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Mysterious disappearance of US bees creating a buzz
Yahoo News ^ | Apr. 6, 2007 | Jean-Louis Santini

Posted on 04/07/2007 7:02:03 AM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov

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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Very south - Mobile, Alabama. The pond isn’t big, maybe a 1/2 acre. The bass and bream are doing well in it and we have seen a water snake already this spring but I just haven’t noticed frogs. I don’t know if they aren’t there or if I just haven’t paid attention. Tonight wouldn’t be a good test either because it’s supposed to get really cold.


121 posted on 04/07/2007 1:59:11 PM PDT by Ping-Pong
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To: Nomorjer Kinov

Once a hive is contaminated with insecticide from returning worker-bees and the bees start to die, the hive must be burned not repopulated as the new tenants will die too. This sounds so elementary but it is amazing how many beekeepers do not understand. (my dad was a beekeeper and he taught me this MANY years ago)


122 posted on 04/07/2007 2:03:16 PM PDT by Howie
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To: DogBarkTree
That I admire?

I've checked out your last 500 posts. If there were ever an Islamofascist coddler and suck-up, you definitely meet the standard.

There's no sign of bees having died ~ just that they're leaving their hives. We don't know where they've gone. This can happen with an unknown viral infection, or maybe even some sort of chemical contamination.

Other than figuring out how to toss pieces of a deadcow at Congress, your typical Islamofascist or one of their running dog lackeys probably has no idea how to control disease or other contamination.

123 posted on 04/07/2007 4:37:02 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Ping-Pong
We're shivering at lake of the Ozarks in mid-Missouri today. All the oaks have wilted leaves and the plants we set out a week ago are goners. In December and again in January we had big ice storms. The second blast knocked out power for several days...now this cold snap.
The frog disappearance story has been featured in the WSJ and a dozen Midwest newspapers. At first, pesticide or herbicide was suspected. Even where there is no spraying, the frogs are gone. I noticed on my mom's pond in Iowa that there were almost no frogs last summer when they were once abundant. 20 years ago, I could walk down and see hundreds of just post-tadpole frogs leave on a rainy night and move down the pasture to another pond on the neighbor's place. No one has proof that any chemical is responsible, tho. It might be a natural reduction in numbers of one or two species since the tree frogs don't seem to be short...
124 posted on 04/07/2007 4:40:10 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

So what is it that the Dems have against seed that have been harmlessly used for thousands of years? I know they have lobbyists to keep happy, but what is their public justification for this?


125 posted on 04/07/2007 4:49:25 PM PDT by coydog (Free Melissa Busekros!)
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To: Nomorjer Kinov

Who is putting out this report out and how are they measuring them.

And I lived thought horible winters in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s why now, this was a mild winter!


126 posted on 04/07/2007 4:57:03 PM PDT by restornu (Accept Nothing Until It Is Verified)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
My husband and grandsons are going out to cover our tomato plants right now. It's supposed to go to 28% tonight. It's usually a false alarm and I sure hope they're wrong this time. I like the cool weather but not when it hurts the tomatos. (I just looked at the word "tomatos" - since everyone made so much fun of the former vice president's spelling of potatos I'm never certain about it. Is it with an "e" or not? And what was the guy's name? I can't believe I've forgotten it.)

I did a search on frogs like you suggested and some sites are saying tree frogs are also disappearing. As soon as the weather gets back to normal I'll listen for our nighttime serenaders and let you know if they're around this part of the country.

Stay warm......Ping-Pong

127 posted on 04/07/2007 5:01:52 PM PDT by Ping-Pong
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To: airborne

In my neck of the woods in Maine we have not had honey bees on our land in over four years. Just groundbees and wasps.


128 posted on 04/07/2007 5:09:23 PM PDT by Chickensoup (.The Muzzies are hanging us with the rope we paid out to the leftists.)
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To: Eepsy; Liberty Valance
“Bee rapture?”

Appears likely. Apparently all of the bee-lievers have been taken away.

129 posted on 04/07/2007 5:09:29 PM PDT by Brucifer (JF'n Kerry- "That's not just a paper cut, it's a Purple Heart!")
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To: SuzyQue

Why are they not putting video cameras inside hives to record what might be happening?


130 posted on 04/07/2007 5:10:55 PM PDT by Chickensoup (.The Muzzies are hanging us with the rope we paid out to the leftists.)
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To: Brucifer
Apparently all of the bee-lievers have been taken away.

Making them "bee-leavers"

:-)

131 posted on 04/07/2007 5:13:14 PM PDT by poindexters brother
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To: poindexters brother
Thanks, I missed that! LOL
132 posted on 04/07/2007 5:15:23 PM PDT by Brucifer (JF'n Kerry- "That's not just a paper cut, it's a Purple Heart!")
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To: Nomorjer Kinov

There’s no shortage of bees in this part of California.

When we sit in the back patio, all we can hear is bzzzzzzzzz.


133 posted on 04/07/2007 5:17:49 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: DogBarkTree
This could be very serious.

Not really, I read a recent thread here that detailed a similar occurance about 50 years ago. In that article the person interviewed said that what was occuring at that time was increased sunspot activity which impacted the magnetic fields of our planet much the same that is going on today and that bees are very sensitive to that kind of thing. Thats about all I can tell you because the gist of it all was about two stories above me..............

Bottom line, the world ain't coming to an end and whats happening today has happened before..........

134 posted on 04/07/2007 5:23:21 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Wilhelm Tell

It was and is truly, a reality-wake-up call to think about, my FRiend. It alarmed me, greatly, during the 90s; I still keep watch.


135 posted on 04/07/2007 5:30:19 PM PDT by Alia
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To: Hot Tabasco; DogBarkTree
Notice also that the article reports that the "millions" of bees haven't been found dead around the hives but have literally disappeared. This would give validity to the theory that the bees, who depend on "magnetic stuff" , have literally flown off and gotten lost...........

Hmmmm, maybe they disappeared into the Beemuda Triangle..........

136 posted on 04/07/2007 5:32:01 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Chickensoup

Good question. If it’s that important, then it should be worth finding out what is happening.


137 posted on 04/07/2007 5:42:33 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: Dianna
I love the big fat black bumblebees. They are harmless EXCEPT for all the drilling (nesting) they do.

I admit, I've had some phenomenally good howls of laughter, hearing a hullabaloo outside and witnessing my husband doing a spastic full-jive dance, shrieking, while running away from these bees. I think he is drawn to wherever the bees hangout. Some sort of internal radar.. ;>

138 posted on 04/07/2007 5:45:42 PM PDT by Alia
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To: Gabz

Bravo! I’ve only just begun the implementation of my master “landscaping” plan in his new locale. It will have a very natural look to it, and of course, I have had a vege garden nearly all my life. Clover? Love that smell.


139 posted on 04/07/2007 5:47:18 PM PDT by Alia
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To: RockinRight

Yes, it has. But engineered seeds are another matter.


140 posted on 04/07/2007 5:48:01 PM PDT by Alia
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