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New Viruses Found in Bees May Aid in Hunt to Explain Mysterious Deaths
By Nicole Ostrow - Jun 7, 2011 5:00 PM ET
Researchers have identified four new viruses that infect healthy honeybees, potential clues that may help them better understand why colonies are dying.
Two of the discovered viruses, named Lake Sinai virus strains 1 & 2, were found to replicate in bees, according to the paper published today in the journal PLoS One. Over the 10-month study, the researchers also found that six common honeybee viruses were most abundant during summer months and that healthy bees carried fungi and bacteria, as well as mites...
New Viruses Found in Bees May Aid in Hunt to Explain Mysterious Deaths
By Nicole Ostrow - Jun 7, 2011 5:00 PM ET
Researchers have identified four new viruses that infect healthy honeybees, potential clues that may help them better understand why colonies are dying.
Two of the discovered viruses, named Lake Sinai virus strains 1 & 2, were found to replicate in bees, according to the paper published today in the journal PLoS One. Over the 10-month study, the researchers also found that six common honeybee viruses were most abundant during summer months and that healthy bees carried fungi and bacteria, as well as mites...