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Originally Posted by jfh
I was just discussing this very thing with a botanist friend recently. We agreed that we haven't seen many bumblebees for a few years. Certainly not as many as we've seen in our childhood. I love to see them at work. They seem like they should be too heavy to fly. Amazing creatures.
I don't think we will starve, as the article declares. It will be more expensive for agriculture crops. Maybe we can hire illegals for cheap, to walk through the crops with paint brushes collecting pollen and spreading it.
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Inded, and it's not just bees. When we first came here 25 years ago, you could walk down the lane in early summer and the hedgerows would be literally humming with insect sounds. You just don't hear that anymore.
All things are connected. If one part of the creation is taking a hammering, it won't be long before the ill effects reverberate up the chain.
If we did lose the bee it would have a catastrophic impact on commercial growers. Some foods would disappear from the supermarket shelves. Increased demand for other foods would create shortages there and there'd be a big increase in the price of food....
Worrying.
Bees in crisis...
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