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To save honey bees we need to design them new hives

Honey bees are under extreme pressure.

The number of honey bee colonies in the US has been declining at an average rate of almost 40% since 2010.

  • Derek Mitchell
  • The Conversation

The biggest contributor to this decline is viruses spread by a parasite, Varroa Destructor.

But this isn’t a natural situation. The parasite is …

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