Detection of multiple viruses in queens of the honey bee Apis mellifera L

Yanping Chen; Jeffery S Pettis; Mark F Feldlaufer

doi:10.1016/j.jip.2005.08.005

Detection of multiple viruses in queens of the honey bee Apis mellifera L

J Invertebr Pathol. 2005 Oct;90(2):118-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.08.005. Epub 2005 Oct 7.

Authors

Yanping Chen¹, Jeffery S Pettis, Mark F Feldlaufer

Affiliation

¹ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Bee Research Laboratory, Building 476, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. chenj@ba.ars.usda.gov

PMID: 16214161
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.08.005

Abstract

Individual honey bee Apis mellifera L. queens were examined for the presence of six honey bee viruses including acute bee paralysis virus, chronic bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus, deformed wing virus, Kashmir bee virus, and sacbrood virus. All viruses, except ABPV, were detected in the samples. Among queens examined for virus infections, 93% had multiple virus infections. The detection of viruses in queens raises the possibility of a vertical transmission pathway wherein infected queens can pass virus through their eggs to their offspring.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bees / virology*
Female
Insect Viruses / isolation & purification*
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Virus Diseases / diagnosis