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Honeybee shortages are everyone’s beeswax
Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Feb 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, produce, pesticide, american beekeepers association, pollination, jeff goldblum, entomology, honeybee shortage, the onion, national geographic, pest, haagen-dazs, parasite, virus, penn state | 4
One third of our human diet may soon disappear as the result of a massive honeybee shortage that has seen widespread coverage in the news, but little reaction from the public. Apples, avocados, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, melons, oranges, grapefruit, pumpkins, squash, sunflowers, tangerines, watermelon, clover and alfalfa all depend on honeybee pollination. In 2007, it was reported by the American Beekeepers Association that since 1975, 80 percent of honeybee hives…
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