Are honeybee populations declining or not?

2 pointsby furrowedbrow5 anni fa4 comments

Over the past, say, 5 years I’ve seen so many headlines about honeybee populations in decline around the world, along with gloomy forecasts of what that means for ecosystems etc. Then I read an article in the most recent Economist that mentions, in passing, that that’s a myth. Which of these is true? And maybe more importantly, if honeybee populations are not in decline, what accounts for the persistence of the myth?

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aurizon5 anni fa

https://www.agdaily.com/crops/are-honey-bees-endangered/

some hope in nailing down the problem, banning nicotinoids may have helped as residual inventories are depleting as stock pilers are sued?

good audio article.

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Science-Vs-p733...

furrowedbrow5 anni fa

Thanks! Interesting, that chronic bee paralysis issue is actually what the Economist article was addressing

kappi5 anni fa

Check Pollinators in Amazon Prime. Very detailed documentary about this topic

furrowedbrow5 anni fa

Will do! Thanks