Deadly triangle: honey bees, mites, and viruses
Honey bees are managed by humans on all continents except Antarctica, leading to an exceptional database of colony growth and survival. Honey bee colony losses in the United States are approximately 50% annually, and losses in other countries range from 10% to 60%. These losses reflect chemical, cli...
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crfrontiers:10.3389/frbee.2024.1418667 2024-09-15T17:48:44+00:00 Deadly triangle: honey bees, mites, and viruses Lamas, Zachary S. Evans, Jay D. 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frbee.2024.1418667 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frbee.2024.1418667/full unknown Frontiers Media SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Frontiers in Bee Science volume 2 ISSN 2813-5911 journal-article 2024 crfrontiers https://doi.org/10.3389/frbee.2024.1418667 2024-08-20T04:05:28Z Honey bees are managed by humans on all continents except Antarctica, leading to an exceptional database of colony growth and survival. Honey bee colony losses in the United States are approximately 50% annually, and losses in other countries range from 10% to 60%. These losses reflect chemical, climatic, and nutritional stresses alongside immense pressure from diverse parasites and pathogens. The combination of RNA viruses and parasitic mites that vector these viruses plays a primary role in colony losses. Here, we discuss virus infection with and without mite vectors, bee defenses, colony vulnerabilities, and the roles of managed beekeeping in mitigating and aggravating the impacts of Varroa mites and viral disease. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Mite Frontiers (Publisher) Frontiers in Bee Science 2 |
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Honey bees are managed by humans on all continents except Antarctica, leading to an exceptional database of colony growth and survival. Honey bee colony losses in the United States are approximately 50% annually, and losses in other countries range from 10% to 60%. These losses reflect chemical, climatic, and nutritional stresses alongside immense pressure from diverse parasites and pathogens. The combination of RNA viruses and parasitic mites that vector these viruses plays a primary role in colony losses. Here, we discuss virus infection with and without mite vectors, bee defenses, colony vulnerabilities, and the roles of managed beekeeping in mitigating and aggravating the impacts of Varroa mites and viral disease. |
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