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

N Piot, O Schweiger, I Meeus, O Yañez, L Straub… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Viruses are omnipresent, yet the knowledge on drivers of viral prevalence in wild host
populations is often limited. Biotic factors, such as sympatric managed host species, as well …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of a major honey bee pathogen, deformed wing virus: potential worldwide replacement of genotype A by genotype B

RJ Paxton, MO Schäfer, F Nazzi, V Zanni… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is of major economic and ecological importance,
with elevated rates of colony losses in temperate regions over the last two decades thought …

Pollination crisis Down‐Under: Has Australasia dodged the bullet?

GH Pyke, KS Prendergast, ZX Ren - Ecology and evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since mid‐1990s, concerns have increased about a human‐induced “pollination crisis.”
Threats have been identified to animals that act as plant pollinators, plants pollinated by …

Experimental cross species transmission of a major viral pathogen in bees is predominantly from honeybees to bumblebees

A Tehel, T Streicher, S Tragust… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cross-species transmission of a pathogen from a reservoir to a recipient host species,
spillover, can have major impacts on biodiversity, domestic species and human health …

Area Wide Monitoring of Plant and Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Viruses in Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Agroecosystems Facilitated by Honey Bee Pollination

E Lee, R Vansia, J Phelan, A Lofano, A Smith, A Wang… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Healthy agroecosystems are dependent on a complex web of factors and inter-species
interactions. Flowers are hubs for pathogen transmission, including the horizontal or vertical …

Adaptation to vector‐based transmission in a honeybee virus

AM Norton, EJ Remnant, J Tom… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global pollinator declines as a result of emerging infectious diseases are of major concern.
Managed honeybees Apis mellifera are susceptible to numerous parasites and pathogens …

Lake Sinai virus is a diverse, globally distributed but not emerging multi‐strain honeybee virus

C Hou, H Liang, C Chen, H Zhao, P Zhao… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Domesticated honeybees and wild bees are some of the most important beneficial insects
for human and environmental health, but infectious diseases pose a serious risk to these …

Prevalence and genome features of lake sinai virus isolated from Apis mellifera in the Republic of Korea

TT Nguyen, MS Yoo, AT Truong, SY Youn, DH Kim… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Lake Sinai Virus (LSV) is an emerging pathogen known to affect the honeybee (Apis
mellifera). However, its prevalence and genomic characteristics in the Republic of Korea …

Conservation measures or hotspots of disease transmission? Agri-environment schemes can reduce disease prevalence in pollinator communities

R Manley, V Doublet, ON Wright… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insects are under pressure from agricultural intensification. To protect pollinators,
conservation measures such as the EU agri-environment schemes (AES) promote planting …

Investigating virus–host interactions in cultured primary honey bee cells

AJ McMenamin, F Parekh, V Lawrence, ML Flenniken - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Honey bees are eusocial insects that live in colonies comprised of~
30,000 individuals. They are the primary pollinators of plants that produce fruits, nuts, and …