble bees
Niels Piot
Ivan Meeus
David Kleijn
Jeroen Scheper
Theo Linders
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
OECOLOGIA
2019
Honey bee-collected pollen is a potential source of Ascosphaera apis infection in managed bumble bees
Kleber de Sousa Pereira
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2019
Importance of forest fragments as pollinator habitat varies with season and guild
Willem Proesmans
Dries Bonte
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
2019
Influence of microbiota in the susceptibility of parasitic wasps to abamectin insecticide : deep sequencing, esterase and toxicity tests
María del Mar Fernández
Ivan Meeus
Annelies Billiet
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Peter Vandamme
Elisa Viñuela
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2019
Level of genetic diversity in European bumblebees is not determined by local species abundance
Kevin Maebe
Reet Karise
Ivan Meeus
Marika Mand
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
2019
Metabolomics-based biomarker discovery for bee health monitoring : a proof of concept study concerning nutritional stress in Bombus terrestris
Luoluo Wang
Ivan Meeus
Caroline Rombouts
Lieven Van Meulebroek
Lynn Vanhaecke
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2019
Moving towards healthier managed bumble bees to protect wild pollinators
Kleber de Sousa Pereira
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2019
Pattern of population structuring between Belgian and Estonian bumblebees
Kevin Maebe
Reet Karise
Ivan Meeus
Marika Mand
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2019
Pollinator diversity, floral resources and semi-natural habitat, instead of honey bees and intensive agriculture, enhance pollination service to sweet cherry
Maxime Eeraerts
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
2019
Small forest patches as pollinator habitat : oases in an agricultural desert?
Willem Proesmans
Dries Bonte
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Guillaume Decocq
Fabien Spicher
Annette Kolb
Isgard Lemke
Martin Diekmann
Hans Henrik Bruun
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
2019
The effect of mass-flowering orchards and semi-natural habitat on bumblebee colony performance
Willem Proesmans
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dries Bonte
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
2019
The importance of small forest fragments for pollination services in agricultural landscapes
Willem Proesmans
Kris Verheyen
Dries Bonte
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2019
2018
A different gut microbial community between larvae and adults of a wild bumblebee nest (Bombus pascuorum)
Anneleen Parmentier
Ivan Meeus
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Peter Vandamme
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT SCIENCE
2018
A prokaryotic-eukaryotic relation in the fat body of Bombus terrestris
Anneleen Parmentier
Annelies Billiet
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
Dieter Deforce
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS
2018
Infection with the multi-host micro-parasite Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) decreases survival of the solitary bee Osmia bicornis
Tian Tian
Niels Piot
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2018
Influence of pollinator abundance and flower visitation on seed yield in red clover
Adinda Vanommeslaeghe
Ivan Meeus
Gerda Cnops
Tim Vleugels
Martine Merchiers
Barbara Duquenne
Isabel Roldán-Ruiz
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTERACTIONS
2018
Interaction effects of different drivers of wild bee decline and their influence on host–pathogen dynamics
Ivan Meeus
Matti Pisman
Guy Smagghe
Niels Piot
A1
Journal Article
in
CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE
2018
Large-scale cultivation of the bumblebee gut microbiota reveals an underestimated bacterial species diversity capable of pathogen inhibition
Jessy Praet
Anneleen Parmentier
Regula Schmid-Hempel
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2018
Stressful conditions reveal decrease in size, modification of shape but relatively stable asymmetry in bumblebee wings
Maxence Gerard
Denis Michez
Vincent Debat
Lovina Fullgrabe
Ivan Meeus
Niels Piot
Ombeline Sculfort
Martin Vastrade
Guy Smagghe
Maryse Vanderplanck
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2018
Systemic Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) infection in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) through feeding and injection
Haidong Wang
Ivan Meeus
Niels Piot
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2018
The honeybee queen : the implications of eusociality on parasite-mediated competition
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
Advances in Insect Physiology
2018
The Single von Willebrand factor C-domain protein (SVC) coding gene is not involved in the hymenoptaecin upregulation after Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) injection in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Haidong Wang
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
2018
2017
Colony contact contributes to the diversity of gut bacteria in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)
Annelies Billiet
Ivan Meeus
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT SCIENCE
2017
Effect of oral administration of lactic acid bacteria on colony performance and gut microbiota in indoor-reared bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)
Annelies Billiet
Ivan Meeus
Margo Cnockaert
Peter Vandamme
Annette Van Oystaeyen
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2017
Gilliamella intestini sp. nov., Gilliamella bombicola sp. nov., Gilliamella bombi sp. nov. and Gilliamella mensalis sp. nov. : four novel Gilliamella species isolated from the bumblebee gut
Jessy Praet
Margo Cnockaert
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
2017
Infections of virulent and avirulent viruses differentially influenced the expression of dicer-1, ago-1, and microRNAs in Bombus terrestris
Jinzhi Niu
Ivan Meeus
Dieter De Coninck
Dieter Deforce
Kayvan Etebari
Sassan Asgari
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2017
Landscapes with high intensive fruit cultivation reduce wild pollinator services to sweet cherry
Maxime Eeraerts
Ivan Meeus
Sanne Van Den Berge
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
2017
RNAi efficiency in insects : dsRNA uptake mechanisms and viral suppressors of RNAi
Kaat Cappelle
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2017
Safe-guarding bee diversity and food provisioning
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Maxime Eeraerts
Bookchapter
in
Reference module in food sciences
2017
Stress indicator gene expression profiles, colony dynamics and tissue development of honey bees exposed to sub-lethal doses of imidacloprid in laboratory and field experiments
Lina De Smet
Fani Hatjina
Pavlos Ioannidis
Anna Hamamtzoglou
Karel Schoonvaere
Frédéric Francis
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Dirk de Graaf
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2017
The role of a single gene encoding the Single von Willebrand factor C-domain protein (SVC) in bumblebee immunity extends beyond antiviral defense
Haidong Wang
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2017
Virus infection and host antiviral defense, a story between Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) and bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)
Haidong Wang
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2017
2016
A century of temporal stability of genetic diversity in wild bumblebees
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Sarah Vray
Thomas Claeys
Wouter Dekoninck
Jean-Luc Boevé
Pierre Rasmont
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
Absence of Leishmaniinae and Nosematidae in stingless bees
Patrícia Nunes-Silva
Niels Piot
Ivan Meeus
Betina Blochtein
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
Apibacter mensalis sp. nov. : a rare member of the bumblebee gut microbiota
Jessy Praet
Maarten Aerts
Evie De Brandt
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
2016
Bumblebee organs, a habitat for a bacterial community
Annelies Billiet
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2016
Differential expression pattern of Vago in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), induced by virulent and avirulent virus infections
Jinzhi Niu
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
Impact of sugar syrup and pollen diet on the bacterial diversity in the gut of indoor-reared bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)
Annelies Billiet
Ivan Meeus
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2016
In vivo study of Dicer-2-mediated immune response of the small interfering RNA pathway upon systemic infections of virulent and avirulent viruses in Bombus terrestris
Jinzhi Niu
Guy Smagghe
Dieter De Coninck
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2016
Israeli acute paralysis virus associated paralysis symptoms, viral tissue distribution and Dicer-2 induction in bumblebee workers (Bombus terrestris)
Haidong Wang
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
2016
Israeli acute paralysis virus infection leads to an enhanced RNA interference response and not its suppression in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Kaat Cappelle
Guy Smagghe
Maarten Dhaenens
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2016
Large pathogen screening reveals first report of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitizing Apis mellifera intermissa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Ahmed Hichem Menail
Niels Piot
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Wahida Loucif-Ayad
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2016
Plasticity in the gut microbial community and uptake of Enterobacteriaceae (Gammaproteobacteria) in Bombus terrestris bumblebees' nests when reared indoors and moved to an outdoor environment
Laurian Parmentier
Ivan Meeus
Hadi Mosallanejad
Dirk de Graaf
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2016
The effects of single and mixed infections of Apicystis bombi and deformed wing virus in Bombus terrestris
Peter Graystock
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Dave Goulson
William OH Hughes
A1
Journal Article
in
PARASITOLOGY
2016
The impact of reared bumblebees and domesticated honeybees towards sympatric wild bees
Laurian Parmentier
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2016
Varroa destructor Macula-like virus, Lake Sinai virus and other new RNA viruses in wild bumblebee hosts (Bombus pascuorum, Bombus lapidarius and Bombus pratorum)
Laurian Parmentier
Guy Smagghe
Dirk de Graaf
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2016
2015
16S rRNA Amplicon sequencing demonstrates that indoor-reared bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) harbor a core subset of bacteria normally associated with the wild host
Ivan Meeus
Laurian Parmentier
Annelies Billiet
Kevin Maebe
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Felix Wäckers
Peter Vandamme
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2015
A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees
Seth M Barribeau
Ben M Sadd
Louis du Plessis
Mark JF Brown
Severine D Buechel
Kaat Cappelle
James C Carolan
Olivier Christiaens
Thomas J Colgan
Silvio Erler
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GENOME BIOLOGY
2015
Bee pathogens found in Bombus atratus from Colombia : a case study
Viviana Gamboa
Jorgen Ravoet
Marleen Brunain
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Judith Figueroa
Diego Riaño
Dirk de Graaf
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2015
Bifidobacterium commune sp. nov. isolated from the bumble bee gut
Jessy Praet
Ivan Meeus
Margo Cnockaert
Maarten Aerts
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
2015
Bombella intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated, from bumble bee crop
Leilei Li
Jessy Praet
Wim Borremans
Olga C Nunes
Célia M Manaia
Ilse Cleenwerck
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Luc De Vuyst
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
2015
In vivo study of RNA interference, the JAK/STAT pathway and their cross-talk in Bombus terrestris upon viral infections
Jinzhi Niu
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2015
Microsatellite analysis of museum specimens reveals historical differences in genetic diversity between declining and more stable Bombus species
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Maarten Ganne
Thibaut De Meulemeester
Koos Biesmeijer
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2015
Microsatellites to identify the impact of genetic parameters on bumblebee decline and genes associated with foraging
Kevin Maebe
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dissertation
2015
Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov.
Jessy Praet
Ivan Meeus
Margo Cnockaert
Kurt Houf
Guy Smagghe
Peter Vandamme
A1
Journal Article
in
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
2015
Potential for spillover of protozoan parasites from domesticated honeybees and reared bumblebees towards wild bumblebees
Jafar Maharramov
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
Dirk de Graaf
Dissertation
2015
Quantitative trait loci for light sensitivity, body weight, body size, and morphological eye parameters in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Jan De Riek
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2015
The effect of oral administration of dsRNA on viral replication and mortality in Bombus terrestris
Niels Piot
Simon Snoeck
Maarten Vanlede
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2015
The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization
BM Sadd
SM Barribeau
G Bloch
Dirk de Graaf
P Dearden
CG Elsik
J Gadau
CJP Grimmelikhuijzen
M Hasselmann
JD Lozier
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GENOME BIOLOGY
2015
2014
Analysis of reference gene stability after Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in bumblebees Bombus terrestris
Jinzhi Niu
Kaat Cappelle
Joachim R de Miranda
Guy Smagghe
Ivan Meeus
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2014
Commercial bumblebee hives to assess an anthropogenic environment for pollinator support: a case study in the region of Ghent (Belgium)
Laurian Parmentier
Ivan Meeus
Lore Cheroutre
Veerle Mommaerts
Stephen Louwye
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
2014
Effect of oral infection with Kashmir bee virus and Israeli acute paralysis virus on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) reproductive success
Ivan Meeus
Joachim R de Miranda
Dirk de Graaf
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2014
Gamma irradiation of pollen and eradication of Israeli acute paralysis virus
Ivan Meeus
Hadi Mosallanejad
Jinzhi Niu
Dirk de Graaf
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2014
Scientific note on microsatellite DNA analyses revealing diploid and haploid drones in bumblebee mass breeding
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Maarten Ganne
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2014
The immune response of the small interfering RNA pathway in the defense against bee viruses
Jinzhi Niu
Ivan Meeus
Kaat Cappelle
Niels Piot
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE
2014
Widespread occurrence of honey bee pathogens in solitary bees
Jorgen Ravoet
Lina De Smet
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Tom Wenseleers
Dirk de Graaf
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2014
2013
Alien parasite hitchhikes to Patagonia on invasive bumblebee
Marina P Arbetman
Ivan Meeus
Carolina R Morales
Marcelo A Alzen
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
2013
Assessment of mutualism between Bombus terrestris and its microbiota by use of microcolonies
Ivan Meeus
Veerle Mommaerts
Annelies Billiet
Hadi Mosallanejad
Tom Van de Wiele
Felix Wäckers
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2013
Comprehensive bee pathogen screening in Belgium reveals Crithidia mellificae as a new contributory factor to winter mortality
Jorgen Ravoet
Jafar Maharramov
Ivan Meeus
Lina De Smet
Tom Wenseleers
Guy Smagghe
Dirk de Graaf
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2013
Dietary chlorantraniliprole suppresses reproduction in worker bumblebees
Guy Smagghe
Janna Deknopper
Ivan Meeus
Veerle Mommaerts
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2013
Genetic variability of the neogregarine Apicystis bombi, an etiological agent of an emergent bumblebee disease
Jafar Maharramov
Ivan Meeus
Kevin Maebe
Marina Arbetman
Carolina Morales
Peter Graystock
William OH Hughes
Santiago Plischuk
Carlos E Lange
Dirk de Graaf
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2013
Microsatellite analysis in museum samples reveals inbreeding before the regression of Bombus veteranus
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Jafar Maharramov
Patrick Grootaert
Denis Michez
Pierre Rasmont
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
APIDOLOGIE
2013
Recruitment to forage of bumblebees in artificial low light is less impaired in light sensitive colonies, and not only determined by external morphological parameters
Kevin Maebe
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
2013
Safety and acquisition potential of Metarhizium anisopliae in entomovectoring with bumble bees, Bombus terrestris
Guy Smagghe
Laurens De Meyer
Ivan Meeus
Veerle Mommaerts
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
2013
2012
Molecular detection of Spiroplasma apis and Spiroplasma melliferum in bees
Ivan Meeus
Vicky Vercruysse
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2012
2011
Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) parasitizing Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina
Santiago Plischuk
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Carlos E Lange
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS
2011
Effects of invasive parasites on bumble bee declines
Ivan Meeus
Mark JF Brown
Dirk de Graaf
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
2011
Polar tube protein gene diversity among Nosema ceranae strains derived from a Greek honey bee health study
Fani Hatjina
Georgios Tsoktouridis
Maria Bouga
Leonidas Charistos
Vassiliki Evangelou
Dimitrios Avtzis
Ivan Meeus
Marleen Brunain
Guy Smagghe
Dirk de Graaf
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2011
2010
Multiplex PCR detection of slowly-evolving trypanosomatids and neogregarines in bumblebees using broad-range primers
Ivan Meeus
Dirk de Graaf
K Jans
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
2010
Multiplex RT-PCR with broad-range primers and an exogenous internal amplification control for the detection of honeybee viruses in bumblebees
Ivan Meeus
Guy Smagghe
Reinhold Siede
Kris Jans
Dirk de Graaf
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2010
2005
Lymphotoxin alpha 1 beta 2: a critical mediator in V alpha 14i NKT cell differentiation
Ann-Sophie Franki
Katrien Van Beneden
Pieter Dewint
Ivan Meeus
Eric Veys
Dieter Deforce
Dirk Elewaut
A1
Journal Article
in
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
2005