Posted on 07/09/2015 12:50:06 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
There is a minor issue with this theory on bee troubles. All three major satellite data sets demonstrate show that there has been no detectable “global warming” in nearly two decades. The temperatures in rural North America have actually declined during that same time period. So is it possible that global temperature stagnation caused a decline in the bee population.
Really? From June of this year....< blockquote> You’ve probably heard by now that bees are mysteriously dying. In 2006, commercial beekeepers began to witness unusually high rates of honeybee die-offs over the winter — increasing from an average of 15 percent to more than 30 percent. Everything from genetically modified crops to pesticides (even cell phones) has been blamed. The phenomenon was soon given a name: colony collapse disorder.
Ever since, the media has warned us of a “beemaggedon” or “beepocalypse” posing a “threat to our food supply.” By 2013, NPR declared that bee declines may cause “a crisis point for crops,” and the cover of Time magazine foretold of a “world without bees.” This spring, there was more bad news. Beekeepers reported losing 42.1 percent of their colonies over the last year, prompting more worrisome headlines.
Based on such reports, you might believe that honeybees are nearly gone by now. And because honeybees are such an important pollinator — they reportedly add $15 billion in value to crops and are responsible for pollinating a third of what we eat — the economic consequences must be significant.
Last year, riding the buzz over dying bees, the Obama administration announced the creation of a pollinator-health task force to develop a “federal strategy” to promote honeybees and other pollinators. Last month the task force unveiled its long-awaited plan, the National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators. The plan aims to reduce honeybee-colony losses to “sustainable” levels and create 7 million acres of pollinator-friendly habitat. It also calls for more than $82 million in federal funding to address pollinator health.
But here’s something you probably haven’t heard: There are more honeybee colonies in the United States today than there were when colony collapse disorder began in 2006. In fact, according to data released in March by the Department of Agriculture, U.S. honeybee-colony numbers are now at a 20-year high. And those colonies are producing plenty of honey. U.S. honey production is also at a 10-year high.
Almost no one has reported this, but it’s true. You can browse the USDA reports yourself. Since colony collapse disorder began in 2006, there has been virtually no detectable effect on the total number of honeybee colonies in the United States. Nor has there been any significant impact on food prices or production.
How can this be? In short, commercial beekeepers have adapted to higher winter honeybee losses by actively rebuilding their colonies. This is often done by splitting healthy colonies into multiple hives and purchasing new queen bees to rebuild the lost hives. Beekeepers purchase queen bees through the mail from commercial breeders for as little as $15 to $25 and can produce new broods rather quickly. Other approaches include buying packaged bees (about $55 for 12,000 worker bees and a fertilized queen) or replacing the queen to improve the health of the hive. By doing so, beekeepers are maintaining healthy and productive colonies — all part of a robust and extensive market for pollination services.
-- from the thread Bee-pocalypse Now? Nope. [Private beekeepers have solved colony collapse disorder]
Maybe they can just disappear from my yard.
Ouch!
Ok, 3 of 11 members of bumble bees are in danger of extinction.
Now, if “evolution” exists, then other more adaptable species will rise up at the abundance of opportunity as a result of them not being able to survive the higher temps.
On the other hand I ran over a couple with the mower the other day. Sorry I ruined the environment.
Plenty of bees in our backyard....
Not to argue your point, but my dad was a beekeeper. He made great money by renting his hives to local farmers to pollinate their strawberry fields and apple orchards.
Left to the flys and ants...your fruit plate would be pretty meager.
Much of their pollination is “manufactured.”
What does race or religion have to do with it???
:)
Someone needs to post the Goebbels picture to this thread ...
Wait a minute, I’d heard Europe had solved their bee problem by banning the right pesticide. Alarmists need to make up their minds.
These fools haven’t been attending the meetings.
Ordinary beekeepers already anticipated things and are intentionally overpopulating with bees. So now there are as many or more bees than when the “bee die-off” began.
http://www.perc.org/articles/everyone-calm-down-there-no-bee-pocalypse
“Now, if “evolution” exists, then other more adaptable species will rise up at the abundance of opportunity as a result of them not being able to survive the higher temps.”
Good point .... waiting for a response from the Darwin crowd!
They solved this years ago. Its parasites.
LOL!
Ethonol is a big contributer to missing butterfly’s and bees because every acre that can be planted for corn even the lesser producing land that used to be available for wild flowers is now profitable in a subsidized market for corn.
“....the moved farther north and south toward the poles?”
Yes. I used to get National Geographic. In the same edition they had two stories. One was about the dwindling population of moose in Minnesota and Maine. It was terrible, a calamity. It was too warm due to global warming (and they were moving to Canada).
Later, in the same edition, was an article about some bird that lives in South America and Mexico. But it was seen in Texas for the first time EVER. It was a miracle! Unbelievable!! Able to increase it’s range due to habitat restoration and decreased pollution, etc.
I seem to recall reading they weren’t. Wait, here we go:
https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/newscolumns/archives/OSL/1999/November/111199OSL.html
Wouldn’t surprise me though. Scientists have no clue what they’re doing from day to day.
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