Apparently they now suspect some kind of fungus:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-bees26apr26,1,367041.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true

SoP, no word on whether the fungus was caused by cell phone use...

But fungus have been around forever. That couldn't be it.

Diseases come and go.  Mutate and become insanely strong or whatever.  It's certainly possible.  Look at the hysteria about bird flu.

I think SoP was trying to sarcastically play on the "cell phones have been around for a long time" argument before. Of course cell phone signals aren't going through natural selection and evolution.

Heh.  Cellphone signals do "evolve"...  they're pretty different now than they were a few years ago.  Different power, different frequencies.

Global warming!

Well, see, the cell-phones could be WEAKENING the bees, to the point where the fungus gains a foothold.

OR, the cell-phone RF could be mutating the FUNGUS so that it now is more virulent for the bees.

Or, it could be global warming is providing weather more conducive to fungus production -- damn, kneejerk might just be right!

the _really_ important thing here is that the bees are dropping like...uhh...flies...


this actually is the closest we've been to catastophe(sp?) in a long time. 

isn't it interesting how none of the politicians appear to have even noticed?


seriously, without bees, america/europe is entirely fucked.

invest in 3rd world wheat producers :)

Um, it still hasn't changed from the last thread this topic was discussed: bees don't pollinate wheat or corn or rice.

If the US is doomed, it's because people have lost all touch with nature.

"bees don't pollinate wheat or corn or rice. "

heh.  oops.

cool, we can still eat wheat, rice and corn.

I dont know why I was worried.

> isn't it interesting how none of the politicians
> appear to have even noticed?

http://www.senate.gov/~clinton/news/statements/details.cfm?id=272419

April 16, 2007

Senator Clinton Calls on USDA to Respond to Widespread Concerns Over Nationwide Honeybee Decline

:) thanks, I hadn't seen that.

It's Bush's fault, and I can't believe it's taken anyone this long to point it out.

Hey, that's a good sign that were not knee-jerk liberals.  No matter what Bush says.

El Diablo is killing the bees, when he is in the form of el chupacabra.

That's just it, bees are our only defense against El Chupacabra.  The bees die when they lose their stingers in battle with the goat-suckers, which is why they're not returning to the hive.

That's why the Latinos, who've known about Chupacabra for a lot longer than us, brought in the African killer bees.

There are 350,000,000 people in the USA.
Most of the time, thinking about money and sex and violence.

If you put your mind to good things, think positive, love, share, then the bees will come back.

your friend LeLe

Wow, I suddenly like LeMonde.

Maybe it's already working.

"That's why the Latinos brought in the African killer bees."

Yes, that's the simplest explanation.