ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2017
Covert deformed wing virus infections have long-term deleterious effects on honeybee foraging and survival.
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- Meta-analysis of honey bee neurogenomic response links Deformed wing virus type A to precocious behavioral maturation.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Virus specific impacts on honey bee flight performance are mediated by the octopamine pathway.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- From Pollen to Pathogen Defense: How Pollen Chemical Quality Impacts Deformed Wing Virus Infection and Survival in Honey Bees.Viruses · 2026Review
- Caucasian and Egyptian chitosan/propolis nanocomposites inhibit deformed wing virus in Apis mellifera L. cell lines.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Co-inoculation with deformed wing virus and sacbrood virus affects viral and immune dynamics and synergistically increases honey bee mortality.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Distinct Host Gene Expression Patterns Induced by Covert Deformed Wing Virus Infections in Honeybees (Apis mellifera).Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology · 2026Article
- Metagenomic and gene expression patterns in declining commercial honey bee colonies.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Susceptibility to the Neonicotinoid Pesticide Imidacloprid Is Linked to Life History Regulation in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.).Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Comprehensive virome analysis ofFrontiers in insect science · 2026Article
- Injection but not ingestion of a mixed virus suspension in Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) shifts persistent covert infection to acute pathology.Pest management science · 2026Article
- Deformed wing virus affects foraging success and foraging specialization of honeybee workers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Neurotranscriptomic profiling of deformed wing virus-infected honey bee foragers (Apis mellifera) with different cognitive abilities.Biology open · 2025Article
- Inapparent virus infections differentially affect honey bee flight.Science advances · 2025Article
- Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pathogen and Hemocyte Dynamics in Three Apiaries Across a Bee Season.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Article
- Stress drives premature hive exiting behavior that leads to death in young honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers.Biological research · 2024Article
- A novel antibody treatment reduces deformed wing virus loads in the western honey bee (mSphere · 2024Article
- Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with deformed wing virus display wing deformity with altered mobility.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2024Article
- Known and novel viruses in Belgian honey bees: yearly differences, spatial clustering, and associations with overwintering loss.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Learning performance and GABAergic pathway link to deformed wing virus in the mushroom bodies of naturally infected honey bees.The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Several studies have suggested that covert stressors can contribute to bee colony declines. Here we provide a novel case study and show using radiofrequency identification tracking technology that covert deformed wing virus (DWV) infections in adult honeybee workers seriously impact long-term foraging and survival under natural foraging conditions. In particular, our experiments show that adult workers injected with low doses of DWV experienced increased mortality rates, that DWV caused workers to start foraging at a premature age, and that the virus reduced the workers' total activity span as foragers. Altogether, these results demonstrate that covert DWV infections have strongly deleterious effects on honeybee foraging and survival. These results are consistent with previous studies that suggested DWV to be an important contributor to the ongoing bee declines in Europe and the USA. Overall, our study underlines the strong impact that covert pathogen infections can have on individual and group-level performance in bees.
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