admin /19 October, 2008
by Anne Pyburn in Chronogram
Alert observers of current events may have noticed, half buried in the general melange of war/gas prices/ politics/ celeb gossip that passes for What’s Happening Now, some alarming news about bees cropping up in the past few seasons. They’re going missing. To anyone with a glancing familiarity with how ecosystems work, this is an upsetting prospect. Besides being iconic, bees play a crucial role in the agricultural process; without them, we can kiss a lot of food crops good-bye.
When a news broadcast touches upon the subject of the missing bees, it’s usually in mystified tones. Where, oh, where could the bees be? What’s causing this phenomenon? Woodstock author Michael Schacker offers some plausible answers—ones that a lot of Powers That Be probably don’t want to accept. To the extent that one accepts his theory—and his evidence seems compelling—this explains both Colony Collapse Disorder (as the bees’ vanishing act is officially called) and the media silence surrounding its roots.
Related Generator articles:
1.Bee kill gets pesticide banned in Germany
2. Bee crisis in UK threatens food supply
3. UK warns of imminent bee death
4. The Return of the Bread Riot
5. Farmer on international crusade against GM crops
6. GM is causing bee death
7. COLLAPSING COLONIES
8. No bees? Not just strange, but scaryÂ
