World honeybee decline linked to deadly Virus
uberrobot
Published
06/08/2012
A parasitic mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees across the globe, say scientists.
A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found that the Varroa mite helped spread a particularly nasty strain of a disease called deformed wing virus.
This has led to "one of the most widely-distributed and contagious insect viruses on the planet".
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