Charles ShouldJul 8, 2025

Due to government staffing cuts, the USDA team were unable to analyse pesticides in the hives and asked bee experts at Cornell University to carry out the research, with the results still to be published.
Experts are concerned that successive loss of honeybee colonies could affect food security as the insects pollinate more than 100 commercial crops across North America
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/08/record-us-bee-colony-dieoffs-climate-stress-pesticides-silent-spring-aoe

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees

Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too

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AutisticMumTo3Sep 2, 2023

Killer Asian hornets swarming UK with more seen this year than previous SIX combined - Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/killer-asian-hornets-swarming-uk-30841042

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More Asian hornets swarming UK this year than ever - see full list of sightings

So far this year there have been 22 confirmed sightings in the UK of the invasive Asian hornet species, which prey on honey bees and can wipe out entire colonies

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