Visualizing The Honey Bee Extinction

Data, Food+Tech, Infographics — By on January 12, 2011 10:07 pm

User interface and data visualization design firm FFunction created this infographic to visualize the severe decline of the honey bee population (Colongy Collapse Disorder) over the last 5 years, how it affects us, and why it matters.

Why should we care? According to the infographic, bee-pollinated crops account for 1/3 of our diet and represent $15-$20 billion of crops annually.

Often overlooked is the impact that Colony Collapse Disorder has on the bee keepers. This is one set of data I feel is missing from this visualization.

If you are interested in reading more about the economics of bee keeping check out Josh Levin’s excellent post on GoodEater Collaborative:
Urban Honey Economics: Can You Beat The Stock Market With A Rooftop Swarm?

via Fast Company & We Love Data Vis

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  • Frank

    Unfortunately, the text on the graphic is too small for the contrast level. If you want people over 40 to read it, make it bigger and make it black.

    • http://www.foodtechconnect.com Danielle Gould

      I agree. Trying zooming in to read the graphic.

  • Ljsun2

    This is such important information.  It’s a shame the print is SO small in the graphic diagrams and is therefore difficult to read. 

  • Christopher Stopes

    Please can you make this in a format that can be read. Thanks.