image: This is Laura Brettell starting to extract viruses from Hawaiian honeybee samples in a cold room. Since a single bee can contain more viral particles than people on the planet, great care is needed to avoid contamination. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the June 8, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.J. Martin at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, UK, and colleagues was titled, “Global Honey Bee Viral Landscape Altered by a Parasitic Mite.” view more
Credit: Photo taken by S. Martin