Glacier Retreat Could Promote the Spread of Diseases Among Bees
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Glacier retreat could promote the spread of diseases among bees
A study conducted in the Swiss Alps by the University of Lausanne and the University of Milan shows that glacier retreat and changing vegetation could influence the spread of certain pathogens between honeybees and wild bees.
Europe's glaciers are increasingly melting because of man-made climate change.This creates a new problem: because the plant world is changing, wild bees and honey bees are more likely to become infected with diseases, as a new study shows. Normally, wild bees and honey bees are avoiding food search by specialising in different plant species.This reduces the risk of mutual infection.Blossoms as a herd of infectionHowever, the changing plant world…
Melting glaciers create a new problem: because the plant world changes, wild bees and honey bees become more easily infected with diseases.
Divided flowers can transmit pathogens between honey bees and wild bees. However, in a glacier forefield in the Swiss Alps, researchers found surprisingly separate pathogen communities, apparently because both groups mostly use other plants. As glacier retreat progresses, this natural barrier could become weaker if the range of flowers changes. Lausanne (Switzerland). Where an alpine glacier recedes, it does not simply create ice-free soil. Pion…
Melting glaciers are creating a new problem: because the plant life is changing, wild bees and honeybees are more easily infecting each other with diseases. This is shown in a new study led by the University of Lausanne.
Melting glaciers change the plant world in the Alps and force honey and wild bees to share the same flowers, facilitating the transmission of dangerous pathogens between bees.
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