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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (9514)2/14/2007 12:03:20 PM
From: Crocodile  Read Replies (1) of 36917
 
Fortunately for us "up here", thus far, most of the worst bee diseases have been in the lower states. However, considering the fact that so much produce is grown in the southern U.S., it will be bad news for everyone if there's a massive collapse in the bee population. Sure, there are a lot of other pollinator insects around, but few are effective for commercial crops. It will be interesting to see how agri-industry will adapt to certain kinds of crop production in the absence of domestic bees. Also, it will be interesting to see if whatever this thing is has a detrimental effect on the various wild bee species. We already know that many species of moths are in decline, and quite a number of them are also good pollinators. If wild bee populations also collapse... well, things could become rather interesting.
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