Flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites

What is it about?

Flowers are shown to be platforms from which parasite can spread between visiting bees

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Why is it important?

Its shown that parasite transmission between bees can occur without direct contact but instead, via shared flower use. Therefore movement of 'infected' flowers may introduce pollinator parasites to new areas. We also show that non host bees play a role in parasite dispersal