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Project

Winter loss of honeybees (apis mellifera): identification of novel and known honeybee viruses associated with weak colonies using state of the art viral metagenomics approaches
Code
160M05816
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 December 2018
Funding
Federal funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Biochemistry and metabolism
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
Keywords
health honeybee virome
 
Project description

The main hypotheses of this project are that the honeybee virome is largely underexplored, that many currently unknown viruses may play a crucial role in Winter Loss (WL) and Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in beehives worldwide, and that the reduction of the burden of particular viruses may be of great benefit for overall honeybee health.