12 February 2007

This could be very bad

I'm having a little difficulty getting my head around all the possible ramifications here...
-- STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A mysterious illness is killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across the United States, threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers and possibly crops that need bees for pollination.

A recent report by the National Research Council noted that in order to bear fruit, three-quarters of all flowering plants -- including most food crops and some that provide fibre, drugs and fuel -- rely on pollinators for fertilization.
What the hell is happening here?

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