The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on society have yet to be truly revealed; there is no doubt that the pandemic has severely affected the daily lives of most of humanity. It is to be expected that the research activities of scientists could be impacted to varying degrees, but no data exist on how COVID-19 has affected research specifically. Here, we show that the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has already diversely and negatively affected bee research at a global level. An online survey disseminated through the global COLOSS honey bee research association showed that every participant (n = 230 from 56 countries) reported an impact on one or more of their activities. Activities that require travelling or the physical presence of people (meetings and conferences, teaching and extension) were affected the most, but also laboratory and field activities, daily operations, supervision and other activities were affected to varying degrees. Since the basic activities are very similar for many research fields, it appears as if our findings for bee research can be extrapolated to other fields. In the light of our data, we recommend that stakeholders such as governments and funding bodies who support research should facilitate the wide implementation of web-based information technology required for efficient online communication for research and education, as well as adequately loosened restriction measures with respect to field and laboratory work. Finally, increased flexibility in administration and extension of research grants and fellowships seem to be needed. It is apparent that adequate responses by all stakeholders are required to limit the impact of COVID-19 and future pandemics on bee science and other research fields.

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COLOSS 调查：COVID-19 对蜜蜂研究的全球影响

COVID-19 对社会的社会经济影响尚未真正揭示；毫无疑问，这一流行病严重影响了大多数人的日常生活。预计科学家的研究活动可能会受到不同程度的影响，但没有关于 COVID-19 如何具体影响研究的数据。在这里，我们表明仍在进行的 COVID-19 大流行已经对全球范围内的蜜蜂研究产生了不同的负面影响。通过全球 COLOSS 蜜蜂研究协会发布的一项在线调查显示，每位参与者（来自 56 个国家/地区的 230 人）都报告了对其一项或多项活动的影响。需要旅行或有人亲自出席的活动（会议、教学和推广）受到的影响最大，但实验室和现场活动、日常操作、监督和其他活动也受到不同程度的影响。由于许多研究领域的基本活动非常相似，因此我们对蜜蜂研究的发现似乎可以推广到其他领域。根据我们的数据，我们建议支持研究的政府和资助机构等利益相关者应促进广泛实施为研究和教育进行高效在线交流所需的基于网络的信息技术，并适当放松限制措施到现场和实验室工作。最后，似乎需要在管理和扩展研究补助金和研究金方面增加灵活性。