Massive bee deaths can have far-reaching implications

[spaminator]

Massive bee deaths can have far-reaching implications
May 30, 2014
Videographer Audra Brown with why honey bees are dying off in record numbers.
Massive bee deaths can have far-reaching implications | CityNews

too bee or not too bee?

I wonder if they will eventually go out of beesness?

perhaps some things just aren't meant to bee?

beelieve it or not.

I wish bees would beehave themselves.

 

[Walter]

Why aren't honey prices rising? Why is there shelf after shelf after display of honey in the stores? Why do none of the apiaries I frequent have shortages of honey?

 

[eh1eh]

Why aren't honey prices rising? Why is there shelf after shelf after display of honey in the stores? Why do none of the apiaries I frequent have shortages of honey?

Because it is a regional problem but spreading. Educate yourself instead of spouting anecdotal BS.

 

[Walter]

Because it is a regional problem but spreading. Educate yourself instead of spouting anecdotal BS.

The honey in the stores comes from all over the world.

 

[Tonington]

Why aren't honey prices rising?

Honey prices are rising:
Bee shortfall raises honey prices | Food | Jewish Journal

According to numbers from the National Honey Board — a research and promotion board under USDA oversight — since January 2006, the price per pound of honey has increased from $3.88 to $5.97, nearly 54 percent, far outpacing the rate of inflation (16 percent) over that period.​

 

[JLM]

Yeah, like if it continues we may not have anything besides animal matter to eat.

 

[eh1eh]

The honey in the stores comes from all over the world.

And I can get a tractor trailer full of honey. Oh, you've shown me the lights. The bees are fine as I can see much honey, so honeyish, wow.

Honey prices are rising:
Bee shortfall raises honey prices | Food | Jewish Journal

According to numbers from the National Honey Board — a research and promotion board under USDA oversight — since January 2006, the price per pound of honey has increased from $3.88 to $5.97, nearly 54 percent, far outpacing the rate of inflation (16 percent) over that period.​

Kind of hard to argue with the free market.