A new article has been released with some new insight as to bee declines. Researchers and beekeepers hypothesize that the problem of declining bee populations in agricultural colonies is due to either stress or pesticides. Constant ‘nomadic’ shuffles by beekeepers back and forth across the nation pose a potential threat to bees’ stress level. Also, the movement toward bees as primarily a pollen spreading technique instead of honey gathering could also be the cause of an alteration in stress levels. -Andy
