URL: https://library.anau.am/images/stories/grqer/agro-tex/2021-3/simonyan.pdf

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52276/25792822-2021.3-311

Description: Ըստ Հայաստանի չորս մարզերի ութ համայնքների համաճարակաբանական հետազոտությունների՝ որոշվել է պարկաձև թրթուրի և մեղուների քրոնիկ կաթված վիրուսային հիվանդությունների տարածվածությունը: Վարակվածության բարձր մակարդակ է գրանցվել Սյունիքի մարզում: Ախտահարված փեթակներում հայտնաբերված թրթուրների և մեղուների կլինիկական նշանները համընկել են նշված հիվանդությունների
ախտանշաններին:
Մեղուների անկումները կարող են հանգեցնել բերքատվության նվազման և վնաս պատճառել գյուղատնտեսությանը։ Ուստի անհրաժեշտ է բացահայտել տարածված վիրուսային հիվանդությունները և մշակել դրանց դեմ պայքարի արդյունավետ միջոցառումներ։

URL: https://library.anau.am/images/stories/grqer/agro-tex/2022-4/simonyan.pdf

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52276/25792822-2022.4-402

Description: Bees are of great importance in agriculture. Recently, beekeeping has been threatened by various viral diseases, which forces beekeepers to look for new solutions in the fight against bee diseases.
Epizootological and laboratory research was carried out in two regions (marzes) of the Republic of Armenia: Aragatsotn (Ashtarak community) and Tavush (Dilijan community). The clinical signs of the studied bees coincided with the symptoms of acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV). As a result of laboratory research, acute bee paralysis virus was confirmed in Tavush marz.

URL: https://www.veterinaryworld.org

DOI: https://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.16/May-2023/15.html

Description: Abstract
Background and Aim: Recently, viral diseases of honey bees (Apis mellifera) have presented an increasing threat to
beekeeping. This study aimed to examine the presence of honey bee viruses in Apis and non-Apis bee species, the mite Varroa destructor, and pollinated plants in Armenia.
Materials and Methods: Sampling was performed in Tavush Province, in the northeast of the Republic of Armenia, from August to November 2019. Overall, 200 A. mellifera bees, 50 V. destructor mites, and 20 wasps were collected (corresponding to three bees, five mites, and 2–11 wasps in each investigated sample) and homogenized for RNA isolation and detectionof viruses. Ten pollinated plants were taken from each plant, and 2 g of each sample was used for homogenization. In each investigated case Apis mellifera, Varroa destructor, Vespula germanica and plants received percentages of the virus presence.
Results: Six important honey bee viruses (acute bee paralysis virus [ABPV], deformed wing virus [DWV], A. mellifera norovirus [ANV], Lake Sinai virus-2 [LSV-2], Big Sioux River virus [BSRV], and A. mellifera filamentous virus [AmFV]) were detected in samples by polymerase chain reaction. Our results showed that DWV, ANV, and ABPV were the most common viruses in honey bees. All viruses were detected in wasps, but LSV-2 and ANV were present in almost all samples.
Conclusion: Our results showed that almost all viruses were present in V. destructor. Although ANV is very common in honey bees, it did not appear in any mite samples. Our study indicates that viruses typically associated with honey bees were also actively infecting wasps. Our data suggest that the survival of viruses in plants can be an important source of seasonal transmission of viruses to bees. In addition, pollinated plants can potentially serve as reservoirs for honey bee viruses.