Saturday, 15 February 2014

Scientists help solve mystery of dying bees

beecomb Scientists help solve mystery of dying bees The mysterious decline of honey bees around the world might be due to both a virus and a fungus.


Its one of the most enduring scientific mysteries of our time, why are honey bees mysteriously disappearing ? A new collaboration between university and military scientists is hoping to discover the answer.


The cause of the mysterious decline of the honey bee in the United States – and elsewhere in the world – may have been found in the form of a “double whammy” infection with both a virus and a fungus.






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