Thursday, October 22, 2009

Why are the bees dying?

So you know how honey bees have been dying a lot in the last few years, and it's a big problem for agriculture?

Discover has an article saying that it's been somewhat figure out.
Whatever the proximate cause, it increasingly appears that the bees are succumbing to a long-ignored underlying condition—inbreeding. Decades of agricultural and breeding practices meant to maximize pollinating efficiency have limited honeybees’ genetic diversity at a time when they need it the most.

1 Comments:

At 3:13 AM, Blogger amanda said...

hot damn. we really cocked up this time.

 

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