ReviewViruses2020
Honey Bee Queens and Virus Infections.
Review in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Viral influence on chemical communication in eusocial insects: insights and emerging research priorities.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2026Review
- Patterns of viral prevalence and load show independent circulation of some honey bee viruses in wild bees.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Fertility Management in Pollinators: Queen Storage, Transport, and Reproductive Resilience inInsects · 2026Review
- A non-invasive method for profiling the gut microbiome and virome of honey bee queens.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Construction of a portable multiplex detection system for four bee viral paralysis diseases based on RT-PCR-microfluidic chip integrated technology.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Honey bee egg composition changes seasonally and after acute maternal virus infection.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Social and nutritional factors controlling the growth of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens.PloS one · 2025Article
- Eggs sampling as an effective tool for identifying the incidence of viruses in honey bees involved in artificial queen rearing.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honeybees.iScience · 2023Article
- Poor Air Quality Is Linked to Stress in Honeybees and Can Be Compounded by the Presence of Disease.Insects · 2023Article
- Influence of virus abundances in donor colonies and nurse hives on queens ofOpen veterinary journal · 2023Article
- Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Early Queen Development in Honey Bees: Social Context and Queen Breeder Source Affect Gut Microbiota and Associated Metabolism.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Context-Dependent Viral Transgenerational Immune Priming in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2022Article
- Breeding for Virus Resistance and Its Effects on Deformed Wing Virus Infection Patterns in Honey Bee Queens.Viruses · 2021Article
- Comparing Survival of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Infection among Stocks of U.S. Honey Bees.Insects · 2021Article
- Advances in Honey Bee Virus Research.Viruses · 2020Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The honey bee queen is the central hub of a colony to produce eggs and release pheromones to maintain social cohesion. Among many environmental stresses, viruses are a major concern to compromise the queen's health and reproductive vigor. Viruses have evolved numerous strategies to infect queens either via vertical transmission from the queens' parents or horizontally through the worker and drones with which she is in contact during development, while mating, and in the reproductive period in the colony. Over 30 viruses have been discovered from honey bees but only few studies exist on the pathogenicity and direct impact of viruses on the queen's phenotype. An apparent lack of virus symptoms and practical problems are partly to blame for the lack of studies, and we hope to stimulate new research and methodological approaches. To illustrate the problems, we describe a study on sublethal effects of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) that led to inconclusive results. We conclude by discussing the most crucial methodological considerations and novel approaches for studying the interactions between honey bee viruses and their interactions with queen health.
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