Honey, where are the bees?
Honey, where are the bees?
KOUNTEYA SINHA & ARUN RAM
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
24 October 2009
Not so long ago, many communities in India believed that a honeybee buzzing next to one's ears heralded good news, some said it meant a missive was on its way. As time went by, cellular phones made that kind of anxious wait redundant. Then, one day, when the bees stopped troubling people, no one noticed it.
Unhappy as it may sound, scientists are now veering towards the belief that bees, which pollinate almost 80 per cent of all fruits and vegetables, have started to disappear. The US, Europe and the UK have been reporting large bee disappearances, posing a direct threat to the survival of thousands of plants used for food, fibers and medicines - a "potential health crisis for the planet" and an already fragile ecosystem. Financially, too, this is worrisome.
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