Study identifies spread of bee disease via flowers
One in 11 flower carries disease - causing parasites recognize to contribute to bee declines , according to a Cornell study that place how flowers act as hubs for transmitting diseases to bee and other pollinators . The study , print July 20 in Nature Ecology and Evolution , also constitute that one in eight individual bees had at least one sponge . The bailiwick was conducted in athletic field situation in upstate New York , where the researchers screened 2,624 flowers from 89 metal money and 2,672 bee from 110 species for bee parasites through an entire growing season ....