Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus

[Murox]

Knowing little or nothing about Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus I had a rummage around and came across this http://dargbees.org.uk/page28.html
Puts forward some plausible ideas and offers some further reading via references, its from Jan. 2018. Anyone found/got more up-to-date information?

 

[Hivemaker.]

Anyone found/got more up-to-date information?

There is a currently a research project going on by Professor David Evans, fatshark on here, Dr Giles Budge and Prof Steve Rushton.

https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac...4261&locationId=889&hashCode=4353&channelId=W

 

[Murox]

There is a currently a research project going on by Professor David Evans, fatshark on here, Dr Giles Budge and Prof Steve Rushton.

https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac...4261&locationId=889&hashCode=4353&channelId=W

That link is for the job vacancy. Maybe its too soon for any report?

 

[Hivemaker.]

That link is for the job vacancy.

Yes, a job vacancy, over a year ago, it is a three year research project which started last year...I put the link up so you could read what the research was about.

 

[Murox]

Thank you. I managed to miss the time span.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Be really good if the research comes up with an effective treatment, until then just carry on doing what ever you do.

 

[Beefriendly]

Thank you. I managed to miss the time span.

Be jeasus..... and you accused me of trolling and missing the point......

 

[masterBK]

I think it will be a while before there are antivirals available to beeekeepers at a reasonable price. In the meantime I will continue to cull and replace queens with queens bred from resistant colonies and provide enough space to prevent congestion within the hive.

 

[Murox]

To quote from http://dargbees.org.uk/page28.html
"The queen doesn’t seem to suffer from CBPV because she appears to acquire an associate virus which contains proteins which protect her from it.
I have tried whipping out the queen in the past and requeening and this has no affect at all."

Has resistance been bred into some stock or is it more of a naturally occurring phenomenon ?

 

[madasafish]

To quote from http://dargbees.org.uk/page28.html
"The queen doesn’t seem to suffer from CBPV because she appears to acquire an associate virus which contains proteins which protect her from it.
I have tried whipping out the queen in the past and requeening and this has no affect at all."

Has resistance been bred into some stock or is it more of a naturally occurring phenomenon ?

My bees so far have been resistant.

Our Association apiary has had it: and queens bred from their queens and heading colonies sold to others have had it.. No treatment given and colonies survived.

 

[For want of a better word]

Tom Bick's CBPV thread resurrected

 

[Murox]

I didn't look for anything older than a year. Maybe the threads should be merged.