Mayack Christopher, Hakanoğlu Haşim
Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul 34956, Turkey.
Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Vet Sci. 2022 Oct 17;9(10):573. doi: 10.3390/vetsci9100573.
Beekeeping has yet to reach its full potential in terms of productivity in Turkey where it has a relatively large role in the economy. Poor colony health is suspected to be the reason for this, but comprehensive disease monitoring programs are lacking to support this notion. We sampled a total of 115 colonies across five different apiaries throughout the Marmara region of Turkey and screened for all of the major bee pathogens using PCR and RNA-seq methods. We found that mites are more prevalent in comparison to infections. The pathogens ABPV, DWV, KV, and VDV1 are near 100% prevalent and are the most abundant across all locations, which are known to be vectored by the mite. We therefore suspect that controlling mites will be key for improving bee health in Turkey moving forward. We also documented significant interactions between DWV, KV, and VDV1, which may explain how the more virulent strain of the virus becomes abundant. ABPV had a positive interaction with VDV1, thereby possibly facilitating this more virulent viral strain, but a negative interaction with . Therefore, these complex pathogen interactions should be taken into consideration in the future to improve bee health.
在土耳其，养蜂业在经济中发挥着相对重要的作用，但就生产力而言，其潜力尚未得到充分发挥。人们怀疑蜂群健康状况不佳是造成这种情况的原因，但缺乏全面的疾病监测计划来支持这一观点。我们在土耳其马尔马拉地区的五个不同养蜂场共采集了115个蜂群样本，并使用聚合酶链式反应（PCR）和RNA测序（RNA-seq）方法对所有主要的蜜蜂病原体进行了筛查。我们发现，与感染相比，螨虫更为普遍。急性蜜蜂麻痹病毒（ABPV）、残翅病毒（DWV）、克什米尔病毒（KV）和黑蜂病毒1型（VDV1）等病原体的流行率接近100%，且在所有地点都是最常见的，已知它们可由螨虫传播。因此，我们怀疑控制螨虫将是未来改善土耳其蜜蜂健康状况的关键。我们还记录了DWV、KV和VDV1之间的显著相互作用，这可能解释了毒性更强的病毒株是如何变得普遍的。ABPV与VDV1存在正相互作用，从而可能促成了这种毒性更强的病毒株，但与[此处原文缺失相关内容]存在负相互作用。因此，未来应考虑这些复杂的病原体相互作用，以改善蜜蜂健康状况。
