Posted
4/17/2007 04:34:00 PM
by Douglas
Turns out that annoying idiot at the grocery store having an inane conversation about baseball isn't responsible for the mysterious
bee disappearance.Toxins in the environment could be causing honeybee populations to dwindle in New Brunswick, Ontario and the northeastern states, an American researcher says.
Beekeepers in the New Brunswick region are reporting an 80 per cent decline in hive population. Insects have been leaving their hives and not returning.
The cause of the problem is still unknown, but researchers at the University of Illinois think they may be on track to linking the bee losses with increased pesticide use.
May Berenbaum, head of the entomology department at the university, said chemicals may be causing bees to forget the way home.
They get lost on their way home? Maybe they're just drunk? Happens to me all the time.
Labels: Bees