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Los Angeles bees are missing, too...
Ordinarily, my rosemary and sage blossoms would be abuzz at this time of year. Nothing.
It's exactly the sort of subtle symptom that presages the downfall of civilization in science fiction novels.
And I recall hearing last year that the Maine blueberry harvest would be adversely affected by immense honeybee dieoffs there...
It's the kind of thing Vonnegut might have based one of his ironic post-apocalyptic visions upon. Ice-9 in insect form.
Are we paying attention yet?