A tiny parasitic fly is endangering the survival of the honeybee

The honeybee has not had the best luck the last few years.Countless numbers were killed off by mites and now a new threat to their survival has surfaced.

A parasitic fly lands on the honeybee then injects its eggs in the bees abdomen. Several days later the bees loses control of his body and dies. After the bee dies at least 13 larvae crawl out of the bees neck.

Genetic analysis have been done on the fly and they have concluded that the fly is the same species that was documented years earlier as attacking bumblebee and wasp populations.

Over the last several years scientists have been focusing on mites, a virus and a fungus of causes of mass honeybee deaths while all along the parasitic fly was quietly killing bees.

Bees that were located before dying after eggs were injected in their abdomens walked in circles directionless all most like zombies. Bees in affected hives also tested positive for Nosema Ceranae, a parasite, and a virus that eventually leads to deformed wings that have been linked to colony collapses.

Researchers are now tracking bees with radio tags and surveillance cameras to track infected bees.