“…BQCV was widely present in honey from Serbia, while KBV was found only in imported honey. BQCV was reported in Turkey, Austria, Croatia, France, and China (S. Yang et al, 2022 ). This type of virus is one of the most widespread bee pathogens responsible for the high mortality of queen pupae ( Abou Kubaa et al, 2020 ; Al Naggar & Paxton, 2020 ; Radzevičiūtė et al, 2017 ).…”