Flowers as viral hot spots: Honey bees (Apis mellifera) unevenly deposit viruses across plant species
Abstract
RNA viruses, once considered specific to honey bees, are suspected of spilling over from managed bees into wild pollinators; however, transmission routes are largely unknown. A widely accepted yet untested hypothesis states that flowers serve as bridges in the transmission of viruses between bees. Here, using a series of controlled experiments with captive bee colonies, we examined the role of flowers in bee virus transmission. We first examined...
Paper Details
Title
Flowers as viral hot spots: Honey bees (Apis mellifera) unevenly deposit viruses across plant species
Published Date
Sep 18, 2019
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
9
Pages
e0221800 - e0221800
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