Posted on 01/31/2014 2:54:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
Amid other environmental scourges, such as cold weather and viruses, Vermont beekeepers are seeing an influx of zombie bees. A fly called Apocephalus borealis attaches itself to the bee and injects its eggs, which grow inside the bee, causing neurological damage and erratic, jerky movement and night activity, "like a zombie."
Vermont beekeepers face mite infestations, extreme temperature swings and the possibility of colony collapse. Last fall, a new threat Relevant Products/Services emerged: zombie bees.
Beekeeper Anthony Cantrell of Burlington discovered zombie bees in his hive in October, the first time they'd been found in the eastern United States.
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Is Zombie Bee honey any good?
ZOMBEES?
Tastes like brains.
“ZOMBEES?”
Sounds like it could be the plot of a cheap Sci-Fi flick.
In Vermont??? So, who cares. Could not happen to a bigger bunch of liberal progressive idiots.
Zombeenado!
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