Honeybees are beneficial insects and very important economically as well as ecologically. But can these be vector to different plant pathogens during nectar feeding or pollen collection?
Hi, check the literature. Here one example: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13313-014-0306-7 Cheers, Nadine
Hi, check the literature. Here one example: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13313-014-0306-7 Cheers, Nadine
Dear Nadine A. Gund.
Thanks a lot for sending me link for research paper . Its informative and I was not aware about the role of honeybees as pathogen vectors
Dear Khalid,
Erwinia amylovora, pathogen of fire blight may be such a pathogen. According to some papers honeybees can be carriers of live bacterial cells of E. amylovora for 48 hours.
http://www.actahort.org/books/704/704_19.htm
http://www.actahort.org/books/590/590_5.htm
Dear András Bozsik ,
But according to Pattemore et al., (2014) P. syringae , a pathogen of kiwifruit was detected live 6 days after the bees were inoculated and similarly P. syringae, a pathogen with a wide host range, was detected on bees after 9 days later. Their results demonstrated that P. syringae can survive in beehives and spread within a hive, and supports the recommendations for a stand down period before moving beehives from a contaminated to a non-contaminated orchard.
Here, whether honey bee act as vector or carrier? of the said pathogen.
Dear Seenivasagan Thangaraj ,
Please visit the link, hopefully it will give some idea whether honey bee act as vector or carrier.
http://www.answers.com/Q/Difference_between_vector_and_carrier_in_terms_of_transmitting_diseases
You can please refer to the link below:-
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13313-014-0306-7
You can also download pdf of the file attached herewith to get certain valuable informations.
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