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The Mystery of the Disappearing Honey Bee

2,877 views · Published 2 February 2014 · 0:59 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: TDC · 2014 · Science & Technology

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One of the most mysterious disappearances in science has been the massive die-off of honeybees that's killed roughly a third of commercial colonies each year since 2006. A new study has found it may be linked to a rapidly mutating virus that jumped from tobacco plants to soy plants to bees. Honeybees are crucial to the production of many of America's staple crops, so solving this mystery is a huge priority.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/us/bee-deaths-may-stem-from-virus-study-says.html
And these are gorgeous portraits of bees native to North America. The US Geological society used photography technology developed by the U.S. army. Now that's an out-of-the-box collaboration.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/140114-bee-native-macro-photography-insects-science/#.UuK6JWTTljA
This spider is an out of the box thinker, building fake spiders onto its web out of dead insects and jungle trash, but scientists aren't sure whether they are meant to serve as lures for prey or as an anti-predator defense system.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/more-decoy-spiders-philippines/

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