Banning all foreign bees

The government has called for an immediate ban on all bee imports. This is being done in order to prevent more of this devastating mystery disease from entering into the United States. The disease is known as colony collapse disorder and is feared by bee farmers as well as the government because it has wiped out a lot of bees in both the United States and Europe.

Australia is opposing this ban because they say that they are dependent upon these sales. The government believe that this is not risking though. This is because importing bees is not only harming the honey industry, but it is also harming any crop or fruit that is depedent upon bee pollination. Continuing to import these bees will only ruin these crops. With this in mind, the government is having a difficult time understanding why Australia has not taken the precaution of banning bee imports from entering into their country.

In my opinion, this is one of the few times that I will agree with the government. Usually I'm opposed to a lot of the things that they are doing, but that's another blog entry, but here I don't honestly see that there is anything else that can be done here. Without bees we're going to be in a world of hurt.