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Honeybees Dying Off At Alarming Rates, Is The Food Supply In Danger?
Saturday, January 3, 2015 10:04
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Honeybees have been disappearing at an alarming rate since 2005. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) has sparked increased efforts to preserve the pollinating insects. Approximately 70 percent of our food supply is pollinated by honeybees, if the bees die, the human race will not be far behind.
Although many long, cold weeks of winter remain, beekeepers from around the country are busy preparing for the upcoming pollination season. In Connecticut where a $3 billion agricultural economy hangs in the balance, 7,000 beehives are being painstakingly tended to and monitored – actions which are echoed in a host of agricultural-based states.
Click here to read more about honeybee population declines and threats to the food supply.
Yep. When the Bee’s have all gone we’ll just about have enough time left to kiss our butt goodbye. Keep doing your stretching exercises because you don’t want a pulled hamstring while waiting to starve to death.