Thursday, April 26, 2007


A very disturbing phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder has afflicted honey bee production in the United States. A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report - "Recent Honey Bee Declines" states that although these declines are not unknown, the current situation is different in that:

  • colony losses are occurring mostly because bees are failing to return to the hive (which is largely uncharacteristic of bee behavior)
  • bee colony losses have been rapid
  • colony losses are occurring in large numbers, and
  • the reason why these losses are occurring remains still largely unknown. (p. 8)

Tuesday, April 03, 2007


Oh, dear - look at this: http://cspinet.org/nah/10foods_bad.html