Virology Journal (Aug 2006)

Deformed wing virus is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness

  • Arnold Gérard,
  • Colin Marc,
  • Papachristoforou Alexandros,
  • Gauthier Laurent,
  • Tentcheva Diana,
  • Rortais Agnès,
  • Bergoin Max

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-3-61
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 61

Abstract

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Abstract Guards of Cyprian honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera cypria, display a great defensive behaviour against hornets' attacks. The deformed wing virus (DWV) and the kakugo virus (KV) genomes are very similar, but unlike KV, the presence of DWV is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness. This discrepancy is further discussed.