Scientists Isolate and Treat Parasite Causing Decline in Honey Bee Population

In a recent report, a team of scientists from Spain claims to have isolated and treated the parasite causing honey bee depopulation syndrome. Their hope is to prevent the continued decline of honey bee populations in Europe and the US. "The loss of honey bees could have an enormous horticultural and economic impact worldwide. Honeybees are important pollinators of crops, fruit and wild flowers and are indispensable for a sustainable and profitable agriculture as well as for the maintenance of the non-agricultural ecosystem. Honeybees are attacked by numerous pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites."

Comments

Hope

[Threni]

I just hope that whatever they do doesn't end up upsetting the balance and put humans at risk of swarms of deadly furry yellow death. As long as they kill other people and not me I'm not really too bothered.

Re:Opposing study

[sexconker]

Since these guys have a working treatment, we can get the fucking answer rather than internet arguing.

Science solves science's problems?

[im_thatoneguy]

But how many of those problems are science caused?

It's entirely possible if not likely that this bee crisis is tied into something else science has done.

After all. Bees were around for millions of years--so to all of a sudden coincidentally start going away during the industrialized era is suspicious.

Re:Humanity interfering...

[TheRealMindChild]

Yeah. No one cares.