Birds and the...

You've probably already heard some news stories about the apparently alarming disappearance and decline of bee colonies, but have you heard any news stories that weren't delivered in the usual breathlessly sensationalistic manner? You know, quotes from Einstein describing how humanity will perish within four years if honey bees suddenly disappeared? Some simultaneously wild and vague numbers of decline like "25 to 75 percent" of all bee colonies are gone? What useless news reporting.

Anyway, I did find some good coverage of this story here if you are interested. The biggest take away is that people are all over this problem. Which isn't to say that it is something to ignore, but at least it seems the right people are tackling the issue.