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新聞報導說最近發現台灣很多蜜蜂都不見了，死了。有人說，它們得了蜜蜂的愛滋病，免疫系統出了問題。也有人提出可能跟全球暖化、殺蟲劑或是電磁波有關。美國那邊前陣子也有傳出類似消息，說全美國在六個月內共死了約1/4的蜜蜂。巴西、加拿大、歐洲等地也有出現相同現象。
蜜蜂跟我們人類有什麼關係呢？這關係可大了。沒有幫忙授粉的蜜蜂，我們哪來的蔬菜、水果？全部人工授粉太貴了，價格一定會飆漲的。你能想像沒有蔬菜水果的日子嗎？
嗯，其實我覺得，就像一個月前剛去世的黑色幽默作家Vonnegut生前常說的：「這星球的免疫系統正在想辦法把人類給踢出去。」
他們到底怎麼說？ >>
<< 多讀這些有什麼用，不就是世界末日？
記者：「是蜜蜂發狂嗎？」養蜂人：「老天爺要蜜蜂上天堂，我不認為老天需要蜜蜂。」 (source: TVBS)
"This is the biggest general threat to our food supply," Kevin Hackett, leader of the Department of Agriculture's bee and pollination programme, said. "The question is whether the bees can weather this perfect storm. Do they have the resilience to bounce back? We'll know probably by the end of the summer." (source: The Times)
Concerned by the implications -- one third of the human diet comes from flowering crops, and honeybees are responsible for pollinating about 80 per cent of them -- a House of Representatives subcommittee has held hearings and the office of the Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has been briefed. (source: The Times)
"After the Rape of Nanking, the Holocaust and the gratuitous atomic bombing of Nagasaki, not to mention humankind's poisoning of the air, the waters and the topsoil, your planet's immune system is trying to get rid of you." (source: Vonnegut's made-up "science fiction writer" Kilgore Trout)
記者：「是蜜蜂發狂嗎？」養蜂人：「老天爺要蜜蜂上天堂，我不認為老天需要蜜蜂。」 (source: TVBS)
"This is the biggest general threat to our food supply," Kevin Hackett, leader of the Department of Agriculture's bee and pollination programme, said. "The question is whether the bees can weather this perfect storm. Do they have the resilience to bounce back? We'll know probably by the end of the summer." (source: The Times)
Concerned by the implications -- one third of the human diet comes from flowering crops, and honeybees are responsible for pollinating about 80 per cent of them -- a House of Representatives subcommittee has held hearings and the office of the Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has been briefed. (source: The Times)
"After the Rape of Nanking, the Holocaust and the gratuitous atomic bombing of Nagasaki, not to mention humankind's poisoning of the air, the waters and the topsoil, your planet's immune system is trying to get rid of you." (source: Vonnegut's made-up "science fiction writer" Kilgore Trout)
