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2013-02-20

Want to become a "ZomBee hunter"? An unexpected observation led Professor John Hafernik to a new honey bee parasite, the zombie fly, Apocephalus borealis. Parasitized bees become disoriented, fly to lights at night and behave like zombie bees. Now you can join a new citizen science project, ZomBeeWatch.org, to search for "zombees" in your area, and discover how big a threat the zombie fly is to honey bees, the most important pollinator of human food crops. It's your turn to change the world! Check it out