Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee enthusiast who managed to write a good document, and people believe this.
If we lose bees, we may be looking at losing apples and oranges. We may be looking at losing a great deal of other crops, as well, and other animals that depend on those crops.
When I heard that the bees were in trouble, the fact that they're disappearing and not coming back to the hive, which is a big issue, since a third of the food we eat comes from plants, I figured you couldn't tell the story of the bees without the story of the flowers and how they basically have evolved together for over 150 years.
I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides.
In Tarzan I only had to worry about the bees.
I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees.
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.
Over and over, nature shows that it's a really tough adversary. That's why it's important that we invest in laboratories, disease detectives, research, mosquito control, the public health system around the world to find, stop, track, prevent health threats.
It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.