I had heard about this crisis, but I hadn't really thought about how it might truly affect all of us. Here is an interesting article.

The folks at Haagen-Dazs are worried enough that they and others have mounted a campaign to halt the shocking decline of honeybees and other pollinators of strawberry plants, almond trees and the rest of the roughly 90 percent of terrestrial plant life that needs pollination.

Click HERE for the link, to read more.... and HERE is a beautifully done video,(by Haagen Daz!) you might even want to share with your kids, (and let them move the cursor around) about why there may not be strawberry (or blueberry!) ice cream any more!  Click HERE, BEES!

The more we know...the more we can help. We need the bees! I need my ice cream!

And if you want just a brief respite from all the above information, click on read more and watch the music video by "the Bees" It's pretty funky!

The Bees, Who cares what the question is?  (Stay with the video for a few mintues...the animation is great fun, especially the end).