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I just got a response back from Walter Isaacson, the author of the hot-off-the-presses biography of Albert Einstein called Einstein: His Life and Universe. Mr. Isaacson's opinion:
"Einstein may have said something about bees, but I don't know about it if he did."
Things aren't looking good for the Einstein bee quote, y'all.
Originally posted by dgtempe
Linda Moulton Howe has the quote under the beehive picture- scroll down a bit and take a look.
www.earthfiles.com...
A blogger tried to find the source. Einstein quote. He traced it to an article in a German Journal. [Elsewhere, you can find the original quote in a translation of an articel in Der Speigel. Are GM Crops Killing Bees?. The German is
dann hat der Mensch nur noch vier Jahre zu leben; keine Bienen mehr, keine Bestäubung mehr, keine Pflanzen mehr, keine Tiere mehr, keine Menschen mehr.
The blogger concludes
The footnote [in the journal article] that looks like it might offer a source for the quote just says, "for more in the theme of this paper see the position paper of the German Beekeeper's Federation, in 'Genetic Agriculture and Professional Beekeeping', from December 2003", with a pointer of where to download it.
A pamphlet distributed [in Brussels] by the National Union of French Apiculture quoted Albert Einstein. "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" [From Chris Mclaughlin's "Fearful Beekeepers Plead for Curbs on Honey Imports," The Scotsman, 25 January 1994.
Originally posted by dgtempe
Linda Moulton Howe has the quote under the beehive picture- scroll down a bit and take a look.
www.earthfiles.com...
Originally posted by dgtempe
Yes, there's always changes made thru the years where it comes to quotes- I have now heard scientists stating the quote in a couple of ways but with the same basic meaning. I have no reason to believe it is a hoax.
A pamphlet distributed [in Brussels] by the National Union of French Apiculture quoted Albert Einstein. "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" [From Chris Mclaughlin's "Fearful Beekeepers Plead for Curbs on Honey Imports," The Scotsman, 25 January 1994.
There are slightly fewer than 20,000 known species of bee, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher.
Originally posted by Columbus
It's so disappointing that so many people are incapable of seeing such an obvious hoax.
There are slightly fewer than 20,000 known species of bee, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher.
Not every plant, oh say none at all, actually require bees to pollenate, bees just make it more efficient.
Humans could technologically overcome a lack of bees anyway.