{"id":919,"date":"2007-02-12T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/say-prayer-for-honey-bees.html"},"modified":"2007-02-12T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-12T13:58:00","slug":"say-prayer-for-honey-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/say-prayer-for-honey-bees.html","title":{"rendered":"Say a Prayer for the Honey Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/beephoto_chat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/beephoto_chat.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>As you spoon that precious dab of honey into your tea today, consider <a href=\"http:\/\/news.aol.com\/topnews\/articles\/_a\/mystery-illness-wipes-out-bee-colonies\/20070212112109990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001\" target=\"_new\">this sad news<\/a>: bee keepers are reporting a dramatic decrease in their bee populations, which will not only influence future honey production but also the crops and trees  needing bees to pollinate them. <\/p>\n<p>Nobody yet knows exactly why bees are dying. But they&#8217;re calling it <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colony_Collapse_Disorder\" target=\"_blank\">Colony Collapse Disorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you spoon that precious dab of honey into your tea today, consider this sad news: bee keepers are reporting a dramatic decrease in their bee populations, which will not only influence future honey production but also the crops and trees needing bees to pollinate them. Nobody yet knows exactly why bees are dying. 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