Brian
If you read the article you cited, you would note that it is a student
newspaper. (The LU Gazette is published weekly except during extended school
breaks and examination periods). Our hapless reporter cobbled a story
together using old news and misquotes. For example, this:

> If honeybee numbers continue to die at the same rates documented from 1989
to 1996, managed honeybees will cease to exist in the United States by 2035
- completely wiping out fruit and vegetable production

Berenbaum has been widely quoted as saying "If honeybees numbers continued
to decline at the rates documented from 1989 to 1996, managed honeybees ...
will cease to exist in the United States by 2035."

Which is true, of course, that's just simple math. But they aren't declining
at a steady rate.

pb

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