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Penn State Expert Emphasises The Importance Of Distances In Fighting Varroa
Picture shows Prof Christina Grozinger, undated. She heads the Center for Pollinator Research at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), co-authored a recent study revealing that feral pollinators in woodlands coped better with a feared pathogen than their domesticated peers. (NewsX/Bee)

Penn State Expert Emphasises The Importance Of Distances In Fighting Varroa

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Deformed Wing Virus ‘First Emerged In Asia Not Europe’
Deformed wing viruses are transmitted to bees by parasitic Varroa mites and can cause wing abnormalities and affect neurological functions. A dangerous pathogen that damages the wings of honeybees before eventually killing them could have originated in Asia and not in Europe as previously assumed by scientists. (OIST, NewsX/Bee)

Deformed Wing Virus ‘First Emerged In Asia Not Europe’

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Flower Petal Size Affects Spreading Of Bumblebee Parasite
UMass Amherst research assistant Fiona MacNeill trimming one of the 105,000 flowers in undated photo. Certain physical traits of flowers affect the health of bumblebees by enabling the transmission of a harmful pathogen, research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown. (Ben Barnhart, NewsX/Bee)

Flower Petal Size Affects Spreading Of Bumblebee Parasite

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