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2007 US Fruit harvest at risk; CCD endangers Crops

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London, UK - 27 February 2007, 12:45 GMT - US commercial beekeepers from at least 22 states are now reporting that bees have either mysteriously died or disappeared in huge numbers affecting their livelihood and hampering farmers that count on bees to pollinate their crops. Scientists are calling the mystery illness Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) as reported by ATCA last week. [Open ATCA Socratic Dialogue]. Michigan's USD 350 million fruit industry is in peril as a result. The Michigan Department of Agriculture has said that with honeybees dying at an alarming rate in 22 US states the 2007 fruit harvest is at risk.


ATCA: The Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001 to resolve complex global challenges through collective Socratic dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence, ATCA addresses opportunities and threats arising from climate chaos, radical poverty, organised crime & extremism, advanced technologies -- bio, info, nano, robo & AI, demographic skews, pandemics and financial systems. Present membership of ATCA is by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished members from over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords, House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's Senior Government officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial institutions, scientific corporates and voluntary organisations as well as over 750 Professors from academic centres of excellence worldwide.


Dear ATCA Colleagues; dear IntentBloggers

[Please note that the views presented by individual contributors are not necessarily representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral. ATCA conducts collective Socratic dialogue on global opportunities and threats.]

US commercial beekeepers from at least 22 states are now reporting that bees have either mysteriously died or disappeared in huge numbers affecting their livelihood and hampering farmers that count on bees to pollinate their crops. Scientists are calling the mystery illness Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) as reported by ATCA last week. [Open ATCA Socratic Dialogue]. Michigan's USD 350 million fruit industry is in peril as a result. The Michigan Department of Agriculture has said that with honeybees dying at an alarming rate in 22 US states the 2007 fruit harvest is at risk.

Main-stream media finally catches up with ATCA

According to The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune: David Bradshaw has endured countless stings during his life as a beekeeper, but he got the shock of his career when he opened his boxes last month and found half of his 100 million bees missing. In 24 states throughout the country, beekeepers have gone through similar shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production of numerous crops, including California almonds, one of the nation's most profitable. [Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril & Mysterious bee disappearances endanger crops]

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We look forward to your further thoughts, observations and views. Thank you.

Best wishes


For and on behalf of DK Matai, Chairman, Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance (ATCA)


ATCA: The Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001 to resolve complex global challenges through collective Socratic dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence, ATCA addresses opportunities and threats arising from climate chaos, radical poverty, organised crime & extremism, advanced technologies -- bio, info, nano, robo & AI, demographic skews, pandemics and financial systems. Present membership of ATCA is by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished members from over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords, House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's Senior Government officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial institutions, scientific corporates and voluntary organisations as well as over 750 Professors from academic centres of excellence worldwide.


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