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Re: Interesting.
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2017, 11:08:43 pm »
You said it," Interesting"
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Re: Interesting.
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2017, 08:50:46 am »
Our poor bees. New threats to their health coming out every week!  :eusa_doh:

Is it just because we're looking harder? Or does Mother Nature have a grudge against them?

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Re: Interesting.
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2017, 10:23:01 am »
I saw this video too and like Wandering Man, I thought to myself, "darn, the honeybee can't catch a break".

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Re: Interesting.
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2017, 11:54:24 pm »
I helped with that research! Well, my sample of bees did anyhow.   
For those interested, here is the published paper :
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167752
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