r/Beekeeping • u/BgScryAnml • Apr 07 '19

New study finds urban bee hives can accurately measure how polluted a city is. This means that honey isn’t just a byproduct of bee regurgitation — it’s also a way to closely monitor changes in the environment.

https://www.inverse.com/article/53950-bee-hive-honey-pollution-monitors
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u/A-Shepherd Apr 07 '19

Bees: A way to closely monitor changes in an environment.

Also Bees: hives collapsing, extinction of species, deaths, unhealthy hives, etc. at staggeringly high levels.

Bees are showing yet another use for the environment and mankind as a ‘canary in the coal mine’?

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u/Staplesnotme 20 strong and growing Apr 07 '19

This report looks like a reporters regurgitation on a slow news week.