Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Save the Disappearing Bees - Burt's Bees

Saturday April 26, 2008, 9:22 pm
If we don't figure out why the chem-trails are killing off the bees, then consider a full two thirds of all our food crops will be gone.

Sunday April 27, 2008, 8:57 am
30% of the fruit- and vegetable-producing plants we rely on to feed our families need honeybee pollination to thrive

Sunday April 27, 2008, 8:58 am
The bee disappearance is so widespread that it is blamed for losses of up to 70% of the managed bee colonies in U.S. beekeeping operations. Estimates show that 23% of commercial beekeeping operations in the U.S, suffered from Colony Collapse Disorder in the winter of 2006-2007.

Sunday April 27, 2008, 8:59 am
While the causes for Colony Collapse Disorder are unknown, we do know that forces like habitat destruction, misuse of pesticides, invasive species and global warming create risks to honeybees.

Sunday April 27, 2008, 3:21 pm
Aren't we talking about the European honey bee - and introduced species in the US ? Why would native American crops such as corn. potato and tomato require a European species to be polinated ?
AFAIK we don't need to have bees trucked all across Europe, like you have to do in the USA to get your crops polinated and figures I have seen on expected bee loss over the winter in the US are 2 to 3 times the expected losses here in Denmark (in both cases losses without Colony Collapse Disorder).

Sunday April 27, 2008, 9:19 pm
Organic bee hives on organic farms also do not suffer from this problem.. So this seems to be linked to trucking them all over the place, and spraying them with chemicals to keep them 'healthy'.