Colony Collapse Disorder and the Food We Eat–Science Daily

With so many new organic farmers out there, I thought I’d share this news with the Peninsula.

When half of all bees began mysteriously dying in the US and parts of Europe and Asia six years ago, beekeepers and food growers took note. What’s happened since then? Are honeybees in recovery? And what about those watermelons, apples and cherries we couldn’t live without? Martha Baskin reports. 

The Buzz on an Otherwise Quiet Environmental Crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder and the Food We Eat  http://greenacreradio.blogspot.com/2012/06/june-7-2012-buzz-on-otherwise-quiet.html 

See also: Highly Contagious Honey Bee Virus Transmitted by Mites  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120607142357.htm

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