The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

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Bees don’t like bad breath, either, I continued. Or dark colors, so beekeepers brush their teeth and wear white suits so the bees don’t mistake them for bears.

Colony Collapse Disorder.

platitudes.

Scientists, beekeepers and activists have since offered a wide range of theories, blaming pesticides or fungicides, migratory beekeeping practices, the parasitic Varroa destructor mite, climate change, habitat loss, monoculture and various honeybee pathogens. While there is some promising research suggesting ways to boost honeybee immunity to withs

Her anger was capricious but always guaranteed;

There’s a queen, but no king, I explained, but the queen isn’t the ruler. All the bees work and make decisions together. Bees are loyal and generous, but they also have a brutal side and will toss out the weak, the sick and the males once they become useless to the community.

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