Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus.

[Etton]

Does anyone know if freezing frames will destroy the Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus?

 

[Etton]

Does anyone know if freezing frames will destroy the Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus?

 

[Ian123]

No idea theres very little info about treatments .Off the top of my head i doubt it

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It won't, the virus passes from bee to bee

 

[SDM]

It won't, the virus passes from bee to bee

It must continue to exist in the environment to some degree or it woukd have probably died out with the first colony it infected. The only transmission route would be from robbing failing colonies.
It was suggested to me that it can persist in faeces for up to a year. In the one bad case I had the frames had plenty of faecal stains from bees to sick to leave the hive to defecate. Personally I'd just burn the frames rather than have a source of infection hanging around.

 

[fatshark]

Generally freezing won't kill any viruses ... they're inert, with no metabolic activity to stop.

 

[madasafish]

Saw a really bad case last week.

I believe it may be inherited via the Queen?

 

[SDM]

Saw a really bad case last week.

I believe it may be inherited via the Queen?

I doubt it as its an adult bee disease passed on by contact or proximity to the virus.
If it was inherited then at least whole sub families would be affected, but some cases are milder than that( some worse) some say that it's down to an inherited susceptibility but ive not heard of any study that shows immunity in any bees.

 

[Finman]

Generally freezing won't kill any viruses ... they're inert, with no metabolic activity to stop.

Diseases are in the living hive.

 

[foghornleghorn]

I doubt it as its an adult bee disease passed on by contact or proximity to the virus.
If it was inherited then at least whole sub families would be affected, but some cases are milder than that( some worse) some say that it's down to an inherited susceptibility but ive not heard of any study that shows immunity in any bees.

Its in most samples of bees like dwv just isn't at a lethal level

 

[fatshark]

Its in most samples of bees like dwv just isn't at a lethal level

That's not what any of the prevalence studies have demonstrated.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535170/ 28%
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407896/ 5%
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-016-0431-0 0.7%

However, the last study demonstrated CBPV prevalence was doubling annually.

 

[Finman]

Its in most samples of bees like dwv just isn't at a lethal level

Dwv is connected to varroa, and varroa can kill every hive.

 

[foghornleghorn]

That's not what any of the prevalence studies have demonstrated.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535170/ 28%
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407896/ 5%
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-016-0431-0 0.7%

However, the last study demonstrated CBPV prevalence was doubling annually.

Didn't word that right, in the first link, abpv found in 58% of apiaries.

 

[Finman]

Didn't word that right, in the first link, abpv found in 58% of apiaries.

But not in 58% of hives.

90% out of British apiaries have 2 hives. How these calculations play?

 

[Madge]

Didn't word that right, in the first link, abpv found in 58% of apiaries.

Yes, but reference was to cbpv, not abpv.

 

[Finman]

Yes, but reference was to cbpv, not abpv.

What is abpv..... Is it writing error?

 

[Adam Bee]

What is abpv..... Is it writing error?

I am assuming "Acute" rather than "Chronic" (bee paralysis virus), but it's just a guess.

 

[Finman]

I am assuming "Acute" rather than "Chronic" (bee paralysis virus), but it's just a guess.

Israel acute paralysis virus?

 

[foghornleghorn]

Yes, but reference was to cbpv, not abpv.

Paralysis is the disease beekeepers get. Whether its cbpv, abpv or iapv is academic as they've yet to learn enough about it...

 

[madasafish]

That's not what any of the prevalence studies have demonstrated.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535170/ 28%
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407896/ 5%
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-016-0431-0 0.7%

However, the last study demonstrated CBPV prevalence was doubling annually.

Thanks: skimmed read: varroa has a lot to answer for,,,