Colony collapse disorder - mystery solved?

[Eater of Clowns]

I don't want to fight them off.  They're our patron animal.

Because when they decide to sting you, they fatally crap out their own guts to do so.  Which is the most PDcom thing I have ever heard.

[Kai]

Despite my entomological leanings and love of bee products, I don't particularly care for the exclusionary activities of European invaders against natives. Bees that is.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I like the idea of honebees being like us. Awwwww! 

[Kai]

I like the idea of honebees being like us. Awwwww! 

And "honey" is so sweet, European and otherwise. 

[Placid Dingo]

I for one am happy ;D I was one of the nutjobs blaming cell phone towers. The data seemed to fit.

I'm looking forwards to getting a few hives when we move.

Wouldn't getting hives make moving uncomfortable?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I for one am happy ;D I was one of the nutjobs blaming cell phone towers. The data seemed to fit.

I'm looking forwards to getting a few hives when we move.

Wouldn't getting hives make moving uncomfortable?

[Doktor Howl]

Losing the honeybees is not doomsday... at least, not in the Americas. Native bees were pollinating plants for millennia before Europeans introduced the honeybee, which pushed the native species to the brink of extinction. Colony collapse disorder, which only affects European honeybees, has given native species a chance to re-establish themselves.

And now OUR bees are all Africanized!   

[Telarus]

Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists' red flags

http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-10-leaked-documents-show-epa-allowed-bee-toxic-pesticide-

Way to go, EPA.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

LOL

Oh wait I mean 

I am pretty sure this is NOT what Nixon had in mind.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

GEE I WONDER IF THIS HS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DECLINE IN HUMAN FETUS VIABLITY IN NORTH AMERICA

NAAAAHHH.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/11/AR2011011100106.html

Looks like the Bumblebees are tanking as well.

On the upside, this will spur a whole new job sector... people with q-tips manually pollinating crops.