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Washington state’s first ‘zombie bees’ reported; parasite causes bees to fly erratically, die
Washington Post ^
| September 24, 2012
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/24/2012 9:26:59 PM PDT by 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...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bees; entomology; honeybees; zombiebees
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posted on
09/24/2012 9:27:09 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: Pride in the USA
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posted on
09/24/2012 9:35:35 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/24/2012 9:50:49 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
To: lonevoice
And the Idiots who discovered this parasite want to introduce another bug to eat them.....yeah, that’ll work...NOT.
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posted on
09/24/2012 9:52:28 PM PDT
by
acapesket
To: neverdem
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.
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posted on
09/24/2012 9:53:00 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(Those)
To: lonevoice
Are they sure it isn’t bath salts?
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posted on
09/24/2012 10:00:58 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Darksheare
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posted on
09/24/2012 10:02:11 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1343 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: acapesket
Send in the Killer Bees.
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posted on
09/24/2012 10:06:10 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
To: Salamander
Bob Hope, Zombies and Democrats! LOL! Thanks for the link!
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posted on
09/24/2012 10:20:07 PM PDT
by
neverdem
( Xin loi min oi)
To: Salamander
Thanks for the video. haven't seen that in a whie :)
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posted on
09/24/2012 11:10:00 PM PDT
by
Morris70
To: neverdem
So bees too are having problems with Democrats.
To: neverdem
Could Zombie Bees be the next ‘Rat disenfranchised demographic? Only time will tell... (and election results)
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posted on
09/25/2012 12:05:40 AM PDT
by
C210N
("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
To: neverdem
Zombie bees don’t bother me. Zombie democrat voters do.
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posted on
09/25/2012 2:33:58 AM PDT
by
DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
To: neverdem
That’s not what “zombie” means. Stop being cute, world.
To: UCANSEE2
SNL blew it when they didn’t introduce a rival gang...The Gypsy Moths.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:40:00 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:40:45 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
To: Morris70
Now that’s one disturbing little graphic.
LOL
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:41:58 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
To: Kartographer
A friend that is an Apiary expert, and has thousands of hives, says that his only problem is GMO crops kill entire hives quickly.
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posted on
09/25/2012 2:48:49 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Salamander
That’s a keeper!
It will be traveling to hundreds of people momentarily.
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posted on
09/25/2012 2:52:43 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: editor-surveyor
It’s become an eternal universal meme.
;D
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posted on
09/25/2012 10:47:41 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
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