Monday’s Mystery Series #1: Disappearing Bees
By 
marlowjust on
February 25th, 2008
Bees are disappearing at an alarming rate across America and the world. Buzzing hives have turned up empty overnight. What’s happening to the bees?
What is it?
Scientists call this phenomenon colony collapse disorder or CCD.
What causes it?
That’s the mystery behind it all. Scientists hypothesize it’s several factors. (pollution, pesticides, malnutrition, etc..)
The next time you go to the grocery store, think about all the products bees help make. Nearly all of our fruits and vegetables require bee pollination to grow. Even the widely popular Hasgen-Dazs ice cream would be affected. (Bees make up 40% of their super-premium flavors)
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Mar 1st, 2008 at
Ahhh, that is so scary!
Mar 4th, 2008 at
@ Kim: We’ll have to see what happens from all of this!
Sep 22nd, 2008 at
I have to say I aslo didn’t see many bees this summer (well if you can call it that - here in the Uk it rained for all of august and most of july). I did see lots of wasps and only a few hornets. Maybe global warming is having an affect - I hope that doesn’t mean we will have bad honey harvests.
Nov 13th, 2008 at
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