Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery

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Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html?src=me

DENVER - It has been one of the great murder mysteries of the garden: what is killing off the honeybees?

Since 2006, 20 to 40 percent of the bee colonies in the United States alone have

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[popehippo]

Yay, bees! Despite having a *ridiculously* bad allergy to them, I love them so. \o/

(wasps, though, man FUCK WASPS)

[setosnicegirl]

I hate wasps, yellow jackets, and hornets. I've been finding some wasps in my house and I don't know where they are coming from. My mom thinks I'm just seeing things because they never show up when she's home.

I don't mind bees, though. Killer Bees however...

[popehippo]

I try not to remember that killer bees exist. @_@ I'd never sleep if I didn't.

[thelilyqueen]

I agree with you on wasps, and I'd be happy not seeing a bee again firsthand in my life, but bees are SO central to the ecosystem.

[miss_nyxie]

[txvoodoo]

Or, if you're my mother, and even though you're HUGELY allergic to them, you get your broom and beat the wasp nest.

Then your family calls 911.

(yes, this happened 30 years ago.)

[jaguarjg]

Amazing lol!

[mindrtist]

FUCK WASPS INDEED!

Although, the wasp sting I had was less serious/painful than a bee sting to me.