Montana State University scientist investigates what’s killing bees
April 5, 2017
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From: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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A parasitic mite with the apt name “varroa destructor” came to North America from Asia in the 1980s and decimated bee populations, she said. Like a tick, the mite sucks the bees’ equivalent of blood and spreads viruses.
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The National Science Foundation just awarded Flenniken, 41, a five-year Career Grant of more than $500,000 to support her research on the “Honey Bee Antiviral Defense Network.”
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