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Although news about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has died down, commercial beekeepers have seen average population losses of about 30 percent each year since 2006, said Paul Towers, of the Pesticide Action Network. …
In addition to continued reports of CCD — a still somewhat mysterious phenomenon in which entire bee colonies literally disappear, alien-abduction style, leaving not even their dead bodies behind — bee populations are suffering poor health in general, and experiencing shorter life spans and diminished vitality. And while parasites, pathogens, and habitat loss can deal blows to bee health, research increasingly points to pesticides as the primary culprit.
via Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’ | Grist

“alien abduction style”?! had to reblog for this ingenious new angle: are the CIA abducting the bees, to pollinate new plant cities on the moon, in readiness of Newt’s space colony? Like that Dr. Who episode?

Although news about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has died down, commercial beekeepers have seen average population losses of about 30 percent each year since 2006, said Paul Towers, of the Pesticide Action Network. …

In addition to continued reports of CCD — a still somewhat mysterious phenomenon in which entire bee colonies literally disappear, alien-abduction style, leaving not even their dead bodies behind — bee populations are suffering poor health in general, and experiencing shorter life spans and diminished vitality. And while parasites, pathogens, and habitat loss can deal blows to bee health, research increasingly points to pesticides as the primary culprit.

via Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’ | Grist

“alien abduction style”?! had to reblog for this ingenious new angle: are the CIA abducting the bees, to pollinate new plant cities on the moon, in readiness of Newt’s space colony? Like that Dr. Who episode?

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Yay, we farm bees. I’ve heard a lot of people say the decline in their livelihood is seemingly linked to cellphone use.
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