Why Are The Bees Dying?

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Bees, wild and domesticated, are in big trouble. Bee colonies are dying off at alarming rates, and the cause isn't clear. Pesticides, habitat loss, disease… there's a laundry list of likely culprits. We rely on these tiny pollinators for a majority of our fruits, veggies, and nuts… if they disappear, could we be next?
LINKS/SOURCES:
Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers (Science, 2015) www.sciencemag....
What's killing America's bees? journals.plos.o...
Anand Varma's TED talk on saving bees: www.ted.com/tal...
The White House's 2015 Pollinator Action Plan: journalistsreso...
Colony collapse disorder: en.wikipedia.or...
Report of the commissioner of agriculture (1868): archive.org/de...
Summary of colony collapse disorder: journalistsreso...
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