Posted on 11/08/2014 7:24:15 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Anyone with a basic knowledge of how ecosystems work knows how important the role of the humble bee is.
But a study suggests that climate change may be making male bees too easily distracted by females to bother carrying out pollination.
According to research by the University of East Anglia, warmer springs have resulted in both bees and flowers emerging earlier than usual, meaning they do not coincide with each other.
This means that by the time the flowers bloom, the bees are too busy mating with females to help fertilise plants.
‘Warming by as little as 2C causes the males to emerge much earlier, meaning they are less well synchronised with the orchids,’ said lead researcher Anthony Davy, from the university’s school of biological sciences.
‘The problem is compounded by the female bees which are also emerging earlier, and attracting the attention of the male bees.
‘This means that the male bees are more likely to copulate with the female bees, rather than pollinating the orchids.’
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
So what? I’ve always been more interested in sex than pollinating flowers
Heck yeah.....Ive found females to be perfect for sex..............
Flowers not so much........
Don’t suppose GM plants, pesticides, HAARP and such have anything to do with the demise of birds and bees?
Swell, the left has stupidized the bees! Or are the bees wearing their caps backwards and their pants down past their buzz-cracks?
Male bees are called drones for a reason as they do not gather honey from flowers. They exist only to breed the queen one time, then are thrown out of the hive.
The so called researcher should have known that the only purpose for the male bees a.k.a. drones is sex. Drones don’t collect nectar, ergo, they don’t polina flowers. I guess, this is another gem from the university of East Anglia. Me thinks that the term “male bees” is used to muddy the water.
I’m calling bs on this... Bees are divinely programmed to make honey to survive the winter.
Oh good grief, this article isn’t even remotely scientific.
You beat me to it by less than a minute. :)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that only neuter bees pollinate. Male bees do nothing but make whoopee with the queens.
The “Baby Daddy” ghetto bee.
Science claims no knowledge of why the bees are disappearing, but they are positive the males are more concerned about sex and climate change than being a bee.
don’t forget Goats are getting smaller because of Global Warming , LOL. They will keep making this crap up and hope some of it sticks
Um...male honeybees (drones) don’t pollinate flowers.
Please tell me this is a parody article just designed to make globull warmers look dumb?
Your healthcare plan will soon include Apis birth control...
And new Federal funding for studies of Mitigation of Apis Hypersexuality.
</sarc>
Do you think it's possible that 'climate change' might spur a 'hypersexuality' solely among politicians themselves???
I can only hope...
Time for the girl bees to say....Pollinate or sleep on your own damn leaf.
How times change.
Back in the 50s us kids were taught the only sex going on in the bee hive was between the queen bee and her select group of drones, and all the pollinating work was done by sexless worker bees.
But the study got funded because the alleged scientists tied it into global warming. If you are not getting funded for research your university career stalls out and colleagues who do get UK or USA govt funding will pull ahead of you
Careers in "researching" and "proving" global warming are more important than the scientific truth
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