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Has anyone else noticed an explosion of bees lately? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I might as well ask this since I got stung or bit by a bee yesterday during America day.

Last year, when taking strolls, it was rare enough for a bee to swarm around me that I could go whole strolls without it happening sometimes.

This year, they swarm around me everywhere. Everywhere. It's like fighting your way through putty patrollers. They respawn instantly, there's absolutely no lag. Shoo one away and one comes back five seconds later. Sometimes for three hour strolls encompassing six miles.

What the heck happened? Anyone else notice this?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't noticed, and was about to reply with a story about the declining bee population. But a quick Google search says that yes, the bees are back in town

Edited to a non-paywalled link:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hobbyist-beekeepers-buzzing-reversing-america-212213119.html

There's a WaPo article too for those who want that

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

A part of the problem is importing bees people think are "more efficient". The old reasoning was that American bees were clunky and not as rapidly efficient as European bees, so the latter were brought over, but not only did this cause the American ones to be threatened by competition but also that vegetation swayed in favor of what European bees preferred while things only American bees would've pollinated waned. It's those European bees who are hording after me while I'm outside.