Friday, March 30, 2007

There were hearings yesterday with the House subcommittee on horticulture and organic agriculture on the big honeybee problem and colony-collapse disorder.

Dwindling Honeybee Population in US Puzzles Scientists

Where have all the bees gone?

Washington hears beekeepers' woes

According to one of the above links, bees pollinate more than 90 percent of food, fiber and seed crops.

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