# Global Honeybee Deaths Have Been Blamed on the Wrong Culprit All Along **URL:** \ **Category:** Pests and Diseases\ **Created:** [January 30, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855 "2019-01-30T23:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SouthEastScarp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/southeastscarp/32/17514_2.png) [@SouthEastScarp](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SouthEastScarp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/1 "2019-01-30T23:56:08Z")
I just received this report in the mail > **[Global Honeybee Deaths Have Been Blamed on the Wrong Culprit All Along](https://www.inverse.com/article/52843-whats-killing-the-bees-really-i-mean-it)** > > Investigators of colony collapse phenomenon zero in on the real target. ---
**Author:** ![skeggley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/skeggley/32/27522_2.png) [@skeggley](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/skeggley)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/2 "2019-01-31T00:07:51Z")
And this has been carried out at The University of Sydney, Australia??? If so, I’m sure they have good biosecurity measures but still… ---
**Author:** ![mattjenna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mattjenna/32/17618_2.png) [@mattjenna](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mattjenna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/3 "2019-01-31T01:14:00Z")
> [@skeggley](#): > > And this has been carried out at The University of Sydney, Australia??? If so, I’m sure they have good biosecurity measures but still… Yes, agreed. Wouldn’t be the first time there was a bio-security breach, however. E.G. [http://apfa.com.au/serious-allegations-of-biosecurity-breaches-by-four-corners-very-concerning-for-prawn-farmers/](http://apfa.com.au/serious-allegations-of-biosecurity-breaches-by-four-corners-very-concerning-for-prawn-farmers/) The OP’s article is interesting-it also links to another interesting article on the mites: > **[Bee Collapse: The Varroa Mite Is More Destructive Than Scientists Ever Knew](https://www.inverse.com/article/52529-scientists-finally-understand-why-varroa-mites-kill-bees)** > > "Now we understand why the pesticides the bees have been exposed to for decades are killing them." ---
**Author:** ![SouthEastScarp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/southeastscarp/32/17514_2.png) [@SouthEastScarp](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SouthEastScarp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/4 "2019-01-31T01:18:33Z")
Having had to deal with University Ethics Committees for higher research in the past I would expect that they had to jump through a lot of hoops even to get started. It would be interesting to know how they managed their diseased bee to ensure that there was no risk to the Australian bee population. ---
**Author:** ![skeggley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/skeggley/32/27522_2.png) [@skeggley](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/skeggley)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/5 "2019-01-31T01:23:05Z")
> **[Dangerous bee virus might be innocent bystander: Beekeepers urged to rethink...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190129195223.htm)** > > Researchers have found that the relationship between the Varroa mite and virulence of a virus of honey bees, has been misunderstood. The study challenges the long-held belief that the parasitic Varroa mite transmits the deformed wing virus of... Same study, different source. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/6 "2019-01-31T01:50:02Z")
Professor “Beekman” is doing bee research?? Really??!! 😊🤣😂 ---
**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/global-honeybee-deaths-have-been-blamed-on-the-wrong-culprit-all-along/20855/7 "2019-01-31T16:29:34Z")
Seems silly to overlook that it’s just bad for a creature to have giant bloodsuckers clinging to it all its life…regardless of all the diseases transmitted in the process!