Number of U.S. bee colonies that have died mysteriously since 2006...

3 million



Percent of hives dying in one PA apiary with 2,600 hives since May 2009...62%



Number of different pesticides found in dead bees and their hives in the U.S. ...121



Number of commercial crops pollinated by bees worldwide ...90



Amt. paid to PA by Chesap. Energy Corp. to lease gas rights under a 7-mile stretch of the Susquehanna in Bradford Co... $6.15 million



Amount of leases for 32,000 acres of PA state forest lands... $128.5 million



Total acreage of leases in PA state forests...692,000



Number of women on the U.S. Supreme Court if Elena Kagan is confirmed... 3



Percent of women among reps in the U.S. House of Representatives...16.8%



Percent of women among members of the Swedish Parliament... 46.4%



Ranking of U.S. in percent of female members of Congress (tied with Turkmenistan)... 73



Predicted economic fallout (cost to local businesses) from BP Gulf oil “spill” (more like a gusher)... $14 billion



Amount BP is obligated to pay for economic losses from this disaster, according to a 1986 federal law ... $75 million



Amount the federal government has in the Oil Spill Trust Liability Fund to compensate for losses... $1.6 billion



Sources: Alternet, Philadelphia Inquirer, Inter-Parliamentary Union, www.ipu.org