"Zombie" Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees

Jan 06, 2012 09:09

Katherine Harmon, "Zombie" Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees, Scientific American, January 3, 2012
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A heap of dead bees was supposed to become food for a newly captured praying mantis. Instead, the pile ended up revealing a previously unrecognized suspect in colony collapse disorder-a mysterious condition that for several years has been causing ( Read more... )

invasive species, unexplained phenomena, animal welfare, biology, creepy crawlies

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squid_ink January 6 2012, 15:06:37 UTC
such bad news... like the bees don't have it tough enough :(

between this and verroa mites it's really bad out there even for small time beeks (CCD is a problem with large operations that move bees to pollinate for harvest)

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bluebombardier January 10 2012, 00:56:07 UTC
Shoo, fly, don't bother bee. >:(

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