近幾年蜜蜂族群時而傳出突然崩解的新聞,範圍擴及歐洲、亞洲、美洲各地,可能的原因包括寄生蟎、黴菌、病毒感染等,最近在 Plos one [1]上的一篇文章記錄寄生蠅侵襲蜜蜂,給這種蜜蜂族群崩解的現象,再加一條可能造成的原因。原本這種蚤蠅寄生的對象是熊蜂(bumblebee),它們的攻擊的目標,已開始波及到會製造蜂蜜的家蜂。
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