Pathogens and pests

What follows is a list of the pathogens and pests known to be associated with honey bees. The criteria used to select the data presented in the tables below can be found HERE.

The published article can be found HERE.

Bacteria

Common name

Organism

Map Link

Table Link

European foulbrood	Melissococcus plutonius	MAP	TABLE
American foulbrood	Paenibacillus larvae	MAP	TABLE
Spiroplasma apis	Spiroplasma apis	MAP	TABLE
Spiroplasma melliferum	Spiroplasma melliferum	MAP	TABLE
Wolbachia	Wolbachia	MAP	TABLE

Fungi

Chalkbrood	Ascosphaera apis	MAP	TABLE
Nosema ceranae	Nosema ceranae	MAP	TABLE
Nosema apis	Nosema apis	MAP	TABLE
Nosema neumanni	Nosema neumanni	MAP	TABLE
Nosema spp.	Nosema apis + Nosema ceranae + Nosema neumanni	MAP	TABLE

Protozoa

Apicystis bombi	Apicystis bombi	MAP	TABLE
Crithidia mellificae	Crithidia mellificae	MAP	TABLE
Lotmaria passim	Lotmaria passim	MAP	TABLE
Amoeba disease	Malpighamoeba mellificae	MAP	TABLE

Arthropods

Tracheal Mite	Acarapis woodi	MAP	TABLE
Small Hive Beetle	Aethina tumida	MAP	TABLE
Apocephalus borealis	Apocephalus borealis	MAP	TABLE
Lesser Wax Moth	Achroia grisella	MAP	TABLE
Braula	Braula spp.	MAP	TABLE
Greater Wax Moth	Galleria mellonella	MAP	TABLE
Megaselia rufipes	Megaselia rufipes	MAP	TABLE
Megaselia scalaris	Megaselia scalaris	MAP	TABLE
Rondaniooestrus apivorus	Rondaniooestrus apivorus	MAP	TABLE
Senotainia tricuspis	Senotainia tricuspis	MAP	TABLE
Tropilaelaps Mite	Tropilaelaps spp.	MAP	TABLE
Varroa Mite	Varroa destructor	MAP	TABLE
Asian Hornet	Vespa velutina	Coming soon	Coming soon
Giant Asian Hornet	Vespa mandarinia	Coming soon	Coming soon
Wax Moth	Galleria mellonella + Achroia grisella	MAP	TABLE

Viruses

ABPV/KBV/IAPV	Acute Bee Paralysis Virus	MAP	TABLE
ABV	Apis mellifera bunyavirus 1 and 2	MAP	TABLE
ADV	Apis mellifera dicistrovirus	MAP	TABLE
AFV	Apis mellifera flavivirus	MAP	TABLE
ANV-1	Apis mellifera Nora Virus	MAP	TABLE
ARV	Apis mellifera Rhabdovirus 1 and 2	MAP	TABLE
AIV	Apis iridescence virus	MAP	TABLE
ALPV	Aphid Lethal Paralysis Virus	MAP	TABLE
ArkBV	Arkansas Bee Virus	MAP	TABLE
BeeMLV	Bee Macula-like Virus	MAP	TABLE
BVX	Bee Virus X	MAP	TABLE
BVY	Bee Virus Y	MAP	TABLE
BerkBPV	Berkeley Bee Virus	MAP	TABLE
BSRV	Big sioux river Virus	MAP	TABLE
BQCV	Black Queen Cell Virus	MAP	TABLE
BBV#	Bundaberg bee virus	MAP	TABLE
Circo-like Virus 1-2	Circo-like virus 1-2	MAP	TABLE
CPV	Cricket paralysis virus	MAP	TABLE
CBPV	Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus	MAP	TABLE
CBPSV	Chronic bee-paralysis virus-associated satellite virus	MAP	TABLE
CWV	Cloudy Wing Virus	MAP	TABLE
NT1/NT-6/NT-17	Darwin bee virus	MAP	TABLE
DWV *#	Deformed Wing Virus (A_B_C_D)	MAP	TABLE
EV#	Empeyrat Virus	MAP	TABLE
FV	Filamentous Virus	MAP	TABLE
Himetobi P Virus	Himetobi p virus	MAP	TABLE
TAS-7/	Hobart Bee Virus	MAP	TABLE
KFV	Kelp Fly Virus	MAP	TABLE
LSV#	Lake Sinai Virus	MAP	TABLE
La Jolla Virus	La jolla virus	MAP	TABLE
MV	Moku Virus	MAP	TABLE
Nlv	Nodamura-like virus	MAP	TABLE
Plv	Partiti-like virus	MAP	TABLE
PBV#	Perth bee virus 1 and 2	MAP	TABLE
RBV-1	Renmark bee virus 1	MAP	TABLE
RpV	Rhopalosiphum padi Virus	MAP	TABLE
Rbv#	Robinvale bee virus	MAP	TABLE
SBV	Sacbrood Virus	MAP	TABLE
Slv	Seco-like virus	MAP	TABLE
SBPV	Slow Bee Paralysis Virus	MAP	TABLE
Thika Virus	Thika Virus	MAP	TABLE
TRV	Tobacco ringspot virus	MAP	TABLE
VdMLV	Varroa destructor Macula-Like Virus	MAP	TABLE
VdV-2/3/4#	Varroa destructor Virus-2+3+4	MAP	TABLE
VTLV	Varroa Tymo-like virus	MAP	TABLE

Other

CCD

Undetermined

MAP

TABLE

• *Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) is recognized as four distinct variants: (1) DWV-A, the original strain studied plus Kakugo virus; (2) DWV-B, the new classification of Varroa destructor virus 1 (VDV-1); (3) DWV-C, the newly discovered, more virulent variant of DWV and (4) DWV-D, known as the Egypt bee virus.
• #Future updates of this table will contain all pathogen strains separated in specific maps and tables. For clarity, we combined the strains into single species.
• Map – link to a map showing the updated distribution of the pest.
• TABLE – link to a table showing specific information about the pest.