Honeybee 'Trojan horse' virus relies on bees' habit of cannibalizing their young
When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate perpetration . Here ’s how it works . Avirusthat leaves bee with stubby , useless wings , bloated venter and sluggish brains before killing them off takes advantage of one of the pollinators ' nastier habit — a trend to cannibalise their young , a raw bailiwick found . The deformed wing virus ( DWV ) lurks inside the bellies of mites that prey on the bee ' young ; then , the worker insects get infected when they gobble up the child bees , the survey researchers found ....