Honeybee trade is hotbed for disease

• Autores: Fred Pearce
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2957, 2014, pág. 16
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Honeybees have been busy--spreading diseases to insects that pollinate crops. It seems imported honeybees are an important reservoir for viruses that kill wild pollinators, which could lead to a meltdown in the planet's pollination services. World trade in honeybee colonies contributes to honey production and also plays a vital role in agriculture--in some cases there would be no crop without the pollinators. Honeybee colonies in Europe and North America have suffered recent mysterious declines. But now it seems the colonies could be just as much of a threat to wild pollinators such as bumblebees and the many species of "solitary" bees.