I haven’t blogged here in ages, but I do like to blog about bees. Or rather, our disappearing ones. I was surprised that Haagen-Dazs has joined in the cause. Well, what d’ya know, someone is making a documentary about our dwindling bee population. I don’t know why this bugs me (ow, bad pun) when there’s so much else to really piss me off, too. Maybe it’s because things like almonds are 100% bee dependent for pollination. Can you say pollution? Because they’re not dying in Australia.

Bee ecology expert and University of Florida professor Jamie Ellis said earlier this year that genetic weakness bred into bees over time, pathogens spread by parasites and the effects of pesticides and pollutants might be other factors.

101 freeway south, 8:30 am.

the car in front of me had a license plate holder that read: “FIGHT LIKE A REAL MAN. GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY” alongside a truth-fish-devouring-darwin-fish emblem.

and today’s ‘plight of the bumblebee’ update.

How come this never happens to deserving people you know? I saw Sean Penn on TV awhile back talking about how bees are affected by cel phone transmissions and it’s screwing up everything. I don’t think this is what he meant:

She then discovered a swarm of about 10,000 bees that had taken up residence beneath the recliner, where they had formed a football-sized hive.

I’ve actually blogged about bees a few times. They’re a good subject to write about.