To Bee Or Not To Bee?

Our neighbors to the North have just suffered a devastating loss: 600 hives of bees - that's roughly 37 million bees! - all wiped out by agri-pesticides used in planting nearby cornfields. These chemicals are translocated to the hives by the bees as they go about their critical jobs of pollinating the majority of the food that you and I consume on a daily basis. Those of you that follow me know that I can be a little melodramatic to make the occasional point, but this is no exaggeration for effect here: if we lose the bees, we stand to lose all of our natural food sources within 4 years. That's right FOUR years and it's all gone - forever. Yes, there are global seed banks at key locations, BUT those seeds still need to be planted, successfully germinate and then be pollinated to stimulate the production of their fruit or seed - that is what we eat. If the pollination cannot occur because there are no bees to do it, the next biggest surge in manual labor employment will be working in the fields manually pollinating plants. Or we die off in droves from pandemic starvation. Serious enough for anybody to be paying attention yet? Well, you would think so, wouldn't you? But the godforsaken, almighty dollar is so fucking ingrainedly important that our greed is going to surely be our global undoing. And where will you be then, Midas? Trying some reverse alchemy, as you barter your last mountain of gold for a crust of bread? No, more likely we'll all be consuming synthetic food exclusively - at least those will be who can afford it! See where I'm going with this train of thought? The divide between the Haves and Have-Nots will become a gulf that can no longer be bridged, and even more people will be sacrificed. I don't know about y'all, but I don't want to live in that world! So it is time, right now, today, this week, before the end of the month: seek out your Congresspeeps and anyone else you can think of and get their attention. We MUST save the bees! Monsanto must be stopped in their mad quest. If they cannot see the future, let those of us with clearer sight prevail. Okay, I'm off my soapbox now. Carry on. Take action!