Effects of sacbrood virus on adult honey-bees

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Bailey, L. and Fernando, E. F. W. 1972. Effects of sacbrood virus on adult honey-bees. Annals of Applied Biology - AAB. 72 (1), pp. 27-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1972.tb01268.x

AuthorsBailey, L. and Fernando, E. F. W.
Abstract

SUMMARY Much sacbrood virus accumulates in the brains of infected bees, especially of drones, without causing symptoms. However, infected individuals fly earlier in life than healthy bees and most infected foragers fail to collect pollen, as do bees briefly anaesthetized with CO2. The few infected bees that gather pollen contaminate their loads with much sacbrood virus. Infection does not shorten the lives of drones, or of workers that have been deprived of pollen, but it much shortens the prolonged lives of workers that have eaten pollen. Infected workers, healthy workers deprived of pollen, and senile individuals are unable to maintain the usual metabolic rates of bees at temperatures below 35oC, or to resist chilling.

Year of Publication1972
JournalAnnals of Applied Biology - AAB
Journal citation72 (1), pp. 27-35
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1972.tb01268.x
Open accessPublished as non-open access
ISSN00034746
PublisherWiley

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