If you've been keeping up with my blog you would have read my post on how devastating it would be if bees no longer existed. Well it seems that the chance of that ever happening may become an increasing reality.

Just recently the Washington Post reported that a mystery ailment was sweeping through bee colonies in more than 22 US states. Beekeepers are reporting losing tens of thousands of bees with some stating more than half of their hives were dying due this illness.

As if the varroa mite wasn't enough- destroying more than half the population's honey bees and devastating native bee colonies - this mystery ailment could threaten bee stocks beyond the unimaginable.

Researchers are still conducting tests with no answers bearing any light yet.

It will be interesting to see how the bee industry recovers and manages this latest upset to an already embattled market.