Thursday, February 10, 2011

Eintstein and Bees

We know Albert Einstein was one of the smartest men on earth. He gave us the famous formula, E = MC (2).

But do you know he also said, "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years to live".

We have posted in the past about the mysterious disappearance of the honey bees and also the bumblebees.

So, do we only have 4 years to live?

Almost a third of global farm output depends on animal pollination, largely by honey bees.
These foods provide 35% of our calories, most of our minerals, vitamins, and anti-oxidants, and the foundations of gastronomy. Yet the bees are dying – or being killed – at a disturbing pace.


The bee crisis has been treated as a niche concern until now, but as the UN's index of food prices hits an all time-high in real terms (not just nominal) and grain shortages trigger revolutions in the Middle East, it is becoming urgent to know whether the plight of the honey bee risks further exhausting our already thin margin of food global security.

The reservoir of bees is dwindling to the point where ratios are dangerously out of kilter, with the US reaching the "most extreme" imbalance. Pollinated crop output has quadrupled since 1961, yet bee colonies have halved. The bee-per-hectare count has fallen nearly 90%.

See it here; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8306970/Einstein-was-right-honey-bee-collapse-threatens-global-food-security.html

Ouch!! The U.S. is reaching the most extreme imbalance! I wonder how long global stability will last if 90% of the earth's population starts to get REALLY hungry and REALLY agitated?

Famine is coming friends. Pray that the rapture happens before we see it....because all the signs of a massive food shortage have all taken center stage at EXACTLY the same time.

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