The report concludes with
"There are some things we can't do without nature's help"

I'd say nature's indispensible.

Colony Collapse Disorder scares me. They talk about bees just up and disappearing. Makes me think there's an alien conspiracy going on...

Seriously though, I wish we did understand more about CCD, it's gotten pretty serious in the past few years, and if all the bees die off... we're screwed as far as food goes.

That is, unless we could utilise some super weed pollinates/spreads easily and can be turned into food.

So yeah, we're screwed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder

The metaphor of the flowers and the bees is becoming anachronistic.

please post worries about extinction in lolcat terms.
like
OH noes, I pwnd all yer pollinators!

I destroyed a beehive a couple years back, kinda wish i hadn't. But it was in my moms yard and it was kinda menacing.

lol the irony.... americans can only care about bees if its explained with haagen das.

>> ^marinara:
lol the irony.... americans can only care about bees if its explained with haagen das.

uhm..

BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation

here's are some things to consider (taken from http://www.fluoridealert.org/f-pesticides.htm)

• Dec 4, 2007: Hawaii's Department of Agriculture says fipronil killed bees in Moloa's, Kauai.http://www.fluoridealert.org/pesticides/fipronil.bees.dec.04.2007.htm

• July 11, 2007 - EPA failed to consider the "high" toxicity to bees by contact (not dietary) exposure to the insecticide Indoxacarb when it approved approximately 130 new food tolerances. (See EPA's Fact sheet on Indoxacarb for toxicity to bees, pp 14-15). Indoxacarb is a potent neurotoxiicant.http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/indoxacarb-page.htm

• Catastrophic Bee Colongy Collapse may not be affecting organic hives. Researchers are struggling to find the causes of this mysterious collapse. A crucial element of this story, missing from reports in the mainstream media, is the fact that organic beekeepers across North America are not experiencing devastating colony collapses.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5194.cfm