Poor Sick Honey Bees

Sick Honeybees

Turns out the reason why honey bees are dying (which I was totally oblivious to) is not because of cell phone radiation, but caused by a pathogen.

The honey bee population has dropped dramatically within the past few years. So dramatic that nearly 50% of honey bee hives have disappeared. Whole colonies are collapsing at alarming rates all over North America and Europe. After examining some dead bees and deserted colonies, scientists have found a strange pathogen that may be the culprit. They haven't yet figured out exactly what the pathogen does but there's a huge movement to find a cure fast. If honey bees die out, it would mean HUGE ramifications for the environment and economies around the world.

Aww, I feel so bad for them. I didn't know they were so sick. It's like mother nature is playing some mean trick on them. They're also the nicest bees. Ironically as I eat this honey sandwich (mmm), I can't help but notice the bottle is shaped like a bear. Bears like honey right? But bees don't like giving up their honey to bears. I think I see it clearly now. I think I know who done did it!

via Science Daily

2 Comments

Kill Winnie the Pooh!!!!

Poor bees... I was once stinged by a bee... It was my fault...

[Z]

einstein said that if bees ever became extinct that we would follow
I don't think there's enough attention going on to this bee situation, its been happening steadily for quite a while and people are just now catching on.

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