Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms

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21. No bees, no pollination

no plants, no humans.

Did you know commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that provide one out of every three bites of food on our tables?

Butterflies are also dying:

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302569-scientists-see-ominous-decline-in-mexicos-monarch-butterflies?lite


When Honey Bees Are Gone By G Logan

When honey bees are gone nearly all food items eaten by birds animals and primarily humans will be affected. Every plant or tree that has a blossom needs to be pollinated before it will bear it's fruit and reproduce its own kind. It is true that some pollination is done by the wind and the rain but if we were to rely solely on wind and rain, these plants and shrubs would bear very little fruit.

A single flower on the cucumber vine for example, needs about thirty visits from a honey bee before that flower will turn into a cucumber. All varieties of squash and Mellon's are the same each flower needs multiple visits from the honey bee before the flower can turn into a squash or a melon.


http://ezinearticles.com/?When-Honey-Bees-Are-Gone&id=3623271