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Mass death of bumblebees. Moscow

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Шмель, 27.07.2009 18:57

Hello!
I am concerned about this question - over the past two weeks I have been observing a lot of fallen bumblebees. They are found on lawns and asphalt. At first I saw only bumblebees with a red cephalothorax, then bumblebees of other colors.
Don't know what it might be? I feel sorry for the bumblebees very much.

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07.08.2009 16:00, Chromocenter

are you sure that these are bumblebees, and not xylocops?
By the way, we have a lot of bumblebees here in Bologna this summer...

07.08.2009 23:39, Pirx

Bumblebee flu.

08.08.2009 7:04, Guest

Bumblebee flu.

Not dangerous to humans yet. smile.gif

08.08.2009 13:18, Chromocenter

Not dangerous to humans yet. smile.gif

yes, because it affects the tracheal system tongue.gif

08.08.2009 15:06, Guest

yes, because it affects the tracheal system tongue.gif

if an airborne route of transmission of the virus is impossible, this does not mean that any of the additional ones, for example, contact or alimentary, are absolutely excluded. umnik.gif

09.08.2009 17:28, Chromocenter

not... the way is possible-to swallow a bumblebee, say (do not swallow, Bumblebee...) ... but we do not have such a system - there is nothing to infect the virus wink.gif

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