Pollinating new ideas: U of M Extension researcher shares solutions to bee population decline
October 5, 2017
From: Park Rapids Enterprise
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“Their mouthparts are like a dirty syringe,” so the mite can spread viruses from bee to bee.
“Bees don’t have antibodies in their system, so there’s no way we can vaccinate them like we can for ourselves. There’s many, many viruses, so the solution is to try to get rid of or control the mites as much as possible,” Spivak said.
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