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2016-08-16

The first honey bees from Canada infected with the zombie fly Apocephalus borealis have been discovered by Vancouver Island citizen scientist and beekeeper Sarah Wallbank.  Sarah noticed bees from her hive being attracted to light and began uploading samples to ZomBee Watch.  Her first three samples have produced nearly 150 zombie fly pupae and a number of adult flies.  Her discovery is receiving considerable media attention in Canada including CBC News, MetroNews Canada, CFax1070 and 24 Hrs Vancouver.