Good news for honey bees

Spanish researches have found one cause of colony collapse, and have tested a cure:

Viva Spain!

How do they drug the bees? Add it to their diet? Spray it on? Feed each one teeny pills?

And what’s up with the beekeeper donning full-body protection but leaving the hands completely exposed? That seems… painful.

Sweet.

Sure thing, honey. They’re the bee’s knees!

They’ll be happy to hear this in Iceland.

Fantastic news. As an eco-nerd, this was causing me some serious distress. Talk about consequences. Sheesh.