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June 2, 2007
Why Are The Bees Disappearing?
Here's an interesting and informative article on why the bees are dying off.
... the original report describing and naming the phenomenon explicitly says it's something that has been seen before (repeatedly), named before, and studied before – in all cases without coming to any conclusion about the cause. The researchers didn't like the older names for the syndrome (which usually included the word "disease," which has connotations about infectiousness that don't seem applicable here), so they renamed it colony collapse disorder. That point has largely eluded the press, with the result that most people think this is a new phenomenon, when in fact the researchers who described it note reports of similar die-offs dating back to the 1890s.
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 2, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Comments
The article is false. Everyone in his/hers right mind knows that President Bush is at fault...
Posted by: Uzi on June 3, 2007 at 9:43 AM