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Novel Insights into Honeybee Virus and Other Pathogens
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Novel Insights into Honeybee Virus and Other Pathogens

A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 4620

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Aneta A. Ptaszyńska

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Department of Immunobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka Str. 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
Interests: wild pollinators and their protection; honeybee immunity; new therapeutic substances against honeybee diseases

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Viruses pose a significant threat to the health and well‐being of Apis mellifera. Honeybees can be infected with many viruses. Sacbrood virus was the first bee-infecting virus to be described in the scientific literature in 1913, and approximately 20 more viruses were subsequently described based on their symptoms in bees. With new molecular biology tools, it is now possible to use DNA to identify viruses infecting bees, even if there are no symptoms. Furthermore, viruses are connected with other bee pathogens and can be transmitted rapidly, representing a threat to the whole honeybee colony. 

For this Special Issue of Pathogens, we welcome the submission of reviews, opinions, and original research focusing on infectious diseases in honeybees caused by viruses and other pathogens.

Dr. Aneta A. Ptaszyńska
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • virus infection
  • pathogens
  • honeybees
  • immunity
  • diseases
  • antimicrobial peptides
  • host–pathogen interactions

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Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species
by Maria Michalczyk and Rajmund Sokół
Pathogens 2022, 11(9), 1053; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11091053 - 15 Sep 2022
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Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are an essential element of the ecosystem and the global economy. They are valued pollinators in many countries around the word. Unfortunately, there has been a decline in the bumblebee population, which is attributed to, among others, pathogens and [...] Read more.
Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are an essential element of the ecosystem and the global economy. They are valued pollinators in many countries around the word. Unfortunately, there has been a decline in the bumblebee population, which is attributed to, among others, pathogens and reduced access to food due to the loss of natural nesting sites. Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae, protozoan pathogens of the family Trypanosomatidae, commonly infect bumblebees, including in Poland. In this study, a Polish population of bumblebees was screened for L. passim and C. mellificae. The experiment was performed on 13 adult bumblebees belonging to 4 species: B. lapidarius, B. lucorum, B. pascuorum, and B. terrestris. Protozoa of the family Trypanosomatidae were identified by PCR. Only L. passim was identified in one B. pascuorum individual. Further research is needed to confirm the effect of concurrent pathogens on the decline of bumblebee populations. Full article
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Natural Substances, Probiotics, and Synthetic Agents in the Treatment and Prevention of Honeybee Nosemosis
by Magdalena Kunat-Budzyńska, Michał Budzyński, Michał Schulz, Aneta Strachecka, Marek Gancarz, Robert Rusinek and Aneta A. Ptaszyńska
Pathogens 2022, 11(11), 1269; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111269 - 31 Oct 2022
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Honeybees are important pollinators, but they are continuously exposed to a variety of fungal and bacterial diseases. One of the various diseases affecting honeybees is nosemosis caused by microsporidia from the Nosema genus. Honeybees are mainly infected through consumption of infected food or [...] Read more.
Honeybees are important pollinators, but they are continuously exposed to a variety of fungal and bacterial diseases. One of the various diseases affecting honeybees is nosemosis caused by microsporidia from the Nosema genus. Honeybees are mainly infected through consumption of infected food or faeces containing Nosema spp. spores. Nosemosis causes damage to the middle intestine epithelium, which leads to food absorption disorders and honeybee malnutrition. Fumagillin, i.e., the antibiotic used to treat nosemosis, was withdrawn in 2016 from EU countries. Therefore, researchers have been looking for compounds of both natural and synthetic origin to fight nosemosis. Such compounds should not have a negative impact on bees but is expected to inhibit the disease. Natural compounds tested against nosemosis include, e.g., essential oils (EOs), plant extracts, propolis, and bacterial metabolites, while synthetic substances tested as anti-nosemosis agents are represented by porphyrins, vitamins, antibiotics, phenolic, ascorbic acids, and others. This publication presents an 18-year overview of various studies of a number of natural and synthetic compounds used in the treatment and prevention of nosemosis cited in PubMed, GoogleScholar, and CrossRef. Full article
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