RT Journal Article
T1 Presence of Nosema ceranae associated with honeybee queen introductions
A1 Muñoz Gabaldón, Irene
A1 Cepero, Almudena
A1 Pinto, Maria Alice
A1 Martín Hernández, Raquel
A1 Higes, Mariano
A1 Rúa, Pilar de la
AB Microsporidiosis caused by Nosema species is one of the factors threatening the health of the honeybee (Apis mellifera), which is an essential element in agriculture mainly due to its pollination function. The dispersion of this pathogen may be influenced by many factors, including various aspects of beekeeping management such as introduction of queens with different origin. Herein we study the relation of the presence and distribution of Nosema spp. and the replacement of queens in honeybee populations settled on the Atlantic Canary Islands. While Nosema apis has not been detected, an increase of the presence and distribution of Nosema ceranae during the last decade has been observed in parallel with a higher frequency of foreign queens. On the other hand, a reduction of the number of N. ceranae positive colonies was observed on those islands with continued replacement of queens. We suggest that such replacement could help maintaining low rates of Nosema infection, but healthy queens native to these islands should be used in order to conserve local honeybee diversity.
PB Elsevier
SN 1567-1348
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97355
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97355
LA eng
NO Muñoz, Irene, et al. «Presence of Nosema Ceranae Associated with Honeybee Queen Introductions». Infection, Genetics and Evolution, vol. 23, abril de 2014, pp. 161-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.02.008.
NO Financial support was provided by Fundación Séneca (project 11961/PI/09) to P. De la Rúa, by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnología and COMPETE/QREN/EU (project PTDC/BIA-BEC/099640/2008) to M.A. Pinto, and by Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (Consejería de Agricultura and Consejería de Educación) and INIA-FEDER (RTA 2008-00020-C02-01 and RTA 2009-000105-C02-01) to R. Martín-Hernández and M. Higes. I. Muñoz was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.
NO Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
NO Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
NO Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España)
NO Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
DS Docta Complutense
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