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

Story by Phoebe Weston Last December, his bees were wintering in California when the weather turned cold. Bees grouped on top of hives trying to keep warm. “Every time I went out to the beehive there were less and less,” says Adee. “Then a week later, there’d be more dead ones to pick up … every […]