In quake-hit Puerto Rico, even the bees are fleeing their homes.
Bees which abandoned their hives after becoming disorientated by over two weeks of earthquakes and tremors swarm on a mail box in a residential street in Fajardo, Puero Rico on Jan. 12, 2020.As the U.S. territory seeks a disaster declaration from President Donald Trump to increase relief resources, the island’s beekeepers are appealing for U.S. donations of “protein patties” and other bee food to save their hives.
Puerto Rico’s hardy, productive bees are the descendants of Africanized bees. They are seen as a possible substitute for western honey bees that have died off in unprecedented numbers due to so-called colony collapse disorder . Around 85 percent of Puerto Rico’s bees were wiped out by Hurricane Maria in 2017, which killed about 3,000 people on the Caribbean island. The bee population has since recovered to around 60 percent of its former size, according to Conde.
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