Where have all the honeybees gone? The insects appear to be dying in massive numbers — or that’s what beekeepers and scientists are guessing, since there are no carcasses, just nearly empty hives
(http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/03/100wir_a8bees001.cfm).
They have some theories, such as disease or a parasite, but real hope for solving the mystery may come from more creative thinkers, such as the person who suggested the disappearance is the result of a rapture — the bees were called to heaven (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/03/100wir_a8beesside001.cfm).
Here are a few other possibilities we think science should consider:
The bees were abducted by aliens. Years from now, they’ll return to their hives with tales about being forced to pollinate strange vegetation on UFOs.
They’re at Helen Mirren’s house. After seeing “The Queen,” they felt called to abandon their hives and serve her instead.
They’re staging a serf rebellion. Fed up with toiling in a feudal society under a tyrannical queen, the workers threw off their shackles and formed an underground resistance movement. Now they’re plotting world domination with their killer cousins.
— Katie Mayer, Herald staff
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