Sad that the idea of facing the punishment for growing marijuana pushed him to suicide. I wonder if he would have felt differently today, with changed attitudes over the past decade.

It's not just the weed. The punishment for money laundering/tax evasion is pretty substantial too.

Aaron Swartz and open access sentiment over the past decade.

I do not think the bees turned red. The honey might, but not necessarily the bees. The article implies this through out.

Found some pictures of red honey in comb.

https://us.latinhoneyshop.com/blogs/news/the-mystery-of-red-...

Your link suggests that the bees appeared red as a result:

>The bees were returning back to the hives with a bright red substance glowing through the membrance of their stomachs.

I guess I am over-pedantic, so yes, I partially stand corrected. Loosely they "turned red". Once the bees delivered their load from their honey stomach, were they still red?

I always loved the trucks outside of the factory.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/whoisstan/52146306564/in/datep...

I cannot find out if I've hit the paywall or the article was just very short ? Last sentence reads

> Though circumstances put Mondella and the bees on opposite sides of an issue, the beekeepers still speak admiringly of him, and express regret at his unhappy end.

Paywall, the article is quite long

So many words but not one picture of a red bee.

Perhaps a blue bee will satisfy?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/blue-bee-feare...

The title on HN reads (2010) but this article is from 2018.

the events took place in 2010.

Opening paragraph of the article: "Up until the moment of his death, on February 24, 2015..."