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New Suspect in Bee Colony Collapse
A virus that causes blight in plants may contribute the catastrophic decline of honeybee colonies.
By Jef Akst | January 21, 2014
US Department of Agriculture researchers identified tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV), a blight-causing pathogen that wreaks havoc on soy crops, in a routine screen of commercial honeybees, according to a study published today (January 21) in mBio. The virus appeared to infect nearly every tissue of its bee hosts, excluding the eyes, and to spread between the insects via mites that feed on bee hemolymph...
The Scientist ?
New Suspect in Bee Colony Collapse
A virus that causes blight in plants may contribute the catastrophic decline of honeybee colonies.
By Jef Akst | January 21, 2014
US Department of Agriculture researchers identified tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV), a blight-causing pathogen that wreaks havoc on soy crops, in a routine screen of commercial honeybees, according to a study published today (January 21) in mBio. The virus appeared to infect nearly every tissue of its bee hosts, excluding the eyes, and to spread between the insects via mites that feed on bee hemolymph...