Mystery killer silencing honeybees

[justme]

If the die-off continues, it would be disastrous for U.S. crop yields.

Something is killing the nation's honeybees.

Dave Hackenberg of central Pennsylvania had 3,000 hives and figures he has lost all but about 800 of them.

In labs at Pennsylvania State University, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and elsewhere in the nation, researchers have been stunned by the number of calls about the mysterious losses.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16623837.htm



Another article:

Honey bee die-off alarms beekeepers
UNIVERSITY PARK —An alarming die-off of honey bees has beekeepers fighting for commercial survival and crop growers wondering whether bees will be available to pollinate their crops this spring and summer.
Researchers are scrambling to find answers to what's causing an affliction recently named Colony Collapse Disorder, which has decimated commercial beekeeping operations in Pennsylvania and across the country.
“During the last three months of 2006, we began to receive reports from commercial beekeepers of an alarming number of honey bee colonies dying in the eastern United States,” says Maryann Frazier, apiculture extension associate in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
“Since the beginning of the year, beekeepers from all over the country have been reporting unprecedented losses.

link:
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...plate=printart

[justme]

Honey bees are extremely important for crop yield.

[ub4war]

indeed

[SoftTouch]

Does this affect the 'Africanized Honeybee' (Killer Bee) too or just the regular ones? I Pray they don't try to make up the difference with 'Killer' Bees :woah:

[walksbyf8h]

I remember when this problem began more than 10 years ago. At the time, they said that it was a mite that was infecting them.

Revelation 6:6
"And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."


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[ub4war]

yes i remeber that--a mite

[bghtnpd4]

Is this not freaking anyone else out??? Dead birds, ducks, turtles, bees...scary stuff!!! I think we're going home soon.

[AngelWings]

If I remember correctly from science class: bees, butterflies, and birds all help crops and flowers in the pollination process.

I also wonder sometimes if this is caused by the use of chemicals on the fields. These animals and incests ingest this stuff and it kills them. To many chemicals are used to process our food, JMHO.