Washington state’s first ‘zombie bees’ reported; parasite causes bees to fly erratically, die

Washington Post ^ | September 24, 2012 | Associated Press

[neverdem]

SEATTLE — The infection is as grim as it sounds: “Zombie bees” have a parasite that causes them to fly at night and lurch around erratically until they die.

And experts say the condition has crept into Washington state.

“I joke with my kids that the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house,” said Mark Hohn, a novice beekeeper who spotted the infected insects at his suburban Seattle home.

Hohn returned from vacation a few weeks ago to find many of his bees either dead or flying in jerky patterns and then flopping on the floor...

[lonevoice]

Be on the lookout!

[Salamander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fv5I2rmtuU

[acapesket]

And the Idiots who discovered this parasite want to introduce another bug to eat them.....yeah, that’ll work...NOT.

[Spunky]

I live in Eastern WA. and saw 1 dead bee on my patio a couple of weeks ago. That was the only bee I have seen this year. At the time I thought it was strange. Maybe it was a Zombie over on this side of the state also.

We have LOTS of Yellow Jackets though.

[Kartographer]

Are they sure it isn’t bath salts?

[null and void]

Insert your denial here.

[UCANSEE2]

Send in the Killer Bees.

[neverdem]

Bob Hope, Zombies and Democrats! LOL! Thanks for the link!

[Morris70]

Thanks for the video. haven't seen that in a whie :)

[kaehurowing]

So bees too are having problems with Democrats.

[C210N]

Could Zombie Bees be the next ‘Rat disenfranchised demographic? Only time will tell... (and election results)

[DH]

Zombie bees don’t bother me. Zombie democrat voters do.

[Tublecane]

That’s not what “zombie” means. Stop being cute, world.

[Salamander]

SNL blew it when they didn’t introduce a rival gang...The Gypsy Moths.

[Salamander]

Truth never gets old.

:)

[Salamander]

Now that’s one disturbing little graphic.

LOL

[editor-surveyor]

A friend that is an Apiary expert, and has thousands of hives, says that his only problem is GMO crops kill entire hives quickly.

[editor-surveyor]

That’s a keeper!

It will be traveling to hundreds of people momentarily.

[Salamander]

It’s become an eternal universal meme.

;D