An in-depth analysis of how pathogen prevalence among both bees and flowers changes over the course of a growing season reveals the complex dynamics of how infection risk changes with species diversity, abundance and phenology.
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Spivak, M., Cariveau, D.P. Flowers as parasite transmission hubs. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 1298–1299 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1200-z
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