Emily J. Remnant

The paper analyzes small RNA sequencing data from Varroa destructor mites to identify primary and secondary antiviral RNAi responses and reveal vertical virus transmission.

This study compares viral communities in introduced honeybees and bumblebees across Tasmania, finding environmental factors shape bumblebee viromes more than honeybees and evidence of interspecies viral transmission.

The paper identifies six viruses actively replicating in Varroa destructor mites, including a novel virus, and shows mites act as biological vectors for honey bee pathogens.

The paper examines DNA methylation patterns in honey bees under different social contexts and finds no significant differences in methylomes between queenright and queenless colonies, suggesting DNA methylation is not a driver of gene expression reprogramming.

This study shows that changing the transmission route of honeybee viruses from horizontal to vector-based via Varroa mites increases viral titre and virulence for some viruses but reduces virulence for Deformed wing virus (DWV).