Nemeski@lemm.ee to Bees and Beekeeping@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agoUS honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main causewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkUS honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main causewww.theguardian.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Bees and Beekeeping@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoI asked a beekeper friend and he said it’s mostly Neonicotinoids and some new diseases.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoI asked a entomology professor and he said neonicotinoids were not good for bees but not bad enough to explain anything
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoThe general theory is that the neonicotinoids weaken the bees enough that they can’t fight of the new disease. Similar to how AIDS doesn’t kill you but weakens you so that a cold becomes deadly.
I asked a beekeper friend and he said it’s mostly Neonicotinoids and some new diseases.
I asked a entomology professor and he said neonicotinoids were not good for bees but not bad enough to explain anything
The general theory is that the neonicotinoids weaken the bees enough that they can’t fight of the new disease.
Similar to how AIDS doesn’t kill you but weakens you so that a cold becomes deadly.