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SUBMITTER: Benaets K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5310602 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170201 1848
Several studies have suggested that covert stressors can contribute to bee colony declines. Here we provide a novel case study and show using radiofrequency identification tracking technology that covert deformed wing virus (DWV) infections in adult honeybee workers seriously impact long-term foraging and survival under natural foraging conditions. In particular, our experiments show that adult workers injected with low doses of DWV experienced increased mortality rates, that DWV caused workers ...[more]