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Honeybee lifespans are 50% shorter today than they were 50 years ago - with insects now only surviving a fortnight on average, study finds
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Posted on 11/14/2022 5:39:24 AM PST by algore
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:39:24 AM PST
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algore
To: algore
Honeybees literally disappeared from my flower gardens this year. Could the recent installation of 5G towers in my region be a factor?
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:43:38 AM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
( Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12) 4)
To: algore
It’s all the Fructose! It’ll kill ya!..............
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:48:44 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: algore
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:50:05 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
To: algore
The transgender bees have stopped working and are demanding welfare.
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:50:35 AM PST
by
Singermom
To: stars & stripes forever
I never used to see dying honeybees.
Last I heard, there was an external parasite responsible.
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:51:05 AM PST
by
Does so
(It's not our guns...It's your SONS!)
To: algore
Methinks its the influx of illegal alien bees from South America.
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posted on
11/14/2022 5:52:19 AM PST
by
SecondAmendment
(This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
To: algore
So we poison honeybees such that it affects future generations — and that gives us an excuse to franken-design bees now?!?
Bill Gates must be giggling with joy again.
To: algore
Honey bees are a non native species. Their populations collapse evey so often.
I had plenty of native bees in my garden this year but honey bee numbers were down.
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:03:46 AM PST
by
Varda
To: algore
Hey, if progressives can control the climate of the entire earth, they can easily fix a honey bee problem. Nothing to worry about!
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:06:24 AM PST
by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
To: algore
What shocked me is that the article didn’t try to blame “climate change!”
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:08:11 AM PST
by
Restless
To: algore
This doesn’t sound like a very controlled study!
What if the eggs are low in nutrients or affected by disease or pesticides or in some way by poor condition of adult bees? Ditto from egg to advanced pupae? Maybe there is something wrong with the protocols?
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:16:09 AM PST
by
Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
To: algore
A genetic component? So they had good genes until the 1970s and now they all have bad genes?
To: SecondAmendment
I remember those!
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:19:13 AM PST
by
Alas Babylon!
(Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
To: algore
Hmmm....my two hives totaled three swarms this year. The little buggers were building comb up through the inner cover!
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:26:54 AM PST
by
Overtaxed
(As it was in the days of Noah.....are we there yet?)
To: algore
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:36:10 AM PST
by
neefer
(Bad spellers of the world, untie!)
To: algore
I am sure the number of flowering plants, and the distance between them has declined over the past 50 years. This mean they have to work harder to hit the same number of flowers.
In addition, with pesticides and emissions in the air...the environment for the little ladies is tougher.
I would assume the bees used to pollenate fields are doing fine and getting fat. Wild hives....not so much.
To: Varda
I saw a lot of bumble bees in my garden, many more than honeybees. And I just planted 2 butterfly bushes, a panicle hydrangea, and lots of echinacea and gaillardia for them and the hummers.
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:38:06 AM PST
by
EinNYC
To: algore
Damned Spotted Lantern Fly-Moths have been around for months. Bring back the DDT!
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posted on
11/14/2022 6:52:24 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: EinNYC
I have the same plants. I also have a high number of native plants so there's probably less for a honey bee to harvest here.
A new perennial I planted was a real hit with the hummingbirds, Indian Pink. It had a really long bloom time to boot. I'll have to plant some more of that.
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posted on
11/14/2022 7:16:41 AM PST
by
Varda
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