Greenpeace Can't Do Simple Bee Arithmetic - Can You Trust Them To Do Science?

Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 18:10 in Mathematics & Economics

Will the planet starve if bees disappear? Aren’t bees responsible for a significant chunk of the world’s food supply and nutrition, from one third to as much as 90 percent, depending on what advocacy group is making the claim? You hear such assertions invoked by advocacy groups, reported as truth by journalists and cited by politicians as accepted wisdom whenever the subject of pollinators comes up. read more

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