Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Honey Bee Queen–Worker Interaction and Potential Virus Transmission Pathways

Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Honey Bee Queen–Worker Interaction and Potential Virus Transmission Pathways

Queen loss or failure is an important cause of honey bee colony loss. A functional queen is essential to a colony, and the queen is predicted to be well protected by worker bees and other mechanisms of social immunity. Nevertheless, several honey bee pathogens (including viruses) can infect queens....

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Main Authors: Esmaeil Amiri, Gregory Seddon, Wendy Zuluaga Smith, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
queen
honey bee viruses
Israeli acute paralysis virus
queen loss
virus transmission
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/1/9

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