'Higher than historical losses': B.C. bees face growing threat of deadly virus - Vancouver Is Awesome

'Higher than historical losses': B.C. bees face growing threat of deadly virus - Vancouver Is Awesome
A variant of a virus that attacks the wing shape of bees is rapidly spreading across Canada, causing beekeepers in B.C. to lose entire colonies.
Bee colonies all over the world are being devastated by a mite, smaller than your pinky fingernail, carrying a deadly virus. The deformed wing virus (DWV), first detected in 1982 and transmitted by … [+3429 chars] Read More



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