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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CNIMAGING<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=byline><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>By Adam Aston<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>What
Price Pollination?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As the
decline in the bee population continues, a team of French and German scientists
has come up with an estimate for what insect pollinators, mostly bees, add to
the global economy. The amount: $248 billion in today’s dollars,
based on the 2005 harvest, about 9.5% of the value of all food production. The
study, published in <cite><i><font face="Times New Roman">Ecological Economics</font></i></cite>,
says fruit and vegetables account for about a third of that total. The bee
shortage has already hurt growers and consumers worldwide. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> almond growers, who require
1.5 million bee colonies for pollination, are renting hives for $200 each,
up from $35 two years ago. In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
where pesticide overuse has killed off pollinators in some fruit orchards, farm
workers have resorted to dabbing pollen into blooms by hand. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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