Josh Markle wrote:
>
> Here is an article in yesterday's Globe and Mail business page reporting
> a BMO analyst saying CCD will be partly responsible for a two-point hike
> in interest rates. http://tinyurl.com/yvtvly
> A good breakdown of pollination estimates by crop too.

Notice the article fails to provide projected 2007 yields of
crops that depend on bee pollination.  So the public
could be misled into believing there could be widespread yield
shortfalls that could result in higher food prices.

The truth, in many cases, could be exactly the opposite as
is currently the case with California almonds:

Almond growers expect record crop that cuts what they're paid:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/beec.jpg

Growers earlier worries about their bees' survival have been
replaced by crop oversupply concerns:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/beeb.jpg

An Avalanche of Almonds:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/beea.jpg

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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