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"We need to cut money from the budget, and what better way than to get rid of the $1 million per year survey which helps aggregate data on the declining honeybee population and those who maintain beehives. It's not as if they do anything useful."
The annual survey, which started in 2015, gathers data on the number of honeybees per state by quarter, including those being lost with symptoms of colony collapse disorder, an issue that's made honeybees a darling of environmentalists and climate activists.
It is at least the third bee-related dataset to be suspended under the current administration.
"The decision to suspend data collection was not made lightly, but was necessary given available fiscal and program resources," according to a notice posted by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Survey. The USDA would not provide a figure for how much the agency was saving by discontinuing the survey.
The dollar figure cited above is the same cost used to maintain a medical database which provided doctors around the world with valuable information on all manner of afflictions. It was the only one of its kind on the planet. However, in an effort to cut costs, because there was nothing else to cut, the con artist regime got rid of the database. After all, it's not like it served any useful purpose either.
Needless to say, this program had to go because it was implemented by Obama. As we know, anything implemented by Obama is evil, except for the concentration camps which continue.
The next time you wonder why fruits and vegetables are getting more expensive, thank the con artist. Why bother trying to figure out how many honeybees we have since they are nothing but annoying insects.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/06/politics/honeybees-study-usda-donald-trump-budget-cuts/index.html
The annual survey, which started in 2015, gathers data on the number of honeybees per state by quarter, including those being lost with symptoms of colony collapse disorder, an issue that's made honeybees a darling of environmentalists and climate activists.
It is at least the third bee-related dataset to be suspended under the current administration.
"The decision to suspend data collection was not made lightly, but was necessary given available fiscal and program resources," according to a notice posted by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Survey. The USDA would not provide a figure for how much the agency was saving by discontinuing the survey.
The dollar figure cited above is the same cost used to maintain a medical database which provided doctors around the world with valuable information on all manner of afflictions. It was the only one of its kind on the planet. However, in an effort to cut costs, because there was nothing else to cut, the con artist regime got rid of the database. After all, it's not like it served any useful purpose either.
The USDA survey is one of two national surveys that tracks honeybee loss and the only one overseen by the federal government. The other survey, run by the Bee Informed Partnership, has been tracking data for longer and relies on grant funding, including from the USDA, to support its work. The USDA survey is considered to be a more statistically accurate survey, since it has access to the list of all registered bee keepers in the US, but it has only been gathering data since 2015.
Researchers at the USDA's Economic Research Service described the dataset as valuable and important for beekeepers and other stakeholders like the honey industry and farmers whose crops rely on honeybees to pollinate them.
"We're concerned about whether honeybee colony losses are still high and whether we're making any progress in bringing them down," said Peyton Ferrier, an economist at USDA who conducts research on how honeybee health affects the agriculture industry.
Researchers at the USDA's Economic Research Service described the dataset as valuable and important for beekeepers and other stakeholders like the honey industry and farmers whose crops rely on honeybees to pollinate them.
"We're concerned about whether honeybee colony losses are still high and whether we're making any progress in bringing them down," said Peyton Ferrier, an economist at USDA who conducts research on how honeybee health affects the agriculture industry.
Needless to say, this program had to go because it was implemented by Obama. As we know, anything implemented by Obama is evil, except for the concentration camps which continue.
The next time you wonder why fruits and vegetables are getting more expensive, thank the con artist. Why bother trying to figure out how many honeybees we have since they are nothing but annoying insects.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/06/politics/honeybees-study-usda-donald-trump-budget-cuts/index.html
