About the Authors

Lena Poppinga

Affiliation Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Bee Pathology, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

Bettina Janesch

Affiliation Department für NanoBiotechnologie, NanoGlycobiology, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien, Austria

Anne Fünfhaus

Affiliation Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Bee Pathology, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

Gerhard Sekot

Affiliation Department für NanoBiotechnologie, NanoGlycobiology, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien, Austria

Eva Garcia-Gonzalez

Affiliation Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Bee Pathology, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

Gillian Hertlein

Affiliation Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Bee Pathology, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

Kati Hedtke

Affiliation Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Bee Pathology, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

Christina Schäffer

Affiliation Department für NanoBiotechnologie, NanoGlycobiology, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien, Austria

Elke Genersch

elke.genersch@rz.hu-berlin.de

Affiliation Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Bee Pathology, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS EG. Performed the experiments: LP BJ AF GS EGG GH KH. Analyzed the data: LP CS EG. Wrote the paper: LP CS EG.