New information reported by Linda Moulton Howe on C2C-AM last night, the northern bee keepers are now starting to open up their hives (they were last checked in Nov 2006) and they are finding 60% - 96% of their bees are gone. Other pollinating insects have also been determined to be MIA. She's reporting, based on interviews with Fed & Florida State Agriculture people stating that an emergency does exist and that food shortages may be apparent before the end of 2007.

She also reported that herbicides mixing with insecticides, rodenticides, and pesticides may be mixng together, after being applied, to form new chemicals that no one has a clue about or what their impact on the local ecology (includes humans) may be.

One insecticide in particular, based on Nicotine, has been identified by the French & Italian gov'ts to be, at least partly, responsible for the decimation of bee hives in their countries. They have banned the Nicotine based insecticide. She didn't state (or I missed it) whether their bee populations were rebounding after this insecticide was banned within their borders.

She also reported that the long term effects of Genetically Modified crops MAY have something to do with the insects disappearances. Again, the long term effects on humans have not been ascertained as yet either.

Information on last night's show can be seen at:
coasttocoastam.com