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Bee parasite will flourish under global warming, study warns
Climate change threatens the survival of the UK’s honey bee population, new academic research has claimed.
An exotic parasite which targets the insects is set to flourish in northern Europe if the Earth continues to warm, scientists at Queen’s University, Belfast found.
The study assessed the future threat posed by the gut parasite Nosema ceranae, which originates in Asia but can now be found worldwide.
New evidence of the parasite’s superior competitive ability and the link between its population size and climate change has been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/26/bee-parasite-will-flourish-under-global-warming-study-warns
An exotic parasite which targets the insects is set to flourish in northern Europe if the Earth continues to warm, scientists at Queen’s University, Belfast found.
The study assessed the future threat posed by the gut parasite Nosema ceranae, which originates in Asia but can now be found worldwide.
New evidence of the parasite’s superior competitive ability and the link between its population size and climate change has been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/26/bee-parasite-will-flourish-under-global-warming-study-warns
