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Einstein on Bees: Not so much
During the recent kerfluffle about colony collapse disorder, several sources have noted Einstein's dire warning to humans, that the demise of bees would signal the end of humanity. Well, according to Snopes, Einstein never said it. Or at least, status is undetermined. It gets dated to a 1994 protest in Brussels by Beekeepers:
The beekeepers' warnings had some heavyweight expert support. A pamphlet distributed 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," Einstein was quoted as saying. "No more bees, no morepollination ... no more men!"
At any rate, it's probably not cellphones. Just a parasitic fungus. We should've just looked in the hive medicine cabinet.
Comments
I have just written a few articles about various aspects of the Honeybee crisis which you might find of interest – for example: http://insects.suite101.com/article.cfm/bee_crisis
Posted by: John Blatchford at April 30, 2007 02:15 PM
