Warmth of temperatures can put western bees at risk
Warmths can put western bees at risk of collapse. Researchers at Washington State University and the Department of Agriculture have pointed out that warm autumn and winter create major problems.
Fox – Seattle
Beekeepers flocked to rescue this weekend, saving millions of bees after a semi-truck carrying hives crashed.
When it was overturned in rural counties in northern Washington, the truck carried 70,000 pounds of beehives and loosened about 14 million bees.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, sheriff’s deputies responded to a crash crash before dawn on Friday, May 30th.
The beekeeper has begun a careful job of rebuilding the roughly 300 bee hives, said Derek Condit, one of the beekeepers who responded to the scene.
“Today, I had the incredible privilege of helping save millions of bees,” he said in a Facebook post showing workers in protective white suits and hoods, showing millions of them swarming in the air, searching for the Queen.
In a statement, the sheriff’s office thanked the “great community of beekeepers” and for “helping helping to ensure that the rescue of millions of pollinated bees is as successful as possible.”
A third of native bee species in North America are at risk of extinction, according to a study published in the Science Journal of the National Academy of Sciences.
Flowering plants need pollinators like bees to assist in the reproductive process. According to the National Park Service, about 90% of wild flowering plants and 75% of food crops around the world rely on pollination to produce fruits and seeds.
The sheriff’s office said bee recovery work at the crash site was completed by Sunday morning, but it was not immediately clear how many bees were saved.
