“The bee is a sensitive creature that touches all parts of nature,” said Rami Olleik, a professor at the American University of Beirut who is an expert on beekeeping and Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) – instances of sudden, mass disappearance of worker bees that result in the death of a honeybee colony. With no warning, beekeepers can discover that 20 to 80 percent of their bees have vanished claimed Olleik. “All the mixed signals from pollution are driving [the bees] astray,” he said. “They lose their orientation and cannot return to the hive. If they don’t return to the hive, they die.”
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