The Pathogen Profile of a Honey Bee Queen Does Not Reflect That of Her Workers

The Pathogen Profile of a Honey Bee Queen Does Not Reflect That of Her Workers

Throughout a honey bee queen’s lifetime, she is tended to by her worker daughters, who feed and groom her. Such interactions provide possible horizontal transmission routes for pathogens from the workers to the queen, and as such a queen’s pathogen profile may be representative of the workers within...

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Main Authors: Jessica L. Kevill, Katie Lee, Michael Goblirsch, Erin McDermott, David R. Tarpy, Marla Spivak, Declan C. Schroeder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
honey bees
queen bees
horizontal transmission
LSV
DWV
Nosema
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/6/382

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