[mmanager]

If true, this would be a crisis.

[rintense]

It is true, and it really is a crisis. I was talking to some guys at work about it today who had no idea.

[JoeSixPack1]

Honey never spoils,,, Stock UP! :-)

[Porterville]

• Lack of genetic diversity and lineage of bees

I found this place http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/ColonyCollapseDisorder.html

[Quix]

Linda Moulton Howe has been talking about this, as have others, on Coast to Coast for months.

But, folks seem to prefer to trust CNN . . .

as though doing so made more sense.

Sheesh.

[Liberty Valance]

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[Siobhan]

No such thing as Colony Collapse Disorder.

The bees are dying because of GMO crops.

[RockinRight]

I've heard orchards and farms are building mason bee colonies - they're as good as pollinators as honey bees and seem resistant to some of the viruses and insects killing the honey bees.

[Mamzelle]

Bump. This is more important than people realize.

[fso301]

If true, this would be a crisis

How did pollination occur in the Americas prior to the introduction of honeybees by the europeans?

[bannie]

We’re having problems with the loss of hives in the Bakersfield, CA area...we’re quite agricultural here, so it’s a baaad thing!!!

[bannie]

However...this house might be where they’ve all been hiding:

http://www.bakersfield.com/619/story/125467.html