Summary: Over the past two years, the bee population has decreased dramatically and has immensely affected the pollination of plants. The question they are trying to answer is are bees dying because of the Varroa mite and deformed wing virus or pesticides? The scientist’s hypothesis was that the sudden decrease of bees was because of the Varroa mite and deformed wing virus, not because of pesticides. Their experiment was to produce and infect the larvae, pupae, and fully developed bees with an artificial virus to prove the natural virus’s symptoms is what is causing them to die. The results from the experiment was that they found viral antigens in all the body areas of bees such as in the neural, gland and connective tissues. This causes bees
