Recently identified bee viruses and their impact on bee pollinators

Bee viruses infect multiple host species. One route of inter-taxa transmission of viruses occurs when infected and susceptible hosts share resources, including flower pollen. Next generation sequencing technologies have facilitated discovery of novel hosts and geographical ranges for known viruses, as well as the discovery of new viruses and new viral variants. Noun Project icon credits: bee hive by Les vieux garçons, bee in flight by Matt Brooks, bee at bottom left of flower by Shirley Wu, bee at bottom right of flower by Douglas Gordon, bee at top right of flower by Yi Chen, bee in the honey comb by Park Jisun, globe by Nicholas Menghini, black virus unmodified and slightly modified 'new variant' by Márcio Duarte, virus in bottom left honey comb by I Create Stuff.