Colony Collapse (&) Dis(-)order.
Used in a sentence: "Not to go all 'chicken little' on y'all, but the disappearing bee phenomenon now has a name -- (actually, it's had one for awhile, but this is the first time I've heard it called this, so I'm linguistically excited) -- it's called a Colony Collapse Disorder."
[I may have seen too many Walking Deads and Falling Skies in this last year, but it did immediately make me think of a post-apocalyptic bee world where honey is the new world currency, and nations fight over the last hives. And then most of us suddenly develop that allergy to bee stings, and those that were allergic before become sting-resistant, the only super humans that can prevail in a deadly game of bee or human survival. The title of that zygote of a graphic novel -- Colony Collapse & Dis-order. (See what I did with just two additional characters?!)]
Coming so quickly on the tale of the deformed frogs so frequently found in the wild, I have to wonder how many harbingers of impending ecological doom we need before we take action. Bring on the Mayan end-of-the-world before we all pollute ourselves out of existence!
ADMITTEDLY, THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PROTECTING THE BEES:
http://www.burtsbees.com/c/root-bee-colony-collapse-disorder-save-disappearing-bees-burt-s-bees.html
DEFORMED FROGS IN THE WILD HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec96/frogs_12-23.html
GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLLUTE (THE CRYING NATIVE AMERICAN WAS TOO SAD):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zpz1k5Mv4o
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