Blue Sky Bee Supply Blog
Parasitic Mites That Transmit A Honey Bee-Infecting Virus May Benefit From Spreading The Pathogen, A Study Shows. A Definite Parasite-Pathogen Partnership. Destroy Honey Bee Immunity, Increase Varroa Reproduction.
Image By David Dewitt (TheCozyCoffee.com)Honey bee (Apis mellifera)WIKIMEDIA, CUMNOR HILLHoney bee colony losses concern beekeepers and agriculturists alike, as Apis mellifera are important crop pollinators. A pair of factors that affect the health of honey bee colonies are the mite, Varroa destructor—which parasitizes honey bee larvae—and the pathogenic deformed wing virus (DWV), which V. destructor
can transmit. Scientists have long tried to understand the details of
the mite-virus-bee eco
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15th Apr 2016