The mysterious deaths of the honeybees
Honeybee colony collapse drives price of honey higher and threatens fruit and
vegetable production.
By CNN's Amy Sahba
March 29 2007: 4:16 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Beekeepers throughout the United States have been losing between 50 and 90 percent of their
honeybees over the past six months, perplexing scientists, driving honey prices higher and threatening fruit and
vegetable production.
At a House Agricultural Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. today, members of various organizations came together
to share their concerns about what they have been calling the "Colony Collapse Disorder," or CCD.
[permaculture] Mysterious honeybee deaths drive honey prices higher - Mar. 29, 2007,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 03/29/2007