Photo shows Waldonilton de Andrade Reis, undated. He reportedly died due to an allergic reaction after swallowing a bee during cycling training in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. (Newsflash)
Lower Saxon Environment Minister Christian Meyer poses in an undated photo. Meyer - who took office last November - said biodiversity but also food supply and the economic stability of Lower Saxony's agricultural firms were at risk if the number of insect species kept declining. (Sven Brauers, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows professor Elizabeth Capaldi from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, undated. She has engaged in interdisciplinary projects aimed at identifying honeybee colonies' stress indicators. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Dr. Christoph Otten who heads the Centre for Bees and Beekeeping in Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, undated. An invasive insect species which spreads across Europe to eat and kill bees benefits from this winter's remarkably high temperatures, an expert has warned. (NewsX/Bee)