Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators

M. A. Fürst (), D. P. McMahon, J. L. Osborne, R. J. Paxton and M. J. F. Brown
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M. A. Fürst: Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Bourne Building, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
D. P. McMahon: Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
J. L. Osborne: Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
R. J. Paxton: Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
M. J. F. Brown: Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Bourne Building, Egham TW20 0EX, UK

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7488, 364-366

Abstract: Laboratory infection experiments and field data show that emerging infectious diseases of honeybees are widespread infectious agents within the pollinator assemblage; the prevalence of deformed wing virus (DWV) and the parasite Nosema ceranae in honeybees and bumblebees is linked, and sympatric bumblebees and honeybees are infected by the same DWV strains, indicating ongoing disease transmission.

Date: 2014
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