Are bees too busy? Factory farming bees.

[Trinity]

This may be of interest to anyone following the bee colony collapse in the US and in parts of Europe...

"All across America, a mysterious disease is wiping out bee colonies. This malady causes all the bees in a hive to seemingly vanish overnight, abandoning their brood in the nursery, as well as their stores of honey and pollen. Other bees and pests, which normally plunder deserted honey, shun these hives. This baffling die-off dealt a financial blow to commercial beekeepers this season and raised fears of environmental and economic disaster. For farmers, no bees means no pollination."

Click this link for full, extensive article:

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-08-0 ... -busy/full

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http://www.newscientist.com/channel/lif ... mones.html