FOOD prices could rise after record numbers of honey bees were wiped out across Scotland last year, experts have warned. Research by the University of Strathclyde found more than a third of managed honey bee colonies north of the Border died last winter – almost double the numbers lost the previous year. Scientists warned the deaths could spark a hike in the cost of food by jeopardising the key natural “free service” bees provide in pollinating crops, threatened agricultural yields and “therefore food supply”. Albert Einstein once said: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:52:21 +0000
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