<<I know there has been some attention paid to this issue in the popular press
lately. Does anyone have any ideas about what's going on? The implications of
pollinator loss, should this be permanent, are more frightening than any
doomsday scenario we've come up with so far.>>
I'm not an expert on this problem, but I have been researching/tracking it. I
agree that this is potentially a horrifying situation, one where the size and
impact of the potential negative outcome is not fully seen yet by most people -
a sleeping giant.