The Resilience Alliance Blog amongst others reports on the collapes of bee populations all over the world. Bees are polinator of many important agricultural crops, especially fruit trees. With declining bee populations yields are at stake. Suspected causes range from GMO crops to fungal diseases and monocultured bee populations.
More links to the topic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1005_041005_honeybees.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline.


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