I am so misunderstood! I am abstaining from providing evidence on the grounds that it would be too much work, and I really don’t care enough to try to convince!
Decline suggests that there’s less each year than there was the previous year, ostensibly trending towards Zero. Bees die each year, and bees are born each year. They are declining about as fast as mice or humans are.
The accounts consist of a lot of new-journalist and new-beekeeper bandwagon jumpers seeking a fast-track to greater exposure. The real beekeepers are remaining silent in the wings, not wanting to risk their credibility, and waiting until the mass delusion blows over. When they decloak, their words are cautious. The quotes from Jeff Pettis are purely delicious in terms of how carefully chosen and cagey they are.
Slowly, you will find a shift in the consensus narrative, as informed analysis prevails, assumption shift, and “Discoveries” are made. Looking back 10 years from now, it’ll be WTF?
Note the subtle shift in the narrative of honeybee doom, as manifested in yourself. This is not a mere nit-pick of wording, but highlighting that you yourself aren’t sold on the doom-and-gloom narratiive of impending honeybee extinction.
I hear where you’re coming from… the standard “I’m not gonna buy it unless you gift wrap and courier it to me” internet play… and that’s ok. I don’t need anyone to believe me.
I’m just here for the art of it all.
