Emission Mission and the BEES!

With the U.S economy laying on the floor like a deflated balloon from that party a week ago, many are asking whether environmental issues should be put on the backburner until everything's sorted out.
The answer of many biologists (and me!) is an empathetic no. In fact, if there is a time to begin, it is most certainly now. What many policymakers and companies don't seem to grasp is the environment's hand in the economy. One example: No bees? Not only no honey, but no bee-powered pollination. No pollination? Egads our crops! Infact, the value of honey bees and native bees combined is estimated at over $19 billion smackeroos a year, in the USA alone! The value of insect pollination worldwide (mainly propelled by bees) is estimated at $217 billion! Yowzas! Those little guys are fuzzy flying lumps of gold.