Honey Bee Deaths Continue to Rise
There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing Honey Bee crisis, evidenced by new data from the Apiary Inspectors of America. In their report, released yesterday, researchers reveal that 36.1% of the nation's hives have been lost.
From the Associated Press:
This is the second year the association has measured colony deaths across the country. This means there aren't enough numbers to show a trend, but clearly bees are dying at unsustainable levels and the situation is not improving, said vanEngelsdorp, also a bee expert with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
"For two years in a row, we've sustained a substantial loss," he said. "That's an astonishing number. Imagine if one out of every three cows, or one out of every three chickens, were dying. That would raise a lot of alarm."
It's time for this situation to be properly addressed via government funding, as this is something that could spell disaster for our food supply, compounding an already troubled economy. If we wait until it's too late....then it will be too late.
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