Posted on 03/22/2017 6:10:47 AM PDT by Zakeet
Cheerios cereal brand is under fire for sending out billions of potentially disease-spreading seeds in an attempt to help save bees from extinction.
The brand recently announced that it would mail out free wildflower seeds as part of its "Save the Bees" campaign.
The seeds, once planted, were meant to provide more nectar for the declining bee population.
As of Friday, Cheerios had sent out 1.5 billion seeds, according to General Mills, which owns the cereal brand.
There's one problem with Cheerios' charitable effort, however: some of the wildflower species included in the packet of seeds can do serious damage to various ecosystems across the US, reports Lifehacker.
The packets contain more than 15 species of seeds, including some that are banned in certain states because they can "take up all the space and use up all the resources" and "spread disease" that could be detrimental to plants and humans, an ecologist told Lifehacker.
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You Freepers shouldn't criticize these Libtards too much ... because they really meant well.
And, of course, planting wildflowers has nothing to do with saving bees. They, the bees, are having their populations decimated by a bacterial infection. They will, of course, survive. Bees have been around for hundreds of millions of years, since the first flowering plants. They are not stupid about bacteria.
Oh-Oh.....................
I was thinking more of illegal immigrants.
1.5 billion seeds. What could go wrong?
In the Petersen guide to wild flowers, such plants are listed as “alien”
There are many including dandelions
Like sending Scotch broom seeds to WA; but here’s a list of what’s noxious weeds in WA: https://plants.usda.gov/java/noxious?rptType=State&statefips=53 I thought that “policeman’s helmet was interesting.
The mix includes Chinese Forget-Me-Not, Siberian Wallflower, Orange California Poppy, Purple Coneflower, Single Mix China Aster, Corn Poppy, Lance leaved Coreopsis, Blue Flax, Baby Blue-Eyes, Globe Gilia, Indian Blanket, Tidy-Tips, Plains Coreopsis, Tall White Sweet Alyssum, Lavender Hyssop, Fleabane Daisy, Forget-Me-Not, New England Aster, Bergamot, and contains annuals, biennials, and perennials that produce flowers throughout the entire growing season in a wide range of colours, Veseys said.
“Unintended Consequences”
Maybe we should send the seeds to Demoncrats.
Honeybees having the die-off problems are not native to North America and have always had to be managed.
Diversity is not our strength?
Not sure I really appreciate all the caterwauling over “invasive” species. I suspect introductions have been happening throughout history with or without man’s help.
As far as bees go, probably the single biggest contributing factor to hive death is the massive movement of large numbers of hives to California to pollinate almonds, then moving them back. Creates an opportunity for diseases to spread. The next big thing is probably commercial operations with hundreds of hives in close proximity.
The assumption is that the article is correct. No matter what anyone does to help there is always somebody there to bitch.
Interestingly, the honey bees themselves are a non-native species in the New World, having been brought over by Europeans.
How much did this marketing campaign set back the shareholders. Now, it is getting bad press.
Like blankets infected with small pox.
thanks...I will bill you for the new keyboard
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