Food Supply Could ‘Bee’ Gone
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Scientists have been baffled lately with the death of many honey bee colonies. No one knows why the colonies are suddenly dying off. What is known, however, is that the decline in bee population could lead to shortages in our food supply.
Honeybees don’t just make honey; they pollinate more than 90 of the tastiest flowering crops we have.
Among them: apples, nuts, avocados, soybeans, asparagus, broccoli, celery, squash and cucumbers. And lots of the really sweet and tart stuff, too, including citrus fruit, peaches, kiwi, cherries, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, cantaloupe and other melons.
Link: Fox News
While bees do not look like they do much for the world — they have a huge impact on our society and ecosystem. Without pollinators such as bees, plants could start dying off. Plants rely on bees to carry pollen from one plant to another, which allows for plants to reproduce. While it is possible for us to manually pollinate plants — bees are able to do it with much more efficient.
This problem should be right at the top, perhaps even above the struggle to find a new source of automobile fuel.
Justin Capasso
