[Pollinator] Decline of bees raises concern for food supply

[Ladadams at aol.com]

The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canada in brief

Decline of bees raises concern for food supply 
OTTAWA (CP) — The decline of bee populations in Europe and North America has 
raised alarm about pollinators that fertilize crops essential for the human 
food supply.
Experts are calling for measures to protect pollinators of all kinds, 
including not only bees, both managed and wild, but birds, bats, flies and even 
beetles.
They say people should become much more tolerant of plant species that are 
viewed as weeds, which can be vital to pollinators’ survival.
"Pollinator declines and pollination deficits are now being reported for 
North America and may signal a threat to ecosystem and agricultural productivity," 
says a paper by University of Guelph ecologist Vernon Thomas.
The paper was presented this week in Ottawa at the first Canadian meeting of 
the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign.

Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Coevolution Institute
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San Francisco, CA 94111
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