Tagged: Parasites

Zombee Bees
5:14 pm
Mon September 24, 2012

Newly Detected Parasite Turns Northwest Honey Bees Into 'Zombees'

Credit San Francisco State University
A "zombie fly" (Apocephalus borealis) lays its eggs inside a honey bee.

There's more trouble for your hard-working backyard honey bee. Researchers have confirmed the first cases of "zombee" bees in Washington state and in the Portland area. Infection by a parasite prompts the bees to embark on what's being called a "flight of the living dead."

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