http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/27/uh-oh-pollen-can-spread-viruses-from-domesticated-bees-to-wild-ones/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/27/uh-oh-pollen-can-spread-viruses-from-domesticated-bees-to-wild-ones/#comment-24440 racheal Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:05:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24186#comment-24440 would it matter if we are susceptible to the viruses possible in honey. we are not the only creatures dependent on the food bees supply with pollination. we must find an answer .we can't live without all that pollinators supply directly or indirectly. would it matter if we are susceptible to the viruses possible in honey. we are not the only creatures dependent on the food bees supply with pollination. we must find an answer .we can’t live without all that pollinators supply directly or indirectly.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/27/uh-oh-pollen-can-spread-viruses-from-domesticated-bees-to-wild-ones/#comment-24439 Larry Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:39:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24186#comment-24439 This begs a question...are we also suseptable to viruses hidded in the honey we consume? This begs a question…are we also suseptable to viruses hidded in the honey we consume?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/27/uh-oh-pollen-can-spread-viruses-from-domesticated-bees-to-wild-ones/#comment-24438 Alyson Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:31:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24186#comment-24438 Im not surprised. If we can spread diseases among our kind by using the same facilities and objects, why would it surprise us that viruses spread that way among other species? Is it the length of time the viruses live in pollen? Or did we just assume pollen was fatal to viruses somehow? Im not surprised. If we can spread diseases among our kind by using the same facilities and objects, why would it surprise us that viruses spread that way among other species? Is it the length of time the viruses live in pollen? Or did we just assume pollen was fatal to viruses somehow?

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