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A MOVIE called Vanishing of the Bees opened in cinemas across the UK earlier this month. It's a feature-length documentary about the "mysterious collapse" of the honeybee population across the planet - a phenomenon that has recently attracted a great deal of attention and hand-wringing.
The idea that bees are disappearing for reasons unknown has embedded itself in the public consciousness. It is also a great story that taps into the anxieties of our age. But is it true? We think not, at least not yet.
First, the basics. Pollination by bees and other animals - flies, butterflies, birds and bats - is necessary for the production of fruits and seeds in many wild and cultivated plants. More than 80 per cent of the planet's 250,000 species of flowering plants are pollinated by animals.
Agriculture is a large-scale beneficiary of these pollination services, so claims that pollinators are in decline have triggered alarm that our food supply could be in jeopardy, that we may be on the verge of a global "pollination crisis".
Overall, we must conclude that claims of a global crisis in agricultural pollination are untrue.
Originally posted by Phage
Rather than just posting selected excerpts from an article, it's generally considered useful to provide your personal thoughts.
Maybe you can provide your thoughts on why you didn't quote this from the article:
Overall, we must conclude that claims of a global crisis in agricultural pollination are untrue.