I don't know about you folks but this does terrify me! To me this is a bigger problem than oil or global warming. I honestly don't have an idea what is causing it (No Clif, I don't think it is George Bush's fault) and the thing that scares me is that all these folks have halfarshed ideas and nobody really has a clue. Actually it reminds me of the dolphins in Hitchhikers Guide. :-( Colony Collapse Disorder http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=SEARCH&mode=simple&q=bee+collapse&site=usda
Also scary - no more bananas? Another scary fact: There is no genetic diversity in bananas all over the world. So if a disease hit bananas, they could ALL easily die out - and there would be no more bananas!:cry:
Their making crop circles my vote is for crop circles http://www.canada.com/topics/news/o...=83ad5b2a-3ab2-4b2b-9c1a-2839323249fe&k=29902
That has the potential to be a HUGE problem but-If honey bees are a introduced species in North America what was doing the pollination before they got here?
Although honey bees are not native to North America, about 3,500 other species of bees are! The advantage of honey bees is that they produce a product enjoyed by humans. Other bees also eat nectar, and therefore pollinate plants. Some plants are pollinated by butterflies and other insects, and some plants (notably corn) are wind pollinated. I wonder - if the honey bee population decreases drastically, how long will it take for the populations of other pollinators to increase enough to make up the difference?
