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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[taiki]

Take that, everyone blamed wireless signals, pesticides, and American Idol!

[popehippo]

lmao, American Idol, please say this is a joke. XD 8(

[taiki]

yes. yes it is.

Besides, I couldn't blame hive collapse on Adam Lambert.

Justin Guarini on the other hand...

[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.

[nyychick23513]

That's awesome. I'm glad they finally solved the problem! I did a press release concerning the whole disappearing honeybee phenomenon (and learned how Burt's Bees and Hagen Daaz were trying to help the cause) and I found it really fascinating.

[sixteensims]

The process eventually was refined. A mortar and pestle worked better than the desktop, and a coffee grinder worked best of all for making good bee paste.

D:

[daisix]

I'm glad that there is some headway on discovering the cause!

[romp]

Yeah, surely this will mean a cure can be found. Where I live, over 90% of the bees died the last winter.