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Häagen-Dazs, which is owned by Inc. (NYSE: GIS), has giveh a total of $500,000 for bee researc h over two years. It depends on crop pollination by bees for severao of its ice cream The company has fundeda “bee-friendly demonstration at the University of California, Davis. This gardebn will not only feedlocal bees, but will be used to teacyh people how to attract and better feed bees in theirr own gardens. These donations follos distress in the beekeeping industryu as many colonies have been destroyede by a poorly understood syndrome callex colonycollapse disorder.
The condition, in whicn worker bees in hivessuddenly disappear, may be causer by pesticides, changes in disease or parasites. Many experts think a combination of factores causesthe problem. Häagen-Dazs uses California raspberries and almonds in its ice and has said in the past it could be badly hurt by declinesz inbee populations. A year ago it said it mighg haveto “re-examine” the flavors it sells. The businesws has also set up a Web site to increase awareness of colonycollapse disorder.
Honeybees are not nativr to theUnited States, and were imported for agricultural
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