User:Annissaho/Ascosphaera aggregata/Fayedesouza Peer Review

Content
- I think you can expand on the history of the fungus more, talk about the earliest record of the fungus in Europe or North America (NA). You can mention what kind of ecological effects it has on the ecosystem (less bees=less pollination, the bee is already facing habitat loss from development, abandoned farms)

-Has the fungus been one of the major but lesser known causes of bee decline in Europe or NA? How prevalent is fungus and how common is it to find in bee hives? I think the bee species is also endangered now, so you can talk about bee population distribution and how it overlaps with fungal distribution.

- Do bees have any natural resistance to the fungi?

- I think you should mention the specific types of conditions it grows at, temperature or moisture. Has climate change contributed to the spread of the fungi in NA?

- Does it only affect European bees or also American species? How did the fungus spread to North America? Can it spread through international transport of infested honey? Invasive species?

- Any evidence of it infecting other related species like wasps, honey jackets or hornets?

-How does the fungus spread to different hives? Are there vectors that carry spores?

Sources and References
- You have a ton of good sources, it seems like the article is very well researched.

- I found a couple more sources with interesting information that may help you expand on the control methods of the fungus following an infection

- Talks about impact of disinfecting bee cocoons: https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/40/4/782/380481

- Talks about the effectivity of dipping bee nest materials in hypochlorite: "Effects of dipping alfalfa leaf-cutting bee nesting materials on chalkbrood disease." (I only found an abstract sorry) https://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/19900228846

Organization
- You have a lot of good information, but I think the information isn't organized very well.

- You could add an intro, where you briefly introduce the fungi and talk about what it looks like and its connected to bees.

- Expand on the introduction of the European bee + Fungus into North America.

- Since the fungi life cycle is closely related to the life cycle of the bees you could add a separate heading for the topic: something like "life cycle"

- This way you can separate the growth conditions (preferred growth medium, temperature shade etc) of the fungi from the actual pathogenicity and life cycle of the fungi

- Another heading for the control measures with the spread of the fungi

- Another heading on the distribution of the fungi in NA and Europe.