Chemical Compound in Plants: New Study Reveals Potential Protection for Bees Against Deadly Deformed Wing Virus

Photo caption: A bee severely infected with a deformed wing virus will die within days or have inadequately developed wings that damage its ability to fly and forage. Photo credit: rostichep on Pixabay. Article by Marie Morales. The Science Times – September 28, 2021.

In recently published research, scientists found that a cheap and naturally occurring chemical compound could avoid or reverse the effects of a deadly virus in bees. As indicated in a Phys.org report, globally, honeybees die in large numbers. Such a die-off is partly due to a fatal virus that […]

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