I'm glad that some people in our Group and elsewhere are finally
paying attention to this alarming development with our bees. Did you
see the post I placed on this subject some weeks ago? If not, I
included it at the end here.
THOSE WISHING TO STAY CURRENT WITH DEVELOPMENT ON THIS
SUBJECT, SHOULD CHECK OR CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
GMO and chemtrail mycoplasma, involved, no doubt.
The perfect way to "secretly" starve the masses.
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From: BeFree
Date: 4/7/2007 6:18:13 PM
Subject: Mysterious disappearance of US bees creating a buzz
Monsanto
the definition of pure evil:
http://en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/ Monsanto
Soon people will know who is responsible for starving millions in the
Near future...... ....Bee numbers on parts of the east coast and in
Texas
have fallen by more than 70 percent, while
California
has seen Colonies drop by 30 to 60 percent.
Mysterious disappearance of US bees creating a buzz
A Floridan bee-keeper. US beekeepers have been stung in recent months
By the mysterious disappearance of millions of bees threatening honey
Supplies as well as crops which depend on the insects for pollination
US beekeepers have been stung in recent months by the mysterious
Disappearance of millions of bees threatening honey supplies as well As
crops which depend on the insects for pollination. Bee numbers on parts
of the east coast and in
Texas
have fallen by More than 70 percent, while
California
has seen colonies drop by 30 to 60 percent.
According to estimates from the US Department of Agriculture, bees are
Vanishing across a total of 22 states, and for the time being no one
Really knows why.
"Approximately 40 percent of my 2,000 colonies are currently dead and
This is the greatest winter colony mortality I have ever experienced In
my 30 years of beekeeping," apiarist Gene Brandi, from the
California
State Beekeepers Association, told Congress recently.
It is normal for hives to see populations fall by some 20 percent
During the winter, but the sharp loss of bees is causing concern,
Especially as domestic US bee colonies have been steadily decreasing
Since 1980.
There are some 2.4 million professional hives in the country, According
to the Agriculture Department, 25 percent fewer than at the Start of
the 1980s.
And the number of beekeepers has halved.
The situation is so bad, that beekeepers are now calling for some kind
Of government intervention, warning the flight of the bees could be
Catastrophic for crop growers.
Domestic bees are essential for pollinating some 90 varieties of
Vegetables and fruits, such as apples, avocados, and blueberries and
Cherries.
"The pollination work of honey bees increases the yield and quality of
United
States crops by approximately 15 billion dollars annually
Including six billion in
California,"
Brandi said.
California's almond industry alone contributes two billion dollars to
The local economy, and depends on 1.4 million bees which are brought
From around the US every year to help pollinate the trees, he added.
The phenomenon now being witnessed across the
United
States has been Dubbed "colony collapse disorder," or CCD, by
scientists as they seek To explain what is causing the bees to
literally disappear in droves.
The usual suspects to which bees are known to be vulnerable such as The
varroa mite, an external parasite which attacks honey bees and Which
can wipe out a hive, appear not to be the main cause.
"CCD is associated with unique symptoms, not seen in normal collapses
Associated with varroa mites and honey bee viruses or in colony deaths
Due to winter kill," entomologist Diana Cox-Foster told the Congress
Committee.
In cases of colony collapse disorder, flourishing hives are suddenly
Depopulated leaving few, if any, surviving bees behind.
The queen bee, which is the only one in the hive allowed to reproduce,
Is found with just a handful of young worker bees and a reserve of
food.
Curiously though no dead bees are found either inside or outside the
hive.
The fact that other bees or parasites seem to shun the emptied hives
Raises suspicions that some kind of toxin or chemical is keeping the
Insects away, Cox-Foster said.
Those bees found in such devastated colonies also all seem to be
Infected with multiple micro-organisms, many of which are known to be
Behind stress-related illness in bees.
Scientists working to unravel the mysteries behind CCD believe a new
Pathogen may be the cause, or a new kind of chemical product which
Could be weakening the insects' immune systems.
The finger of suspicion is being pointed at agriculture pesticides Such
as the widely-used neonicotinoides, which are already known to be
Poisonous to bees.
France saw a huge fall in its bee population in the 1990s, blamed on
The insecticide Gaucho which has now been banned in the country.
http://tinyurl. com/2rztlj
During the
first two hours of the program, investigative reporter and author
Linda Moulton
Howe gave an update on the disappearing
honey bees and what may be the cause. 
To accompany her presentation, Linda Moulton Howe
has provided this map of the U.S. states affected
by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Some beekeepers have reported losing
50% to 90% of their honey bee colonies, and to date no single
explanation has been found for the widespread die-off. A consortium of
researchers and government officials called the CCD Working Group is
currently working on the problem. Click here
for a larger map. 
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