“The Honey Bee”
For an animal most humans take care to avoid, the humble honey bee plays a colossal role in all our lives. But both domestic and wild honey bees are now disappearing at an alarming rate, and the ripple effect of their disappearance will touch every corner of the world.
Biologists have been warning the agriculture industry about colony collapse disorder (CCD) for more than a decade. Between 2006 and 2007, beekeepers around the US began to report losses of 30 to 90 percent of their domestic hives. In many cases, more than half of the sickened colonies showed mysterious signs of mass worker bee disappearance—a symptom never before on this scale seen by apiculturists. Without its thousands of adult worker bees, a hive cannot sustain itself, and will inevitably die. To read more click on the link below.
Sarah Emerson, “MOTHERBOARD, TECH BY VICE” (June 7, 2016) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mg77z3/honey-bee-extinction-will-change-life-as-we-know-it
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