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Parasitic FT killed countless Singaporeans towards extinction - scientific discovery!

tun_dr_m

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How the hardworking and busy Singaporeans died mass death? It is because of FOREIGN invaders exploiting the Singaporean economy and feed their own children like parasites and eat out the Singaporean's chance of survival. Like bees Singaporeans are mass disappearing from Singapore and swap of FT taking over their homeland.:eek::(:mad: Are you going to fight back?

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/c...ly-may-explain-bee-deaths-20120105-1pmgv.html

Parasitic fly 'may explain bee deaths'
January 5, 2012 - 4:18PM

An <i>Apocephalus borealis</i> fly implants its eggs into the abdomen of a honey bee.
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An Apocephalus borealis fly implants its eggs into the abdomen of a honey bee. Photo: AP/San Francisco State Universit

Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for the honey bee die-off: a parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon hives.

The symptoms mirror colony collapse disorder, in which all the adult honey bees in a colony suddenly disappear. The disorder continues to decimate hives in the US and overseas.

The disease is of great concern, because bees pollinate about a third of the United States' food supply. Its presence is especially alarming in California, the nation's top producer of fruits and vegetables, where bees play an essential role in the $US2 billion ($1.9 billion) almond industry and other crops.
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The latest study, published in the science journal PLoS ONE on Tuesday, points to the Apocephalus borealis fly as the new threat to honey bees. It is another step in continuing research to find the cause of the disease.

Researchers have not been able to pin down an exact cause of colony collapse or to find a way to prevent it. Research so far points to a combination of factors including pesticide contamination, a lack of blooms - and hence nutrition - and mites, fungi, viruses and parasites.

Interaction among the parasite and multiple pathogens could be one possible factor in colony collapse, according to the latest study by researchers at San Francisco State University. It says the phorid fly, or apocephalus borealis, was found in bees from three-quarters of the 31 hives surveyed in the San Francisco Bay area.

Scientists say the fly deposits its eggs into the bee's abdomen, causing the insect to walk around in circles with no apparent sense of direction. The bee exhibits zombie-like behaviour, said lead investigator John Hafernik. The infected bee leaves the hive at night and dies shortly thereafter.

The combination of a parasite, pathogens and other stressors could cause die-off, Professor Hafernik said. The parasitic fly serves as a reservoir that harbours pathogens - honey bees from parasite-infected hives tested positive for deformed wing virus and other pathogens, the study found.

"We don't fully understand the web of interactions," Professor Hafernik said. "The parasite could be another stressor, enough to push the bee over the tipping point. Or it could play a primary role in causing the disease."

Professor Hafernik stumbled on to the parasitic fly by accident. Three years ago, the biology professor looked for something to feed a praying mantis. He found some bees outside his classroom, placed them in a vial and forgot about them. When he looked at the vial a week later, he found dead bees surrounded by small fly pupae. A parasitic fly was feeding on the bees and had killed them, he said.

The fly is a known parasite in bumble bees. Scientists used DNA barcoding to confirm the parasite in the honey bees and bumble bees was the same species.

The fly might have recently expanded its host presence from bumble bees to honey bees, Professor Hafernik said, making it an emerging threat to agricultural pollinators.

The fact that honey bees live in large colonies placed in close proximity to one another and beekeepers frequently move the hives throughout the country could lead to an explosion of the fly population, he said.

The fly, which is found all over North America, could also become a threat to native bees.

Professor Hafernik plans to expand his research to other parts of the country and to study the parasite's impact on agriculture in California's Central Valley.

Since it was recognised in 2006, colony collapse has destroyed colonies at a rate of about 30 per cent a year, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Before that, losses were about 15 per cent per year from a variety of pests and diseases.

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Cruxx

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Re: Parasitic FT killed countless Singaporeans towards extinction - scientific discov

Sinkieland is a parasite of the world economy anyway. :rolleyes:
 

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Re: Parasitic FT killed countless Singaporeans towards extinction - scientific discov

Sinkieland is a parasite of the world economy anyway. :rolleyes:

Just Sporn fucks you underachieving fool! More talented foreigners should replace these ugly diseases and drive them towards self-destruction and extinction!!!
 

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Re: Parasitic FT killed countless Singaporeans towards extinction - scientific discov

It should be: Hardy FT killed countless typically-nondescript Singaporeans towards extinction

You display a poor sense of English ass face.

 

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Re: Parasitic FT killed countless Singaporeans towards extinction - scientific discov

Just like the movie "Alien"...the parasitic FT will spawn from each sinkie host! Horrible death indeed...
 

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Re: Parasitic FT killed countless Singaporeans towards extinction - scientific discov

It is important to note that these useless parasites will themselves, die out once their main prey perishes. Just like the useless FTrash because no other cuntry on this earth will give these useless fucks a place to fester & free lunch like PAP's Spore.
 
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