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Vanishing Honeybees Will Affect Future Crops
daninbusiness writes "Across the US, beekeepers are finding that their bees are disappearing — not returning while searching for nectar and pollen. This could have a major impact on the food industry in the United States, where as much as $14 billion worth of agriculture business depends on bees for crop pollination. Reasons for this problem, dubbed 'colony collapse disorder,' are still unknown. Theories include viruses, some type of fungus, poor bee nutrition, and pesticides."
Ive saw a story on this on the news a few weeks ago here in British Columbia. The fungus seems particularily effective in warmer climates. Still, saying that they're worried about it wiping out Canadian colonies as well.
Hmm, maybe its time our world leaders started thinking more effectively on how to curb our fatal overconsumption lifestyle. And maybe the rest of us should put up mason bee homes to do our part to help
The agro business will just let it be known to the coyotes that they will be need more hands to do the pollinating because the bees are all dead. The coyotes will deliver more poor desperate Mexicans to the farms. The farmers will pay them as much as they pay the bees now. They have to just suck nectar from the blossoms. No social security, no payroll tax, no workman comp, no time-and-a-half overtime ... The talk radio will denounce the illegal Mexicans taking away the job that used to be done by the American bees. They will be strangely silent on the rich, educated Legal American employers flouting the law and focus exclusively on the law breaking by the poor illiterate despo Illegal Immigrants. Sorry I was shooting for funny but more likely ended up as flamebait.
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Tune in to Fox News and hear the truth. Science and Reality are evil plots to turn your kids into muslim lesbian liberal queer feminists.