Comparative analysis of viruses in four bee species collected from agricultural, urban, and natural landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Managed honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) and wild bees provide critical ecological services that shape and sustain natural, agricultural, and urban landscapes. In recent years, declines in bee populations have highlighted the importance of the pollination services they provide and the need for more research into the reasons for global bee losses. Several stressors cause declining populations of managed and wild bee species such as habitat degradation, pesticide exposure, and pathogens. Viruses, which have been implicated as a key stressor, are able to infect a wide range of species and can be transmitted both intra- and inter-specifically from infected bee species to uninfected bee species via vertical (from parent to offspring) and/or horizontal (between individuals via direct or indirect c

SUBMITTER: Olgun T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7292363 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature