ApocaDocs: $44M in crops threatened by high honeybee deaths through winter

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Posted Tue Apr 20 2010: from Dayton Daily News:


	$44M in crops threatened by high honeybee deaths through winter http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1271807670 Think the 2009-10 winter was tough on you? Consider the state's honeybees. An estimated 50 to 70 percent of hives kept by beekeepers died, said Cindy Kalis, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The losses are in keeping with heavy fatality rates experienced since 2006 -- a year when 600,000 bee colonies in the U.S. mysteriously fled their homes and disappeared, said James Tew, Ohio State University's state honeybee specialist. "The average person should care," he said. "Bees of all species are fundamental to the operation of our ecosystem."

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'Doc Michael says:

Then as an above average person, I should care a lot!