never put all your "pollinator eggs' in one basket

Perpetuating and optimizing the diversity of species from the "crawlers and "scratchers" like ants and bees to the "charismatic mega-fauna" like Jaguars and Wolves is both a moral and practical imperative if we are to live a  healthy and robust life.  Many of you are familiar with our domestic honeybees being in drastic decline due to what is being called "Colony-collapse disorder". Whether it be due to pesticides, a virus, climate change, etc, etc, etc, the bottom line is that the domesticated honeybee is our primary maker of honey and we are putting that industry in jeopardy due to this bee decline.  Our native pollinators(bees, bumblebees, wasps, etc) like our native mammalian predators are being destroyed with greater frequency due to conversion of forests and praries for agriculture as well as housing and industry projects. Our population continues to increase which further our demands for such foods as almonds, apples and advocados which all require the services of our native pollinators if not primarily, then certainly in conjunction with our reduced colonies of domestic bees.  if we destroy and narrow down to just a few species of pollinators, we will suffer in the long term................................Long term versus short term profits.................until our Economists and Accountants factor in the cost of destroying nature everytime we so call engage in acts of progress(building homes, factories, etc), we are going to make it very hard for our descendants to live as good a life as we do....................Take away the variety of condiments in the kitchen and the entrees we prepare are not as tasty.........................Take away the genetic diversity in our natural world, and we eventually will not live as "tasty" a life as we would like.

 

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