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Parasitic Fly Turns Honeybees Into ZombiesScientists from San Francisco State University just announced the latest in a string of explanations for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) (a phenomenon that has decimated worldwide populations of honeybees): <b>parasitic flies are attacking bees and turning them into zombies</b>. The study, published in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE, reveals that after the flies attack the bees and lay eggs in their abdomens, the bees then abandon their hives and congregate around light en masse, Walking Dead-style. When they finally do die, their bodies then become cocoons from which up to 13 fly larvae emerge about a week later.1
Parasitic Fly Turns Honeybees Into ZombiesScientists from San Francisco State University just announced the latest in a string of explanations for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) (a phenomenon that has decimated worldwide populations of honeybees): <b>parasitic flies are attacking bees and turning them into zombies</b>. The study, published in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE, reveals that after the flies attack the bees and lay eggs in their abdomens, the bees then abandon their hives and congregate around light en masse, Walking Dead-style. When they finally do die, their bodies then become cocoons from which up to 13 fly larvae emerge about a week later.2
