Zombie Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees
Colony collapse disorder (CCD) finally explained.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/01/03/zombie-fly-parasite-killing-honeybees/
Colony collapse disorder (CCD) finally explained.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/01/03/zombie-fly-parasite-killing-honeybees/
Not sure how the zombie fly ties in to the pesticide and time-delay factors listed in the documentary. They both seem like reasonable factors, so it's unfortunate the article makes no mention of how they could tie in together. The documentary speculated that the pesticides were making the bees more susceptible to the usual mites/fungi/parasites, so I guess they'd have to study whether it was also affecting "organic" bees before being able to declare it's the smoking gun for CCD.
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