As hubs for bees and pollinators, flowers may be crucial in disease transmission
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 14:50
in Biology & Nature
Like a kindergarten or a busy airport where cold viruses and other germs circulate freely, flowers are common gathering places where pollinators such as bees and butterflies can pick up fungal, bacterial or viral infections that might be as benign as the sniffles or as debilitating as influenza.