First molecular detection of <i>Apis mellifera</i> filamentous virus (AmFV) in honey bees (<i>Apis mellifera)</i> in Argentina

Quintana, Silvina; Brasesco, Constanza; Porrini, Leonardo Pablo; Gerónimo, Vanesa Di; Eguaras, Martín Javier; Maggi, Matías

doi:10.1080/00218839.2019.1690100

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“…The infected bees show signs of weakness and tend to gather at the hive entrance. Nevertheless, the virus is weakly pathogenic and has low impact on bee lifespan [ 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 ].…”

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Pathogens Spillover from Honey Bees to Other Arthropods

2021

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Honey bees, and pollinators in general, play a major role in the health of ecosystems. There is a consensus about the steady decrease in pollinator populations, which raises global ecological concern. Several drivers are implicated in this threat. Among them, honey bee pathogens are transmitted to other arthropods populations, including wild and managed pollinators. The western honey bee, Apis mellifera, is quasi-globally spread. This successful species acted as and, in some cases, became a maintenance host for pathogens. This systematic review collects and summarizes spillover cases having in common Apis mellifera as the mainteinance host and some of its pathogens. The reports are grouped by final host species and condition, year, and geographic area of detection and the co-occurrence in the same host. A total of eighty-one articles in the time frame 1960–2021 were included. The reported spillover cases cover a wide range of hymenopteran host species, generally living in close contact with or sharing the same environmental resources as the honey bees. They also involve non-hymenopteran arthropods, like spiders and roaches, which are either likely or unlikely to live in close proximity to honey bees. Specific studies should consider host-dependent pathogen modifications and effects on involved host species. Both the plasticity of bee pathogens and the ecological consequences of spillover suggest a holistic approach to bee health and the implementation of a One Health approach.

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“…Its full genome has been sequenced [ 92 ] making it easily detectable by metagenomics. It is only weakly pathogenic and found very commonly in honeybees throughout the world [ 93 , 94 ], as well as in other bee species [ 95 ]. The virus has been suggested to spread among the bees by food exchange [ 94 ], offering a straightforward path into honey.…”

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Reconstructing the ecosystem context of a species: Honey-borne DNA reveals the roles of the honeybee

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To assess a species’ impact on its environment–and the environment’s impact upon a species–we need to pinpoint its links to surrounding taxa. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) provides a promising model system for such an exercise. While pollination is an important ecosystem service, recent studies suggest that honeybees can also provide disservices. Developing a comprehensive understanding of the full suite of services and disservices that honeybees provide is a key priority for such a ubiquitous species. In this perspective paper, we propose that the DNA contents of honey can be used to establish the honeybee’s functional niche, as reflected by ecosystem services and disservices. Drawing upon previously published genomic data, we analysed the DNA found within 43 honey samples from Northern Europe. Based on metagenomic analysis, we find that the taxonomic composition of DNA is dominated by a low pathogenicity bee virus with 40.2% of the reads, followed by bacteria (16.7%), plants (9.4%) and only 1.1% from fungi. In terms of ecological roles of taxa associated with the bees or taxa in their environment, bee gut microbes dominate the honey DNA, with plants as the second most abundant group. A range of pathogens associated with plants, bees and other animals occur frequently, but with lower relative read abundance, across the samples. The associations found here reflect a versatile the honeybee’s role in the North-European ecosystem. Feeding on nectar and pollen, the honeybee interacts with plants–in particular with cultivated crops. In doing so, the honeybee appears to disperse common pathogens of plants, pollinators and other animals, but also microbes potentially protective of these pathogens. Thus, honey-borne DNA helps us define the honeybee’s functional niche, offering directions to expound the benefits and drawbacks of the associations to the honeybee itself and its interacting organisms.

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“…Others reports, such as one by Ding et al [55], who observed the presence of BQCV, ABPV, CBPV and DWV, and one by Molinari et al [93] showed that viral infections were more frequent in temperate and subtropical zones. In 2019, Quintana et al [105] reported the first molecular detection of AmFV in South America in samples from eight Argentine provinces, and recently, Fernández de Landa et al [61] reported the presence of Lake Sinai virus (LSV) in beehives of the main honey-producing provinces of Argentina.…”

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Viruses that affect Argentinian honey bees (Apis mellifera)

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Beekeeping is a widespread activity in Argentina, mainly producing honey that has gained both national and international recognition. There are more than 3,000,000 hives in the country, mainly concentrated in Buenos Aires Province (approximately 1,000,000 hives). In recent decades, worrying rates of hive loss have been observed in many countries around the world. In Latin America, the estimated loss of hives is between 13% (Peru and Ecuador) and 53% (Chile). Argentina had annual losses of 34% for the period of October 1, 2016 to October 1, 2017. The causes of these losses are not clear but probably involve multiple stressors that can act simultaneously. One of the main causes of loss of bee colonies worldwide is infestation by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor in combination with viral infections. To date, 10 viruses have been detected that affect honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Argentina. Of these, deformed wing virus, sacbrood virus, acute bee paralysis virus, chronic bee paralysis virus, and Israeli acute bee paralysis can be transmitted by mites. Deformed wing virus and the AIK complex are the viruses most often associated with loss of hives worldwide. Considering that bee viruses have been detected in Argentina in several hymenopteran and non-hymenopteran insects, these hosts could act as important natural reservoirs for viruses and play an important role in their dispersal in the environment. Further studies to investigate the different mechanisms by which viruses spread in the environment will enable us to develop various strategies for the control of infected colonies and the spread of viruses in the habitat where they are found.

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First molecular detection of Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) in honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Argentina

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Pathogens Spillover from Honey Bees to Other Arthropods

Pathogens Spillover from Honey Bees to Other Arthropods

Reconstructing the ecosystem context of a species: Honey-borne DNA reveals the roles of the honeybee

Viruses that affect Argentinian honey bees (Apis mellifera)

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