I had heard the odd rumor about North American bees dying off, but hadn't given it much thought until this spring.

I saw 2 bees in our garden this spring. Two. And that's it. I generally would have seen uncountable thousands of them by now.

My mother also mentioned it. She's seen 1 bee all spring and into the summer. A friend of hers knows a local beekeeper, and all of his bees have died.

Okay, so I started looking around for some information about it. Here's an article...

Bees dying off