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Samantha A. Alger

joined in Mar 13, 2020

Assistant Research Professor at Biology Department, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Sciences, Burlington, VT, USA.

Alger has 1 break published.

Viruses are spilling over from managed honey bees to wild bumble bees

If you are a concerned environmentalist, or even a food-lover (bees produce every three bites of food you eat), you might have considered becoming a beekeeper to help "save the bees". For most, "bees" conjure up an image of a striped yellow and black insect,... click to read more

Samantha A. Alger | Assistant Research Professor at Biology Department, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Sciences, Burlington, VT, USA

pollinators

bumblebees

flowers

virus

honey bees

disease spillover

Reading time 4 min

published on Mar 13, 2020

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