More about bees disappearing
More theories on why bees are disappearing from North America and Europe. 60% gone from the USA west coast, 70% from the east coast. This was first noticed last year. No one really knows yet what is causing CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder), but mobile phones are a suggested cause, also genetically modified crops, pesticides and more. Interesting fact sheet here, says that “Bees are very important to US agriculture because they pollinate about 1/3 of our crops“. According to this April 4th article in Truthout, “Research is only beginning and hard data is still lacking, but beekeepers suspect everything from a new virus or parasite to pesticides and genetically modified crops. Scientists have hastily established a CCD working group at Pennsylvania State University. Last week, the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Agriculture held hearings on the missing bees.“
[...] motives. There are many theories, pollutants, global warming, cell phone radiation, etc…read Ken’s post or Chris’ for the real [...]
I’ve run into a few articles recently on this subject. Most of them include a quote attributed to Einstein that says something like…If all the bees were to disappear, we humans would only have ten years of existence left…..
i can give up cell phones and whole lot more for existence….
maybe if we all blog about…other media outlets will pick up the topic and run with it…yeah right.
[...] of bees forces airliner to return home - Independent Online Edition. OK, so the bees have been disappearing, and now they show up in Bournemouth, England to force down a jet. I’m getting concerned [...]
[...] like to send a happy father’s day shout out to my favorite blogpops: Ken, Don, Sam, Ron and Chris who are apparently all too busy being regaled for their fathering [...]