ArticleMicrobial ecology2011
Infestation of Japanese native honey bees by tracheal mite and virus from non-native European honey bees in Japan.
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- Prevalence of honeybee viruses in Apis mellifera in Gifu prefecture of Japan.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2021Article
- Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny.Viruses · 2020Article
- Honey as a Source of Environmental DNA for the Detection and Monitoring of Honey Bee Pathogens and Parasites.Veterinary sciences · 2020Article
- Range expansion of the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) among Japanese honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, in Japan.Experimental & applied acarology · 2020Article
- Trypanosomatid parasite dynamically changes the transcriptome during infection and modifies honey bee physiology.Communications biology · 2020Article
- Bee Viruses: Routes of Infection in Hymenoptera.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Invasion of alien species has been shown to cause detrimental effects on habitats of native species. Insect pollinators represent such examples; the introduction of commercial bumble bee species for crop pollination has resulted in competition for an ecological niche with native species, genetic disturbance caused by mating with native species, and pathogen spillover to native species. The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, was first introduced into Japan for apiculture in 1877, and queen bees have been imported from several countries for many years. However, its effects on Japanese native honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, have never been addressed. We thus conducted the survey of honey bee viruses and Acarapis mites using both A. mellifera and A. c. japonica colonies to examine their infestation in native and non-native honey bee species in Japan. Honey bee viruses, Deformed wing virus (DWV), Black queen cell virus (BQCV), Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV), and Sacbrood virus (SBV), were found in both A. mellifera and A. c. japonica colonies; however, the infection frequency of viruses in A. c. japonica was lower than that in A. mellifera colonies. Based on the phylogenies of DWV, BQCV, and SBV isolates from A. mellifera and A. c. japonica, DWV and BQCV may infect both honey bee species; meanwhile, SBV has a clear species barrier. For the first time in Japan, tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) was specifically found in the dead honey bees from collapsing A. c. japonica colonies. This paper thus provides further evidence that tracheal-mite-infested honey bee colonies can die during cool winters with no other disease present. These results demonstrate the infestation of native honey bees by parasite and pathogens of non-native honey bees that are traded globally.
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