re: #251 windsagio

oh yeah sorry. I wasn’t tying it to DDT, just it struck a chord, because the Bees are dying, and it could have a pretty brutal effect on our agriculture.

Well, some of it. Wheat and corn are wind pollinated. So is rice. Potatoes don’t need pollination at all. Mostly, the world’s staple foods are independent of bees for production.

Apples would be a problem, as would a number of other fruits.

Anyway, last I heard CCD was in remission. It wasn’t a worldwide problem, and replacement of queens with “clean” stock from other continents seems to have gotten rid of it. I think it may be another year or two before they issue the all clear, but cases seem to have dropped dramatically.