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I’ve been seeing some reports here in the USA about the Honey Bee and some issues it’s having with being able to pollinate the food crops.
Here is a recent article about the declining Bee and the problems that are associated from declining numbers.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/06/disappearing.bees.ap/index.htmlAny word on the health of the Bees in Costa Rica?
This has been in the news for the last 4 years and the population decline is worldwide. I can’t find information on specific regions of the world, though. I would also be interested in knowing if a similar drop in bee population has been recorded in the past or if this is something new.
What is alarming to me is that whatever is causing this may not be linked to disease since bee populations are also declining at disparate points on the planet. Bees migrate long distances but not the thousands of ocean miles between continents and I am not sure if bee importations have been extensive since the African bee (what is now dominating Costa Rica)was first brought to the western hemisphere. It’s a big and important mystery. Without bee pollination, we don’t eat.
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