Millions of honeybees are dying — and no one is sure why

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/honeybee-deaths-pollinated-foods-b2727124.html

by feed_meknowledge

16 comments

  1. Uh, I dunno. Beekeepers have a pretty good idea – it’s mites and screwy weather

  2. It’s pollution and global warming. It’s always pollution and global warming.

  5. We’ll never really know because Donald Krasnov fired all the people doing research and keep track of it. One day there will be no more bees, and therefore no more food that requires pollination and then Donald will blame it on Biden.

  6. gestures broadly at everything *no one is sure why* 

  8. “There are multiple factors.” does not mean the same thing as “No one knows why.”

  9. Is there a reason why every time this gets posted, people insist on the “we don’t know why” part being in the title? We’ve known for years why bees are declining this shit isn’t new science

  10. My thoughts are the dramatic changes in weather. The systems are cold, followed by spring or summer weather, followed by cold. Bees are very sensitive to weather

  11. Linking to a comment I made last weekend on a similar thread. It’s from a hobbyist beekeeper’s perspective. There is no new information that’s come out about the deaths, however, the spike in colony thefts hit the mainstream news this week. It’s been a problem for quite awhile and organizations are attempting to combat it. [https://beeculture.com/commercial-beekeepers-launch-new-program-to-address-hive-theft/](https://beeculture.com/commercial-beekeepers-launch-new-program-to-address-hive-theft/)

    My original reply: [https://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/1jmzous/comment/mkj3gsw/](https://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/1jmzous/comment/mkj3gsw/)

  12. I think we have some suspicions. Climate change, pollution, pesticides…

  13. Most people don’t know that honeybees are not native (to the US) and are not particularly good pollinators. Promote native bees!

  15. I think most people just think Bees are just bugs that can sting when they’re the one of the most important things for our eco system. Unless we can create self pollination we might be in trouble.

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