Ivan Meeus

Best Publications

• The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

  Ben M Sadd;Ben M Sadd;Seth M Barribeau;Seth M Barribeau;Guy Bloch;Dirk C. de Graaf

  421
  Citations

• Effects of invasive parasites on bumble bee declines.

  Ivan Meeus;Mark J. F. Brown;Mark J. F. Brown;Dirk C. De Graaf;Guy Smagghe

  312
  Citations

• 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

  307
  Citations

• Widespread occurrence of honey bee pathogens in solitary bees

  Jorgen Ravoet;Lina De Smet;Ivan Meeus;Guy Smagghe

  251
  Citations

• Alien parasite hitchhikes to Patagonia on invasive bumblebee

  Marina Paula Arbetman;Marina Paula Arbetman;Ivan Meeus;Carolina Laura Morales;Marcelo Adrian Aizen

  199
  Citations

• Critical links between biodiversity and health in wild bee conservation.

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  178
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• A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees

  Seth M. Barribeau;Seth M. Barribeau;Ben M. Sadd;Ben M. Sadd;Louis du Plessis;Louis du Plessis;Mark J.F. Brown

  170
  Citations

• Multiplex PCR detection of slowly-evolving trypanosomatids and neogregarines in bumblebees using broad-range primers

  Ivan Meeus;Dirk de Graaf;Kris Jans;Guy Smagghe

  105
  Citations

• Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and non-Apis bees to sweet cherry

  Maxime Eeraerts;Ruben Vanderhaegen;Guy Smagghe;Ivan Meeus

  105
  Citations

• Effect of oral infection with Kashmir bee virus and Israeli acute paralysis virus on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) reproductive success

  Ivan Meeus;Joachim Rodrigues De Miranda;Dirk C. de Graaf;Felix Wäckers

  102
  Citations

• 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

  101
  Citations

• 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

  98
  Citations

• Multiplex PCR detection of slowly-evolving trypanosomatids and neogregarines in bumblebees using broad-range primers.

  Ivan Meeus;Dirk de Graaf;K Jans;Guy Smagghe

  95
  Citations

• Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale

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  92
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• Bee pathogens found in Bombus atratus from Colombia: A case study.

  Viviana Gamboa;Jorgen Ravoet;Marleen Brunain;Guy Smagghe

  85
  Citations

• 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

  83
  Citations

• 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

  82
  Citations

• Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) parasitizing Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina.

  Santiago Plischuk;Ivan Meeus;Guy Smagghe;Carlos E. Lange

  82
  Citations

• 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

  66
  Citations

• Interaction effects of different drivers of wild bee decline and their influence on host-pathogen dynamics.

  Ivan Meeus;Matti Pisman;Guy Smagghe;Niels Piot

  55
  Citations