Hacker News with Generative AI: Bees

Bees have died this year. "the worst bee loss in recorded history," (cbsnews.com)
The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months.
Bees, Environmental Issues, Agriculture, Climate Change
11 points by mindracer 2 days ago | 2 comments
US honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main cause (theguardian.com)
Honeybee deaths have hit record highs in the US, with the unprecedented loss of colonies pushing many beekeepers close to ruin as scientists scramble to identify the main cause of the huge declines.
Environment, Science, Agriculture, Climate Change, Bees
27 points by vinni2 8 days ago | 5 comments
Meta's plan for nuclear-powered AI data centre thwarted by rare bees (ft.com)
Meta, Data Centers, AI, Environmental Issues, Bees
7 points by marban 150 days ago | 2 comments
Bumblebee queens choose to hibernate in pesticide-contaminated soil (phys.org)
An alarming discovery from University of Guelph researchers raises concerns for bumblebee health, survival and reproduction.
Pesticides, Environmental Science, Bees, Animal Behavior, Research
78 points by andai 165 days ago | 33 comments
Waggle Dance (wikipedia.org)
Animal Behavior, Bees, Communication
4 points by onosendai 236 days ago | 0 comments
Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers (knowablemagazine.org)
Air pollution, Bees, Environment, Science
20 points by Brajeshwar 246 days ago | 0 comments
To save bees, scientists say focus on habitat first, then pesticides (phys.org)
Environmentalism, Science, Bees, Pesticides
6 points by PaulHoule 263 days ago | 0 comments
Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone (nature.com)
Animal Behavior, Social Learning, Bees, Science, Nature
11 points by mrcgnc 334 days ago | 2 comments
The Rise of the Bee Bandits (noemamag.com)
Crime, Bees, Environment
42 points by jger15 342 days ago | 37 comments