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Britain's honeybees are under threat: bad weather, disease and intensive farming have had a devastating impact. It's bad news for humans.
Honeybees are increasingly being viewed as the canary in the coalmine; a barometer of the environment. If they go, we will not be far behind.
The farming minister, Lord Rooker, gives them just 10 years in the UK if nothing is done to halt their demise. Reversing the upward trend in honeybee deaths, however, entails a radical rethink of our farming practices, and what we expect of our bees and our environment. But we would do well to heed this wake-up call.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/alison_benjamin/2008/05/buzz_off.html
Honeybees are increasingly being viewed as the canary in the coalmine; a barometer of the environment. If they go, we will not be far behind.
The farming minister, Lord Rooker, gives them just 10 years in the UK if nothing is done to halt their demise. Reversing the upward trend in honeybee deaths, however, entails a radical rethink of our farming practices, and what we expect of our bees and our environment. But we would do well to heed this wake-up call.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/alison_benjamin/2008/05/buzz_off.html
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sOUNDS GOOD ...LOOK AFTER THEM.