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Honeybee lifespan could be half what it was 50 years ago – new study

By Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment), University of Sussex

A new paper shows how the lifespan of the adult honeybee appears to have shrunk by nearly 50% in the past 50 years. The European Red List for Bees suggests nearly one in ten species of wild bees are facing extinction. Imagine how we would react if human lifespans halved. The equivalent would be if the average…

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