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Horizontal Transmission

Methods of disease transmission in honey bees by “horizontal transmission” include:
  • Trophalaxys (the mutual exchange of regurgitated liquids between adult social insects or between them and their larvae)
  • Food
  • Fecal route
  • STDs
  • Via parasites (varroa mites)