Bees that land on short, wide flowers can fly away with an upset stomach. The parasite (Crithidia bombi) is transmitted when the insects accidentally ingest contaminated bee feces, which “tends to ...

of Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC-Davis A honey bee forages on a pansy flower. A University of California-Riverside study found that flowers can be a platform for parasites that harm bees. Bees and flowers ...

image: Having more flowers and maintaining diverse bee communities could help reduce the spread of bee parasites, according to a new study. view more Having more flowers and maintaining diverse bee ...

North Carolina State University researchers show that the shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how parasites are transmitted to bees, an important consideration for declining populations of our ...

This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-0841862, DEB-0743535/0742923 and DEB-1258 096/1256817). Search for information on ‘self-medication,’ and you’ll likely find ...