The threat to breakfast is very real. The bee population of Europe has been falling at an alarming rate. In the UK, it dropped by around 30% between 2007 and 2008, according to the British Bee Keepers Association.
But Britain is only a minor player in the European beekeeping scene, with around 274,000 hives. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy had 1,091,630 hives in 2007 and France 1,283,810.
In the same EFSA study Italy revealed its bee mortality rate was 40-50% - a worrying figure for a country with an industrial-scale beekeeping industry.
But EFSA officials point out that the figures are not very reliable because before the bees started dying out there was no harmonisation in the way different countries collected statistics on their bee populations.
When it comes to actually working out why the bees are dying the confusion is even greater.
Scientists think something called the varroa mite is partly responsible for the bee emergency. They suck the blood of infected insects, weakening their immune systems.
But it is thought there may be other pressures on bees, including some pesticides and the prolonged spells of wet weather which have been seen during the last two European summers.
The situation is so bad there is even a name for it: Colony Collapse Disorder, and the lack of information is one of the things that so concern MEPs.
They are calling on the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, to spend more money on research into what is causing the bees to die out.
MEPs also want the creation of special recovery zones on arable land, full of nectar-rich plants. It is thought such areas could help bee populations to recover.
The beekeeping industry is welcoming the attention from European politicians, but the commission will take time to act, and time is something bees lack.