Sentences with phrase «infect wild bees»
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This bee, which is common as a wild pollinator in Great Britain, died on average six days sooner if infected with the virus.
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«These associations support the hypothesis that Nosema escaped into wild populations from heavily infected commercial colonies, at least during the earlier years of bumble bee domestication in the U.S.,» she said.
Research now suggests that bees brought in to pollinate greenhouses could escape and infect nearby wild bees.
Our model predicts that, during the first three months of spillover, transmission from commercial hives would infect up to 20 % of wild bumble bees within 2 km of the greenhouse.