2007 US Fruit harvest at risk; CCD endangers Crops
ATCA Briefings
London, UK - 27 February 2007, 12:45 GMT - US commercial
beekeepers from at least 22 states are now reporting that bees have either
mysteriously died or disappeared in huge numbers affecting their livelihood
and hampering farmers that count on bees to pollinate their crops. Scientists
are calling the mystery illness Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) as reported
by ATCA last week. [Open
ATCA Socratic Dialogue]. Michigan's USD 350 million fruit industry
is in peril as a result. The Michigan Department of Agriculture has said
that with honeybees dying at an alarming rate in 22 US states the 2007
fruit harvest is at risk.
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Dear ATCA Colleagues; dear IntentBloggers
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US commercial beekeepers from at least 22 states are now reporting
that bees have either mysteriously died or disappeared in huge numbers
affecting their livelihood and hampering farmers that count on bees
to pollinate their crops. Scientists are calling the mystery illness
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) as reported by ATCA last week. [Open
ATCA Socratic Dialogue]. Michigan's USD 350 million fruit industry
is in peril as a result. The Michigan Department of Agriculture has
said that with honeybees dying at an alarming rate in 22 US states the
2007 fruit harvest is at risk.
Main-stream media finally catches up with ATCA
According to The New York Times and The International Herald
Tribune: David Bradshaw has endured countless stings during his
life as a beekeeper, but he got the shock of his career when he opened
his boxes last month and found half of his 100 million bees missing.
In 24 states throughout the country, beekeepers have gone through similar
shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming
rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production
of numerous crops, including California almonds, one of the nation's
most profitable. [Honeybees
Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril & Mysterious
bee disappearances endanger crops]
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We look forward to your further thoughts, observations and views.
Thank you.
Best wishes
For and on behalf of DK Matai, Chairman, Asymmetric Threats Contingency
Alliance (ATCA)
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is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001 to resolve complex global
challenges through collective Socratic dialogue and joint executive action
to build a wisdom based global economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence,
ATCA addresses opportunities and threats arising from climate chaos, radical
poverty, organised crime & extremism, advanced technologies -- bio, info,
nano, robo & AI, demographic skews, pandemics and financial systems. Present
membership of ATCA is by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished
members from over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords,
House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's Senior Government
officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial institutions, scientific corporates
and voluntary organisations as well as over 750 Professors from academic centres
of excellence worldwide.
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