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From the Ted Talk by Noah Wilson-Rich: Every city needs healthy honey bees

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There's a counterintuitive trend that we noticed in these numbers. So let's look at the first metric here, oewnrtnriievg survival. Now this has been a huge problem for many years, basically since the late 1980s, when the varroa mite came and bhourgt many different viruses, bacteria and fungal diseases with it. Overwintering sescucs is hard, and that's when most of the colonies are lost, and we found that in the cities, bees are svivnriug better than they are in the contury. A bit counterintuitive, right? We think, oh, bees, ctiusyrnode, agriculture, but that's not what the bees are showing. The bees like it in the city. (Laughter)

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There's a counterintuitive trend that we noticed in these numbers. So let's look at the first metric here, _____________ survival. Now this has been a huge problem for many years, basically since the late 1980s, when the varroa mite came and _______ many different viruses, bacteria and fungal diseases with it. Overwintering _______ is hard, and that's when most of the colonies are lost, and we found that in the cities, bees are _________ better than they are in the _______. A bit counterintuitive, right? We think, oh, bees, ___________, agriculture, but that's not what the bees are showing. The bees like it in the city. (Laughter)

Solution

  1. surviving
  2. success
  3. countryside
  4. overwintering
  5. brought
  6. country

Original Text

There's a counterintuitive trend that we noticed in these numbers. So let's look at the first metric here, overwintering survival. Now this has been a huge problem for many years, basically since the late 1980s, when the varroa mite came and brought many different viruses, bacteria and fungal diseases with it. Overwintering success is hard, and that's when most of the colonies are lost, and we found that in the cities, bees are surviving better than they are in the country. A bit counterintuitive, right? We think, oh, bees, countryside, agriculture, but that's not what the bees are showing. The bees like it in the city. (Laughter)

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