On 10/31/07, Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Well, I watched the PBS special on CCD, which was really about honeybees
> disappearing world wide. So, according to them, by 2035 we will have no
> more honeybees if the current trend continues. I have no idea what they
> based that on.



While that slightly off-quoted quote makes an attention grabber, it is taken
slightly out of context.  The actual quote I believe is:
"Even before CCD came to light, our committee estimated that, if honey bee
numbers continue to decline at the rates documented from 1989 to 1996,
managed honey bees will cease to exist by 2035."

The quote is about pollinator decline in testimony given before a
congressional sub-committee for the Farm Bill on March 29, 2007 by May
Berenbaum who is president of the Xerces Society and professor at University
of Illinois.

I recognized this because my 5th grade son is doing a Social Science fair
project about the economic impact of CCD.

Glen Lawson
Gainesville, GA

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