Friday, March 11, 2011

Honeybee colonies are collapsing, but not all hope is lost

The global food crisis has prompted experts to point the finger at everything from stressed farmland to high oil prices to the impact of futures markets.
Now a United Nations report has raised another red flag for the future of food production: the plight of honeybees.
Bees are integral to agriculture: Of the roughly 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of food worldwide, the UN food agency estimates 71 are pollinated by bees. More

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