“We don’t know what is going on with pollinators because America has never deemed it important enough to try to keep track of its pollination resources,” Berenbaum said.
“Given that 90 crops in the U.S. agricultural sector depend on a single species of pollinator, and other crops depend on other pollinators, it would seem that for economic reasons alone this has been a serious oversight on our part,” she said.
Wanted: Citizen scientists to help track wild bees in Illinois (UIUC press release)
When I searched for the site, Google wanted to know if I meant BeefSpotter.
Previously ‘varked: bees
The whole Colony Collapse Disorder business has gotten everyone buzzing. I wonder if there’s been any reports of ‘ferocious bees.’ The other day I saw a swarm feasting on a dead bird, which really bothered me, and made me nervous for what’s going on in the apian world, beyond our inadvertent interference in hive-life.
Okay, that is really weird. Are you sure they were eating the bird?