Ron "Ratt" Weaver, right, and his daughter, Riverlee Weaver, check for the queen as he looks at one of his hives in the Socastee community on June 19, 2013. Weaver said he and other area beekeepers have seen a decline in their hive numbers that mirror global hive decreases associated with honey bee colony collapse. Weaver warns if the mysterious collapse continues, it would be catastrophic, damaging the worldwide food supply.

JANET BLACKMON MORGAN — jblackmon@thesunnews.com

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 “This small bee is holding up a large mirror — how much is it going to take to contaminate humans?” says Spivak. “I know what it feels like when I have the flu. I know how difficult it is for me to get to the grocery store to get good nutrition. But what if I lived in a food desert and had to travel a long distance to get to the store, and, when I got there, I got a neurotoxin that prevented me from finding my way home? This is what I mean by interrelated causes.”