Comment on We are so cooked
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Bees live less than two months, so if 80% of bees died in the last 8 months that would suggest a sharp recent increase.
I’m not saying there isn’t a bee crisis, just that this factoid is very badly worded.
Akrenion@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Without looking at data it could also mean “beginning 8 months ago we noticed a downwards trend of bees compared to the prior year(s) that culminates to an 80% decline at the time of writing.”