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Ag Not Sweet on Funding for Honey Bee Disaster

By Paul Bedard

April 29, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Read my latest on what Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has to say about Colony Collapse Disorder, which is wiping out honey bees here.

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Hi there,

I live in Ferndale Wa. and haven't seen a honey Bee in 2 years. Alot of small bumble type bees and wasps etc. NO BEES ..................

Mark M.

Mark Mickle of WA 11:35AM June 07, 2008

Those who are the biggest critics of the 2008 farm bill

have downplayed all the necessary money it allocates

for study and research in solving the devastating decline

in our honey bee populations.

Add to that the cost of transporting

the dwindling bee colonies from state to state

to keep much of the food we eat on our tables,

and it appears to be a no brainer.

I've talked to key organizers in the global distribution

of food to the hungry who seem unaware that there

is any correlation between bees and agricultural

production. What good is it going to do to plant

crops if we have nothing to pollinate them?

Bob MacDonald of WA 10:03PM May 26, 2008

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