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AdmiralAsshat ◴[01 Jul 25 14:47 UTC] No.44434420[source]▶

> U.S. beekeepers had a disastrous winter. Between June 2024 and January 2025, a full 62% of commercial honey bee colonies in the United States died, according to an extensive survey. It was the largest die-off on record, coming on the heels of a 55% die-off the previous winter.

Christ, do we even have any bees left at this point?

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1. taeric ◴[01 Jul 25 15:04 UTC] No.44434626[source]▶

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Framing of this fact is one you need to be careful with. Consider that your skin is replaced every 28 days. Stated differently, you completely lose all of your skin every month or so. Of course, it is replaced as rapidly, but if you only discuss the die off...

That is, you almost certainly need to know a lot more facts about bees before knowing the die off rate is useful.

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