Not just honeybees: Affliction may be spreading to bumblebees, scientists
say (+video)
The mysterious ailment that is decimating the world honeybee population
seems to be transferring to bumblebees, which also play an important role
in pollinating crops.
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A bumblebee alights on the bloom of a thistle in Berlin, Vt., in 2011.
Increasingly sick domesticated honeybee populations are infecting the
world's wild bumblebees, a new study in the journal Nature finds.
The mysterious disorder that has befallen domestic honeybees may be
spreading to bumblebees, researchers say.