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Flowers can endanger bees
Entomologists show flowers serve as parasite-dispersing hubs
- Date:
- August 4, 2015
- Source:
- University of California - Riverside
- Summary:
- Flowers can pose a grave danger to bees, a team of researchers has determined. The study is the first to show that not only can bees disperse parasites around the environment but also that flowers are platforms for a host of pollinator parasites subsequently dispersed onto visiting bees. The finding may affect the national and international trade of flowers unless sterilization of parasites on these flowers can be guaranteed.
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