Summary
The U.S. beekeeping industry is experiencing unprecedented losses, with millions of bees dying over the past eight months.
Blake Shook, a leading beekeeper, called it “the worst bee loss in recorded history.”
Researchers remain uncertain about the cause, pointing to potential factors like habitat changes and weather patterns.
Beekeeping operations are struggling to survive, raising concerns about food security and the sustainability of crop production.
Wild bees or farmed bees?
It’s the European honeybee no doubt. The native species may even do better with this loss, but it doesn’t fix the pollination issue for our food.
The native species may even do better with this loss
Not if the native species are also susceptible to the same cause of death. If that’s the case, the European honeybee deaths could be an indicator, correlated with the uncounted deaths of the native species.
Doesn’t matter in my opinion when it comes to the western honeybee. They’re not native to the Americas. But they’re specifically citing beekeepers.
couldn’t be all the pesticide in over use?!
couldn’t be that these bee’s are invasive and not native to the land…
couldn’t be that diversity is actually fucking essential?
Millions of bees is not very many. That’s like one smallish operation.
I’m sure it’s actually a much bigger problem than the numbers they have.
Edit: ah I see now, the article says hundreds of millions of bees, and this post missed a couple words.
Still technically millions. Could have said dozens, as in millions of dozens I suppose as well.
A few bees, as in 20 gazillion.
On one hand I’m allergic to bees (not deadly but definitely dangerous for me), but on the other hand I kinda want the world to continue to have life on it… It’s a real struggle who I’m rooting for here.
Kidding kidding.
I think Black Mirror came up with a solution of sorts to this.
What about the other beekeepers
We all know there is only one beekeeper…
Morgan Freeman?
ATC cuts are taking their toll on all flying craft.
I literally saw a dead bumble bee out on the pavement yesterday… soo not good…
Believe it or not, bees aren’t supposed to be immortal. Dead bees on random pavements are just sign that bees exist around somewhere.
Not good would be not finding anyone, dead or alive.
who needs eggs or honey if you can have rollingcoal and chaosfacism?
I now eat even more meat, so the vegans don’t win.
imdb tt0387808
mike judge is a prophet
