House testimony: Bee decline could raise food costs more
Seattle TimesPosted: June 27th, 2008 by Thomas L. Knapp
“Food prices could rise even more unless the mysterious decline in honeybees is solved, farmers and businessmen told lawmakers Thursday. ‘No bees, no crops,’ North Carolina grower Robert Edwards told a House Agriculture subcommittee. A record 36 percent of U.S. commercial bee colonies have been lost so far this year and worse may be yet to come, experts told the panel. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by a sudden decline in a bee colony’s population and the inexplicable absence of dead bees.” (06/27/08)
