Project Details
Description
This project focuses on developing insight into the viruses that occur in Dutch bee colonies.
The project goals are:
1) Providing an up-to-date overview of bee viruses and plant viruses spread by bees found in Dutch bee colonies based on next generation sequencing analysis;
2) Demonstration of the vulnerability of bee colonies to viruses to beekeepers, discussing action perspectives to limit impact;
3) Developing an existing dataset of prevalence of a series of bee viruses in bee colonies and its relationship with various environmental factors and bee colony parameters and translating this into practice;
4) Inform the beekeeping sector in 2024 and 2025 about aspects of virus infections in bee colonies: effects of viruses on honey bees, routes of virus transmission, action perspectives for limiting virus transmission.
The knowledge developed provides building blocks that are relevant for new/other projects in the field of beekeeping and pollination services.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/24 → 30/06/25 |