In recent years, some populations of bees in the US have dropped by over 90 percent. National Geographic cites a study that puts the blame on viruses spread by flower pollen. An interesting theory, if a convenient one, as it replaces theories linking the deaths to GMOs or pesticides, as mentioned in a recent Times of Malta article...
Bee Viruses Spread via Flower Pollen
Rachel Kaufman
December 29, 2010
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101229-bees-collapse-viruses-animals-science
To bee or not to bee
Anne Zammit
Sunday, 2nd January 2011
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110102/environment/to-bee-or-not-to-bee
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