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The mystery of vanishing honeybees is still not definitively solved

The sudden disappearances of the previous decade have been dwarfed by other pollinator problems

worker honeybee

BEE COLD CASE  Just what caused sudden disappearances of honeybees (a worker bee shown) about a decade ago is still a matter of scientific debate.

USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab/Flickr

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

It was one of the flashiest mysteries in the news about a decade ago — honeybee workers were vanishing fast for no clear reason.