• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      It’s actually a number of reasons, all man-made. Not enough wild meadows, climate change and yes, pesticides.

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    Won’t the death of honey bees be a good thing in the US, apart from no more honey. Aren’t they invasive and really outcompeted native bee species

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      27 days ago

      You’re assuming the factors resulting in honeybee decline aren’t also affecting native pollinators?

  • LiamBox@lemmy.ml
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    27 days ago

    According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible.