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The bees keep dying:
Beekeepers across the United States lost more than 40 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2014 to April 2015, according to the latest results of an annual nationwide survey. While winter loss rates improved slightly compared to last year, summer losses--and consequently, total annual losses--were more severe. Commercial beekeepers were hit particularly hard by the high rate of summer losses, which outstripped winter losses for the first time in five years, stoking concerns over the long-term trend of poor health in honey bee colonies.
The survey, which asks both commercial and small-scale beekeepers to track the health and survival rates of their honey bee colonies, is conducted each year by the Bee Informed Partnership in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A summary of the 2014-2015 results is available upon request prior to May 13, 2015; thereafter the results will be added to previous years' results publicly available on the Bee Informed website.
Of course, thanks to the good Doctor we know bees are actually disappearing in anticipation of the Earth being stolen from space by Davros.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2015, @12:44PM
i suppose stealing all the honey which has minerals, vitamins and antibiotics in it and replacing it with plain cheapo sucrose doesn't matter much.
anyways ... salt is water soluble and thus tends to flow into the ocean so there isnt much of it to be found on-land.
if you see bees in your garden then maybe ladle some chlorine free rainwater in a cup and add a pinch of salt.
i can see the bees doing a happy dance for you already : )
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2015, @12:58PM
Boy, here's one bat-shit crazy person!
(Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Friday May 15 2015, @01:27PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford