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All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version. Funding Some of the research that is reported here was funded by the Brazilian funding agencies FAPESP, CNPq, and FAEPA. Conflict of interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Publisher’s note All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers.
Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.Specialty grand challenge – Building a 21st century community of bee physiologists to tackle 21st century Spain phone number list challenges to bee thriving Susan E. Fahrbach Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States Introduction Inclusion of a phrase such as “decline of bee populations” or “decline of bee health” is practically de rigueur in the current bee literature.

This level of concern is justified (Pollinator Health Task Force, 2015). Managed and native bee as they navigate a landscape of degraded and contaminated habitats, endemic and emerging infectious diseases, and climate change. These problems have multiple causes, and require action at political, economic, and societal levels. Studies of bee physiology already inform efforts to safeguard and restore bee health, but it is possible for bee physiology to contribute more to these conversations and policy deliberations. Physiology is the subdiscipline of biology that seeks to explain.
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