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"It is globally distributed and burning of infected colonies is often considered as the only effective measure to prevent spreading of the disease."
Bee zombie outbreak wtf. How have I never heard of this?
The spores are also visible for 40 years according to the the wiki
This is one of those things where I question, "has this always been the case and people back wherewhen just dealt with the risks", or "is this an entirely new phenomenon to do with our effects on this decaying world"
Probably both? Everything evolves, and all that. It spreads because of the way bees build honey combs. I would say that we probably accelerated the process through the domestication and forced reproduction of large numbers of bees.
That is my HYPOTHESIS based on an article I just read. Take that untested theory with a grain of salt.