Clancy
03-12-2007, 10:29 PM
"Without the honeybee, the human race would cease to exist in four years."
-- Albert Einstein
Vanishing bees threaten US crops
*It is officially called Colony Collapse Disorder, but a more pithy way of describing it would be Vanishing Bee Syndrome.*
All over America, beekeepers are opening up their hives in preparation for the spring pollination season, only to find that their bees are dead or have disappeared.
Nobody, so far, knows why.
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6438373.stm
*Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril *
David Bradshaw has endured countless stings during his life as a beekeeper, but he got the shock of his career when he opened his boxes last month and found half of his 100 million bees missing.
In 24 states throughout the country, beekeepers have gone through similar shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production of numerous crops...
https://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0227-01.htm
-- Albert Einstein
Vanishing bees threaten US crops
*It is officially called Colony Collapse Disorder, but a more pithy way of describing it would be Vanishing Bee Syndrome.*
All over America, beekeepers are opening up their hives in preparation for the spring pollination season, only to find that their bees are dead or have disappeared.
Nobody, so far, knows why.
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6438373.stm
*Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril *
David Bradshaw has endured countless stings during his life as a beekeeper, but he got the shock of his career when he opened his boxes last month and found half of his 100 million bees missing.
In 24 states throughout the country, beekeepers have gone through similar shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production of numerous crops...
https://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0227-01.htm