Wingless Queen

[Mummzie]

I found this today, from a graft on 23 Feb.
Are there any possible other causes than DWV?

How is Deformed Wing Virus transmitted?
Does it come via the egg / the sperm / or the feeding

 

[Alastair]

Yes very sad, sometimes we do get these beautiful queens emerge from the cell but no wings, and sadly they will never mate.

It can be caused by mishandling of the queen cell, ie, if the larva is jiggled around when the wings are still being formed they can be damaged. But it is nearly always caused by DWV.

DWV can be transmitted by all the ways you say, but primarily by varroa mites. It is said that varroa mites do not go into queen cells but I know that isn't true because on several occasions when examining unused queen cells I have found varroa in the cell with the queen larva.

 

[Breeder of queens Koss]

The photo clearly shows the wing deformity virus.. You have a very besmirched colony. The critical number of 2600-3000 ticks per colony. The virus is transmitted through ticks that parasitize in the cell, and bees infected with this virus can transmit this virus to the larvae along with food. Also, ticks that are not infected receive this virus through an infected larva.

 

[kulbee3499]

The photo clearly shows the wing deformity virus.. You have a very besmirched colony. The critical number of 2600-3000 ticks per colony. The virus is transmitted through ticks that parasitize in the cell, and bees infected with this virus can transmit this virus to the larvae along with food. Also, ticks that are not infected receive this virus through an infected larva.

so is there any kind of vaccine available in market for this virus??

 

[Alastair]

No

 

[AdamD]

so is there any kind of vaccine available in market for this virus??

The answer is to ensure that the colony has a low mite count before queen-rearing.

 

[Breeder of queens Koss]

so is there any kind of vaccine available in market for this virus??

there is no vaccine. timely treatment of colonies from the tick is needed.