Viruses that affect Apis mellifera and their occurrence in Brazil

Vírus que acometem Apis mellifera e sua ocorrência no Brasil

ABSTRACT:

Bees are very important insects for agriculture, fulfilling an important role in pollination and renewal of the ecosystem. However, in several countries significant losses of colonies and population decline of honeybees and native bees have been reported in recent years. Most researchers reported that premature losses are linked to several factors, including viruses that have a great impact on the colonies. This article reports the identification of new viruses, some transmission routes, the association of these parasites with the symptoms of the diseases that affect the health of honeybees, as well as viruses that have been described in Brazil.

Key words:
Africanized bees; pollinating insects; diseases; sanity

RESUMO:

As abelhas são insetos de grande importância na agricultura, cumprindo um papel muito importante na polinização e na renovação do ecossistema. No entanto, em diversos países têm sido relatadas perdas significativas de colônias e declínio da população de abelhas melíferas e nativas, nos últimos anos. Com isso, surgiram novos estudos sobre este assunto. A maioria dos pesquisadores relata que as perdas prematuras estão ligadas a diversos fatores, dentre eles os vírus, que causam grande impacto nas colônias. Este artigo visa expor as novas identificações de vírus, algumas rotas de transmissão, a associação dos mesmos a parasitas e a sintomatologia das enfermidades que afetam a saúde de abelhas melíferas, bem como os vírus que já foram descritos no Brasil.

Palavras-chave:
abelhas africanizadas; insetos polinizadores; doenças; sanidade

INTRODUCTION:

Bees are important pollinators that are essential for agricultural production (PETTIS, 2013; DeGRANDI-HOFFMAN & CHEN, 2015; MCMENAMIN & FLENNIKEN, 2018). Of all food produced globally, 35% is dependent on pollination resulting from biological factors, and 90% involves Apis mellifera as pollinators (GENERSCH, 2010). In Brazil, 85 cultivars of 141 species used for biodiesel and human and animal consumption depend to some extent on animal pollination (GIANNINI et al., 2015). Despite the importance of bees in global food production in the United States, Japan, and several countries in Europe and Latin America, extensive loss of colonies and population decline of native bees have been described in recent years (NEUMANN & CARRECK, 2010; VANDAME & PALACIO, 2010). The use of pesticides (PETTIS, 2013; COULON et al., 2018; NAZZI & PENNACCHIO, 2018), the geographic location of the colonies, unfavorable environmental factors including the lack of shade in hot regions and lack of a supply of water of sufficient quality, inadequate dietary supplementation and unbalanced diets, physiological and behavioral changes including disorientation and reduction of foraging and posture (PIRES et al., 2016; CATAE, 2016; MOLINERI et al., 2017), immunological activities (DeGRANDI-HOFFMAN & CHEN, 2015), and different types of pathogens, may contribute to these losses (NAZZI & PENNACCHIO, 2018).

Notably, viruses are the pathogens that contribute the most to the decrease in the health and the number of bee colonies globally. To date, approximately 24 species of virus have been identified in bees (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; De MIRANDA et al., 2013; REMNANT, 2017). Prevalence and distribution of these viruses have been associated with, among others, the establishment of the Varroa destructor mite. This ectoparasite acts as a transmission vector for different types of viruses, and its establishment in bee colonies has contributed to the increase in the virulence of some species, such as the Acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) and the Deformed wing virus (DWV) (MOLINERI et al, 2017; REMANT, 2017; SANTAMARIA et al., 2018).

The foregoing highlighted that several factors are linked to the premature loss of bees, which detrimentally affects the colonies. Monitoring and further studies are critical to better understand these variables and to develop infection prevention strategies. This review provided an overview of the current knowledge of virus identification in Brazil as well as worldwide, together with some factors associated with transmission that affect the health and immunity of honeybees.

Apiculture

There are 28 known subspecies of A. mellifera. In Brazil, the introduction of subspecies allowed the emergence of Africanized bees, which are poly-hybrids of the subspecies of European A. mellifera mellifera and A. mellifera ligustica and of the African subspecies A. mellifera scutellate bees (VANDAME et al., 2002). Moreover, throughout the Brazilian territory there is a diversity of non-stinging native bees that are pollinators and producers of honey. About 250 species of these native bees belonging to the Meliponini tribe have been described in Brazil (MESSAGE et al, 2012) and are susceptible to diseases caused by viruses (GENERSCH et al., 2006; MESSAGE et al, 2012; SANTAMARIA et al., 2018). Therefore, the study of agents, including viruses, is very important, especially concerning transmission routes and signs of diseases that affect the health of honey bees, which are responsible for the renewal and conservation of the ecosystem.

Viruses that affect bees

Viruses are being intensively studied for their impact on the health of bees and because of the extensive apiculture losses occurring worldwide, which are influenced by biotic and abiotic factors, including the synergistic negative effects of multiple pathogen co-infection and/or pesticide exposure (PETTIS, 2013; COULON et al., 2018). The great majority of the viruses that have already been isolated and characterized in bees are classified as positive-strand RNA viruses within the order Picornavirales, comprising the families Dicistroviridae and Iflaviridae. Prominent viruses include ABPV, DWV, Black queen cell virus (BQCV), Sacbrood bee virus (SBV), Kashmir bee virus (KSV), and Israeli acute bee paralysis (IAPV). To date, only one double-stranded DNA virus, A. mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; De MIRANDA, 2010; McMENAMIN & GENERSCH, 2015), has been identified. Viruses of the order Rhabdovirus, Apis mellifera rhabdovirus-1 (ARV-1) and Apis mellifera rhabdovirus-2 (ARV-2) were identified (REMNANT et al., 2017).

The signs of diseases are the main and fastest means of diagnosis of these diseases in the apiary. Some of these diseases do not present visible symptoms, do not have similar symptoms to each other, or are not present in all life stages of bees (De MIRANDA et al., 2015, McMAHON et al., 2018). However, according to De MIRANDA et al. (2015), there are viruses that induce symptoms when present in high titers and that persist naturally in hives at low levels with no apparent clinical signs using a variety of transmission routes. There are also asymptomatic viruses that, at low levels of infection, shorten life time of bees. The following are the main viruses that affect bees, as well as their occurrence in Brazil. Other viruses are summarized in tables 1 and 2.

Table 1
Summary of physical properties (particle shape, size, type of genome, the taxonomy and symptoms) of 8 viruses related to bees.

-------------Virus--------------		Form	Size	Nucleic acid	Taxonomy	Symptomatology	References
Apis mellifera filamentous virus	AmFV	filament	150 nm ×450	dsDNA	Baculoviridae	No physical symptoms Becomes white and milky hemolymph	BAILEY & BALL, 1991
Apis iridescente virus	AIV	polyhedral	150nm	dsDNA	Iridoviridae	Symptoms like CBPV Only known to occur in adult bees	BAILEY & BALL, 1991
Arkansas bee virus / Berkeley bee Picorna-like virus	ABV / BBPV	icosahedral	30nm	ssRNA	?	No known symptoms in adult bees and pupae	BAILEY & BALL, 1991
Bee virus X	BVX	icosahedral	35nm	ssRNA	?	Does not multiply in larvae and pupae Associated with the protozoan Malpighamoebamellificae	BAILEY & BALL, 1991
Bee virus Y	BVY	icosahedral	35nm	ssRNA	?	Serologically related to BVX without symptoms in adult bees, pupae and larvae Associated with N.apisin adult bees	BAILEY & BALL, 1991
Wing virus Clody	CWV	icosahedral	17nm	ssRNA	?	Opaque wings of adult bees, do not propagate in larvae and pupae Already detected in Africanized bees in Brazil	BAILEY & BALL, 1991
Egypt bee virus	EBV	icosahedral	30nm	ssRNA	Iflaviridae	Serologically related to DWV, but has no known symptoms in adults, pupae and larvae	BAILEY et al., 1979
Slow bee paralysis virus	SBPV	icosahedral	30nm	ssRNA	Iflaviridae	Paralysis of two pairs of front legs in adult bees Associated with V. destructor No visible symptoms in pupae and larvae	BAILEY & BALL, 1991; DE MIRANDA et al., 2010

• Information in the table has been adapted from Bailey & Ball, 1991; Miranda et al, 2013; McMenamin & Flennken, 2018. ds:double-stand; ss:single-strand.

Table 2
Summary of physical properties (particle shape, size, type of genome, the taxonomy and symptoms) of newly discovered viruses related to bees.

------------Virus--------------		Form and Size	Nucleic acid	Taxonomy	Symptomatology	References
Apis mellifera flavivirus	AFV	icosahedral Approximately60 nm	ssRNA	Flaviviridae	Symptoms known to date	REMNANT et al., 2017
Api smellifera - Bunyaviruses 1 and 2	ABV-1; ABV-2	?	ssRNA	Bunyaviridae	Symptoms unknown	REMNANT et al., 2017
Apis mellifera 1 and 2, rhabdovirus	ARV	?	ssRNA	Rhabdoviridae	Rhabdoviridae are transmitted by arthropods	LEVIN et al., 2017.; REMNANT et al., 2017
Aphid lethal paralysis virus	ALPV	Icosahedral 30 nm	ssRNA	Dicistroviridae	Virus of aphids and agricultural pests Detected in adult bees, during the decrease of pollen	RUNCKEL et al., 2011
Big River virus Sioux	BSRV	Icosahedral 30 nm	ssRNA	Dicistroviridae	Closely related to Rhopalosiphumpadi virus, found in aphids	RUNCKEL et al., 2011
Halictus scabiosae Adlikon virus	HsAV	?	ssRNA	?	Related to Lake Sinai virus	BIGOT et al., 2017
Lake Sinai Virus- 1 and 2	LSV-1 / LSL-2	?	ssRNA	?	No visible symptom. Positive correlation with Nosema LSV-2 has higher incidence in late winter	RUNCKELl et al., 2011
Moku virus	MV	Icosahedral Approx. 30 nm	ssRNA	Iflaviridae	Discovered in the wasp, (Vespulapensylvanica) and phylogenetically related to SBPV	MORDECAI et al., 2016
Tobacco ringspot virus	TRSV	icosahedral 25 to 30 nm	ssRNA	Secoviridae	Originally from plants Discovered in bees and replicates in different parts of the body Varroahas been detected and is possible spreader of virus	LI et al., 2014

• Information in the table has been adapted from Bailey & Ball, 1991; Miranda et al., 2013; McMenamin & Flennken, 2018. ds:double-stand; ss:single-strand.

Deformed wing virus (DWV)

The DWV is widely distributed in honey bees, being associated worldwide with colony collapse, especially when vectored by V. destructor (MOLINERI et al., 2017; YUE & GENERSCH, 2015). The virus becomes symptomatic due to the stress resulting from the parasitism of the mite, which destabilizes the host immune system (SHEN et al., 2005; RIBIÈRE et al., 2008; AMOSCIA et al., 2018). Symptoms of the virus consist of the appearance of wrinkled wings in infected bees. In addition, swollen abdomen and malformed body are characteristic symptoms (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; De MIRANDA et al., 2013). The DWV can remain asymptomatic at all stages of life of the colonies in the absence of the mite (CHEN et al., 2006). Bee viruses are transmitted vertically within the species (progeny infection through the transovarian route in the queen and the semen of the hornets) (CHEN et al., 2006; De MIRANDA & GENERSCH, 2010; YUE & GENERSH, 2015) and horizontally (glandular secretions used to feed larvae and queens, food contamination) both within species and among different genera of bees (FORFEET et al., 2016; NAZZI & PENNECY, 2018). Concerning vertical transmission, CHEN et al. (2006) reported that bees showed the presence of BQCV and DWV viruses, the same two viruses were detected in their eggs, and in larvae and adult worker bees, demonstrating that there may be transmission of the queen to its progeny.

Originally, the virus was identified in European bees. However, it can cause infections in various other species of bees, such as A. cerana, A. dorsata, and A. florea (ZHANG et al., 2012), Bombus terrestris and B. pascuorum in Germany (GENERSCH et al., 2006), B. atratus in Argentina (REYNALDI et al., 2013), Ceratina smaragdula, in Hawaii (SANTAMARIA et al., 2018), and in wasps (GENERSCH et al., 2006; LEVITT et al, 2013; SANTAMARIA et al., 2018). Among these species, some are present in Brazil, such as B. atratus and B. terrestris, showing the importance of the study of viruses and co-infection in other pollinating insects. The DMV has been detected, along with other viruses (APV, BQCV, and IAPV) in honeybees in Brazil using the double immunodiffusion technique (MESSAGE et al. 2012). The DWV includes two closely related strains: V. destructor virus-1 (VDV-1) and the Kakugovirus (KV) (De MIRANDA & GENERSH, 2010).

Black queen cell virus (BQCV)

Originally, BQCV was isolated in samples of decomposed queens with black spots, giving it the name of “black queen” (BAILEY & BALL, 1991). At the initial stage of infection, ill larvae have a yellow appearance and a hard and rough bag-like tegument, which are clinical signs of the virus (BAILEY & BALL, 1991). The virus is present in adult bees without apparent symptoms (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; De MIRANDA et al., 2013). It is widely associated with the parasite Nosema apis, both in nature and in the laboratory (BAILEY & BALL, 1991). Even without knowledge of the relationship between the virus and the parasite, it has been reported that the BQCV levels rise in bees infected with the parasite (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; RIBIÈRE et al., 2008). The BQCV as well as DWV that were originally reported in European bees have already been described in multiple host species, such as Hymenoptera. In addition, there is evidence of active infection in B. huntii species in the United States and Germany (PENG et al., 2011; SINGH et al., 2010; RADZEVIČIŪTĖ et al, 2017), B. atratus in Argentina (REYNALDI et al., 2013), and in Africanized bees in Brazil (TEIXEIRA et al., 2008a). The presence of the virus in the pollen of forage bees of A. mellifera has been reported, indicating the dynamic capacity of the virus (PENG et al., 2011; SINGH et al., 2010; ZHANG et al., 2012).

Acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), Israeli acute bee paralysis (IAPV) and Kashmir bee virus (KSV)

The ABPV, IAPV, and KSV viruses are part of a closely related virus complex, the Dicistroviridae family, and are considered virulent and widely distributed in A. mellifera. They characteristically kill both the pupae and adult bees very quickly, from 3 to 5 days after inoculation (BAILEY & BALL, 1991). The ABPV was intentionally discovered as a by-product during virus transmission studies of chronic paralysis (CBPV). It was identified because honeybees died earlier than the bees infected with CBPV (BAILEY & BALL., 1991; RIBIERE et al, 2010; MIRANDA et al, 2010). Subsequently, ABPV was detected in the thoracic salivary glands of adult bees, which transmitted the virus to the larvae during feeding (BAILEY & BALL, 1991).

KBV was discovered as a contaminant in Apis iridescent virus and A. cerana samples, multiplied in high titers in A. mellifera (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; RIBIERE et al., 2008). The IAPV was discovered and purified in 2002 after the propagation extract of a bee taken from a group of dead bees, which became ill in the vicinity of Alon Hagalil, Israel (SHEN et al., 2005; RIBIÈRE et al, 2008; De MIRANDA et al., 2010). The ABPV and KBV can also infect different species of bees (BAILEY & BALL, 1991), among them Africanized bees. In Brazil, the ABPV viruses have been detected in apiaries in Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo, and the IAPV virus has been detected in São Paulo (MESSAGE et al., 1996; TEIXEIRA et al., 2008a, 2008b; TEIXEIRA et al., 2012; MESSAGE et al., 2012).

Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV)

The CBPV manifests in adult bees through two distinct sets of symptoms and includes visible modifications in the behavior of bees (BAILEY & BALL, 1991). Symptoms initially consist of fluttering of the wings and body, clusters of non-flying bees that typically crawl at the entrance to the hive, and a swollen abdomen, which triggers the onset of so-called “dysentery” (BAILEY & BALL, 1991; RUBIÈRE et al., 2009; De MIRANDA et al, 2013; McMAHON et al., 2018). In addition, bees are blackish and hairless (RUBIÈRE et al., 2009). The virus is transmitted efficiently through contact and feeding, and can be detected in fecal material. The insects die a few days after the infection (RUBIÈRE et al., 2009; De MIRANDA et al., 2013). The virus is detected in sporadic outbreaks during the year, suggesting that it may remain in some individuals in low titers and with no visible symptoms (RIBIÈRE et al., 2008).

Sacbrood virus (SBV)

SBV reaches larvae that have a light-yellow coloration and the heads raised to the opening of the operculum, forming a kind of a bag that contains liquid. It has also been identified in adult bees. In adults, the virus can accumulate in the brain, especially in drones, but without visible symptoms (De MIRANDA et al., 2013). Most infected forage bees do not collect pollen, and those that do contaminate the pollen with the virus, contributing to shortening the life of worker bees and larvae that ingest the contaminated food, due to the accumulation of the virus in the hypothermic glands of bees (BAILEY & BALL, 1991). MONDET et al. (2014) reported the positive association of V. destructor in SBV transmission. According to GISDER & GENERSCH (2017), SBV appears to be more associated with A. mellifera bees; although, it has been identified in some non-apis species (SINGH et al., 2010), including B. atratus in Argentina REYNALDI et al., 2013). SBV has been reported in Africanized honeybee hives in southern and southeastern Brazil (FREIBERG et al., 2012).

Ectoparasites often associated with viral transmission

Varroa destructor

This ectoparasite is considered one of the main threats to apiculture in the world, and causes economic damages and losses (BOECKING & GENERSCH, 2008). It is related to the patterns of Colony Collapse Disorder, suppresses the immune system of bees, is associated with the virulence of many viruses (DWV and APV, for example), and is an important factor of viral transmission within and between colonies. The Varroa cycle is composed of two distinct stages: forethic and reproductive. During the forethic phase, the mite feeds on the hemolymph of adult bees and can be transmitted within and between colonies (FORFET, 2016). To complete its cycle, invasion of larval cells of the bee often occurs (hornet cells can be preferentially invaded), with reproduction in cells of developing workers (BOECKING & GENERSCH, 2008). Feeding on hemolymph causes damage that includes impaired learning ability, which can affect the ability of worker bees to navigate and return to the hive (BOECKING & GENERSCH, 2008; FORFET, 2016). Some viruses have already been detected in Varroa, characterizing the mite as a carrier of infections that harm the health of bees, such as DWV and BQCV viruses (NEUMANN & CARRECK, 2010). This ectoparasite is not exclusive to European bees. In Brazil, it is present in other bee species, such as A. mellifera scutellata and Africanized bees (ROSENKRANZ, 1999; LOCKE, 2015).

The natural host of the mite is the Asian bee (A. cerana). It is restricted to the brood of hornets, because when it enters the litter of the pupae of worker bees it is removed by adult bees in the course of their hygienic behavior (LOCKE, 2015). Specific removal of the mite is termed Varroa sensitive hygiene (PANZIERA et al., 2017). European bees have behavioral defenses similar to those of Asian bees, such as grooming and hygienic behavior (LOCKE et al., 2015). However, this behavior may be less pronounced and efficient in European bees when compared to that in other species, such as African and Africanized bees (GRAMACHO, 1999; FRIES et al., 1996; LOCKE et al., 2015).

The mite was first reported in Brazil in Africanized bees in 1970. Initially it represented a threat due to its high rate of infestation. However, with time a reduction in infestation was observed, suggesting an adaptive process of the bees (GRAMACHO, 1991). Africanized bees do not require control of mites because they can keep infestation rates low, suggesting their resistance to V. destructor. Studies are underway to understand the relationship of Varroa parasitism to bees and its association with other pathogens (LOCKE et al., 2015; PANZIERA et al., 2017).

Nosema spp.

N. apis and N. ceranae are obligate intracellular parasites of the intestinal cells. They are responsible for Nosemosis. They cause pathological changes of the digestive tract and impair the digestion and absorption of nutrients, leading to malnutrition and premature death of bees. These agents affect the health of colonies, especially in temperate regions, where Nosema spp. do not induce symptoms at low or medium levels of infection (POHORECKA et al., 2018). Epidemiological surveys of Nosema spp. performed in South America detected N. ceranae (MAGGI et al., 2016), which had been reported in Brazil since 1979 (TEIXEIRA et al., 2008b). Both parasites are associated with BQCV and Bee viruses Y (BVY) viruses (BAILEY & BALL, 1991).

CONCLUSION:

Viruses affect the health of bees and contribute to colony loss. In Brazil, some of these viruses have already been identified. These include DWV, ABPV, BQCV, IAPV, SBV, and VDV-1. Understanding the role of the pathogen in hosts will lead to the discovery of new viruses as well as clarifying the routes used for transmission, association with other parasites, disease symptoms, and the development of prevention strategies.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FL Monteiro was the recipient of a PNPD/CAPES fellowship (Programa Nacional de Pós-Doutorado/Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior).

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• Date of issue
  2019

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• Received
  19 Dec 2018
• Accepted
  03 May 2019
• Reviewed
  02 Aug 2019