Honeybees are on the rise but demand grows faster

The notion that a decline in pollinators may threaten the human food supply - producing a situation that has been referred to as a 'pollination crisis' - can be considered a myth, at least where honey bees are concerned, say researchers reporting online on May 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. First of all, most agricultural crop production does not depend on pollinators. On top of that, while honey bees may be dwindling in some parts of the world, the number of domesticated bees world-wide is actually on the rise, their new report shows...

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