Parasitic mites’ biting rate may drive transmission of Deformed wing virus in honey bees (IMAGE)

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Parasitic mites’ biting rate may drive transmission of Deformed wing virus in honey bees

Caption

A young bee emerges with deformed wings caused by the feeding of an infectious mite. Much focus has been on these symptomatic bees. However, mites regularly move from one adult bee to another to feed, leaving behind a population of symptomatic bees which can still develop high levels of virus.

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Lamas, et al, 2023. (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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