Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v12010006
Keywords
honeybee viruses; hornets; AmFV; IAPV; DWV
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31811530276, 31572471]
- National Project for Upgrading Overall Bee-Product Quality in the Beekeeping Industry of China [1803086]
- Key Technology Research and Development Program of Guangxi province [AB16380094]
- Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program [CAAS-ASTIP-2018-IAR]
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Since the discovery that honey bee viruses play a role in colony decline, researchers have made major breakthroughs in understanding viral pathology and infection processes in honey bees. Work on virus transmission patterns and virus vectors, such as the mite Varroa destructor, has prompted intense efforts to manage honey bee health. However, little is known about the occurrence of honey bee viruses in bee predators, such as vespids. In this study, we characterized the occurrence of 11 honey bee viruses in five vespid species and one wasp from four provinces in China and two vespid species from four locations in France. The results showed that all the species from China carried certain honey bee viruses, notably Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV), Deformed wing virus (DWV), and Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV); furthermore, in some vespid colonies, more than three different viruses were identified. In France, DWV was the most common virus; Sacbrood virus (SBV) and Black queen cell virus (BQCV) were observed in one and two samples, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses of IAPV and BQCV sequences indicated that most of the IAPV sequences belonged to a single group, while the BQCV sequences belonged to several groups. Additionally, our study is the first to detect Lake Sinai virus (LSV) in a hornet from China. Our findings can guide further research into the origin and transmission of honey bee viruses in Vespidae, a taxon of ecological, and potentially epidemiological, relevance.
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