Chronic Bee Paralysis is Destroying the Entire Honeybee Colonies Again!
Nature has always been the same and viruses have been a vital part of nature. Viruses have been around for as long as plants and animals, if not longer. Some viruses being beneficial for human life has not been able to overlay the fact that on the other hand, we have some extreme deadly viruses with major consequences. Geohoney retraced the evidences available for the chronic bee paralysis which was supposed to become rare but have found some intriguing data. Lately, a distinct viral disease for honeybees has been observed namely the chronic bee paralysis, which is depicting severe effects on honeybees, including the entire colony loss. Anecdotal evidence indicates a recent increase in virus incidence in several countries, however there is no mention of concomitant disease. Chronic paralysis has been given a variety of names, such as “hairless black syndrome” and “little blacks,” and is the only common viral disease of adult bees that has well-described symptoms, which include abnormal trembling of wings and body. Some individuals become almost hairless and dark in appearance and suffer nibbling attacks from healthy bees of their colony. Affected bees become flightless, often crawling on the ground and on the stems of grass, sometimes in masses of thousands of individuals. The bloated abdomen is