Monday, April 23, 2007

(Digg Article) The Exodus of the Honeybees

"Bye, Bye Honey", says the Honeybees. Scientists are worried

Billions of bees have done just that, leaving the crop fields they are supposed to pollinate, and scientists are mystified about why. "They're the heavy lifters of agriculture," Pettis said of honeybees. "And the reason they are is they're so mobile and we can rear them in large numbers and move them to a crop when it's blooming."

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