Hundreds of millions of bees mysteriously dying

The beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months. It could impact all of the U.S., as bees are responsible for pollinating over a third of the nation's crops. Janet Shamlian has the story.

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[leafyveins]

"When the last tree is cut down, the last fish is caught, and the last stream is poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money." -Alanis Obamsawin

[Alifeofglory]

Mysterious?! Unexpected?! 5G, glyphosate, Chemtrails, Monsanto GMO, Other pesticides, Sonar at the airports, train stations, and in the air, I don't see the mystery here.

[iZestos]

I remember when my lawn was filled with bumble bees and honey bees on the clovers as a kid in the 90s. Then, over a short period, bees are so scarce :(😢. I miss my little buzz babies

[VanBavelBros]

People don’t understand the significance of this mass event.

It has global implications and they are very bad.

Praying for the bees 🐝

[RJL]

My lawn is FULL of bees. I plant flowers, blue berry bushes, apple trees, pear trees, and my bees are doing their thing, already have baby pears and blue berries

[Susweca]

I live out in farm country and my yard and garden used to be full of butterflies and bees. I almost never see them anymore even when the flowers are in bloom. The small local family farmers have to rent bee colonies to fertilize their fields.

Our lives literally depend on bees, because our food supply depends on bees!

[dragonluvver]

Start letting wild flowers grow in your lawns! Bees need that to survive!

[annaolson]

Just from where I'm living it's not surprising. There are houses/strip malls going up everywhere and 110 acres of old forest being ripped out next to me by a lumber company. Then all the "country suburbia" people around me hire a lawn service to spray chemicals on their 3 acre lawn that has to look perfect.

[chrisbroguiere]

This has been going on for a lot longer than 8 months. I've noticed a huge decline in bees in my over half a century of life. They land on the ground and shake and run in circles and die.I heard it's like a neurological disease. This is a calling about pesticides in my opinion.

[samanthaw]

Pesticides and herbicides, the use of poisons in the US is alarming.

[gmoo]

This is not a mystery. Greed is a killer.

[MicheleKaiser-iodx]

Went to the back courtyard of my high rise in Little Rock, Arkansas. Stood on the lush grass for a moment and saw a honey bee on a piece of clover at my feet. It made my heart sing...we make the news for our crime rate, but we have such hope in beautiful nature!

[jaidenlove]

A HUGE help would be for everyone to put native flowering plants in their yards for all of the bees (not just honey bees). Bees weren't designed to be shipped across the country and only eat one food (almonds, for example)!

[GT]

Im sure spraying poison gas for twenty years had nothing to do with it 😢

[dulynoted]

Don't let Monsanto decide the science.

[Waitaminit-woer]

We are in the midst of the sixth great extinction, and this one is mostly man-made. Millions of other species are at risk, but if the bees go extinct, then humanity itself won't be far behind.

[kelsilulu]

I noticed this almost a decade ago. How is everyone just now noticing?

[c.d.meloney]

Woe to those who destroyed the Earth !!!

[charlenemack]

No bees, no fruits, no vegetables, no flowers no anything.

[briansass]

"...For reason nobody can pinpoint..." Don't play ignorant when the science has been out for a long time.