Study identifies spread of bee disease via flowers
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Study identifies spread of bee disease via flowers
Credit: Paige Muñiz/ProvidedFlowers act as hubs for transmitting diseases to bees and other pollinators.
One in 11 flowers carries disease-causing parasites known to contribute to bee declines, according to a Cornell study that identifies how flowers act as hubs for transmitting diseases to bees and other pollinators.
The study, published July 20 in Nature Ecology and Evolution, also found that one in eight individual bees had at least one parasite.
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