There is an interesting CNN opinion article dated May 17, 2014 about the decline in bee population by Marla Spivak, an entomology professor at the University of Minnesota. Here is the sentence that got me: "Of 100 crop species that provide 90% of our global food supply, 71 are bee-pollinated." The article talks about many issues causing the decline of bee population, including pesticides. Dr. Spivak is quite a good advocate for bees; check her out.
