Ok....so Bee population is dropping around the world......so what is it to you?
Well unfortunately like many of the situations regarding climate change, this WILL affect the national economy as well as your household economics. This current situation can put a damper in the $15 Billion dollars in crops bees pollinate in the US, according to Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium.
According to an article in Associated Foreign Press (AFP) this is due in part to a virulent fungi (spread by other similar but more hostile species like the African bee), chemical spraying and garden insecticides. Another reason cited........hold for it..........is changing seasons due to climate change. You can read the rest of the article after the jump.
UNEP worried on Bee Decline Article
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