Another “crisis” goes the way of “Global Warming”? Perhaps…
The truth about the disappearing honeybees
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A MOVIE called Vanishing of the Bees opened in cinemas across the UK earlier this month. It’s a feature-length documentary about the “mysterious collapse” of the honeybee population across the planet – a phenomenon that has recently attracted a great deal of attention and hand-wringing.The idea that bees are disappearing for reasons unknown has embedded itself in the public consciousness. It is also a great story that taps into the anxieties of our age. But is it true? We think not, at least not yet.
[snip] Claims of such a crisis rest on three main tenets: that bees are responsible for the production of a large fraction of our food; that pollinators are declining worldwide; and that pollinator decline threatens agricultural yield. Numerous scientific papers, many media stories and even a European Parliament resolution in 2008 present each of these as an uncontested truth. But are they?
Please do read the entire NewScientist article for the arguments rebutting this popular belief. A belief that even I swallowed.
