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The Case of the Missing Honey Bees

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:49
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Last week, the governments of the state of New York and the country of Wales both pointed out that they plan on taking action to mitigate what seems to be the mysterious decline in the honey bee population.

Though these agendas were not created in conjunction with each other, they both plan on working to a common end. However, these mitigation plans will be a challenge to create and implement due to the fact that scientists are not really sure why the healthy bee population is in decline.

All that is known for sure is that if the bee goes extinct it could have catastrophic results on mankind.

Surveys and studies have been ongoing for some time in effort to discover why the bee population is in decline and how to mitigate it. A 17-year study by the University of Toronto indicates that there has been a definite decline in the bee population, along with “other flower-visiting animals.”(1)

The study goes on to state that global climate change may be the culprit.

In an article published September 1, 2010, James Thomson, a scientist Read more…

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