So there's this great little sandwhich shop down here in MD where I found this newspaper, similar to that of The Dig up in Boston. The headline story was entitled "Buzz Kill." The article was discussing CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) which is sweeping the country. Basically what's happening is the bees are disappearing! This really sucks because something like 75% of our crops are dependant on bees for cross-polenation and no one knows why the bees are leaving. Some bee keepers are saying its stress and many say that stress is because of commercial bee keeping practices such as shipping hives accross the country and feeding the bees high fructose corn syrup instead of their naturally intended diet of honey. Those organic honey farmers are still feeding them honey, which is more expensive than the syrup causing organic prices to be significantly higher, but until we figure out why the bees are disappearing sticking to the au naturale honey is probably the best bet to fight CCD. You should check out the article at washingtoncitypaper.com the article was in Vol. 27, No.24 and learn more about it!