Insights into the viral landscape of the western honey bee and native bees in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: Bees are important pollinators that are increasingly threatened by viruses. In this study, we investigated the viruses in honey bees in Bangladesh, focusing on western (Apis mellifera) and native bee species (A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea, and Trigona sp.). Using high-throughput poly(A)-selected RNA sequencing, we observed that viruses of the order Picornavirales are frequently detected in both western and native bees. However, this pattern may reflect both true biological abundance and methodological bias, as this approach inherently enriches for polyadenylated RNA viruses. Deformed wing virus (DWV), black queen cell virus (BQCV), and sacbrood virus (SBV) were commonly found in western bees, while native bees exhibited a high diversity of viral

SUBMITTER: Hamim I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12671125 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature