It is an understatement to say that across the United States, honeybees are dying. Their population is crashing, 20 – 70% losses. What’s become known as “colony collapse disorder” is a bigger deal that you might think, because honeybees are essential for pollinating crops. Up to a third of our food production relies on honeybees for pollination.
A wide rift has emerged between mainstream media and the alternative press, with the latter focusing on the GM crops as the cause, the former focusing on everything but.
ABCNews: Virus May Be Causing Honeybees’ Deaths
NYTimes: “. . . viruses, fungus and poor bee nutrition . . . . mites . . . . insecticides”
NBCNews: Bee Killers? Pesticides are a probably cause
By contrast, globalresearch.ca published this story which examines the possibility of mites, parasites, cell phones, and genetically modified “terminator seeds,” and concludes that the GM crops are killing our honeybees. Here’s another indy press story that acknowledges the possibility of GM crops as the culprit.
For anyone who doubts GM crops are worth investigating, see this BBCNews story about GM pollen killing monarch butterflies.
For anyone who doubts our “free” press is capable of such overt deception, watch this clip about how Fox “News” buried the Monsanto story and fired the reporters who insisted on accurately reporting proven dangers about genetic engineering in milk production.
favorite lines from the NY Times article: “It could just be that the bees are stressed out. Bees are being raised to survive a shorter offseason, to be ready to pollinate once the almond bloom begins in February. That has most likely lowered their immunity to viruses.”
We’re even stressing out our bees! It would be nice if we could learn to take a siesta once and awhile.