Forgive the typos....I am getting tired...aaaack
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=97813
“...They work more than ninety food crops.”
“Bees don't just pollinate your food, they pollinate food for your food. Alfalfa and clover, both cattle feed, need to be pollinated in order to produce seeds for the next year's crop. Bees, then, are an important link in dairy and beef production.”
“Bees get ready for winter by storing food, kicking out male bees, and sealing the hive.”
(LOL! That's what it says. Can any of you men relate?)
Then it goes on to say, “Male bees don't do any work, and so they are a drain on resources.”
(Are male bees voting for Obama?)
But seriously, here is another good article:
“Declining bee population threatens major growers”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6299480
I personally don't want to have to eat food that tastes like cardboard if the honeybees disappear. I hope they solve it soon.