Honeybee visitation to shared flowers increases Vairimorpha ceranae prevalence in bumblebees

Abstract Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae is a widespread pollinator parasite that commonly infects honeybees and wild pollinators, including bumblebees. Honeybees are highly competent V. ceranae hosts and previous work in experimental flight cages suggests V. ceranae can be transmitted during visitati...

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Main Authors: Maryellen Zbrozek, Michelle L. Fearon, Chloe Weise, Elizabeth A. Tibbetts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10528