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Parasitic mite spreads lethal virus to honeybees
Parasitic mite attacks bees
A UK team of researchers found that when the
Varroa
mite gets into hives, it massively amplifies a disease-causing strain of deformed wing virus (DWV), rendering bees unable to forage properly and leading to high colony losses.
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