That's one idea, but it does seem to be semi-amateur speculation.

On the same 60 Minutes piece was repeated a point I'd heard before but with more info. They were saying that other critters didn't rush in to take advantage of abandoned honey, not even other bees. As though they knew there was something diseased about it.

So maybe the new virus has more going on with it than merely weakened bee immune systems.

The article mentioned how dependent blueberries are on honey bees and that hit home. I be a blueberry eatin' foo.

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