Wanna solve the bee problems? The argument for true multi-omics!

 

Even Doctor Who was like "that IS weird, innit?" when asked about the global declining bee populations (it's the pesticides, some of which are now just as abundant in the air as our friends the polysiloxanes)

But declining populations aren't all that we need to know about our stinging little friends, and this very thorough review suggests doing true multi-omics to figure it all out.

Really cool, but somewhat strange read, because you'll go a few paragraphs and then remember that it is supposed to be about bees, but then they'll mention them again on the next page somewhere.

But, for real, take it from someone who has done tens of thousands of sensitive and almost exclusively high resolution pesticide assays - we've miscalculated the half-lives and impact of very common insecticides. They're absolutely everywhere. 

WAIT. Coincidental with this new review is this new preprint on bee proteomics!