Mysterious disappearance of US bees creating a buzz

Yahoo News ^ | Apr. 6, 2007 | Jean-Louis Santini

[SuzyQue]

The only problem I see with that explanation is that dead bees are not being found. At these numbers, we should be seeing piles of dead bees.

[Dutch Boy]

I have been hearing about the mites for the last serveral years. I remember the guy in the office next to me claim the bees were dying due to the US not signing Kyoto. Then the mite story came out. He was not happy man wasn’t the cause of it.

[Myrddin]

For those who missed the latest installment from "Dr Doom", Ed Dames offered his explanation for the honeybee problem on Art Bell's show last Sunday night. His explanation is that 1/3 of a honeybee's vision is in the ultraviolet range. They use that vision to navigate between the hive and flowers AND to find the center of a flower. Ed claims that depletion of the ozone layer has increased UVB levels to the point that the honeybees are effectively blind. They are having serious problems moving between flowers and hive and finding pollen in the flowers. In addition, the quality of the protein in the pollen is also degraded, so they aren't getting sufficient nutritional value. The short answer is that they are starving and unable to effectively gather enough food to keep a hive running or even return to the hive.

Ed claims that honeybees will be nearly extinct within the next 2 years.

If he is correct, this effect should be observable worldwide. It would not be isolated to the U.S. Any other similar honeybee reports from other places in the world?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Yes.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Why would you expect to find piles of dead/dying bees in one place?

Their “dosages” would be different in total exposure and also obtaines at different times........so each individual bee would become immobile and drop to the ground at the point in time contingent on the time and degree of exposure. Their distribution on the ground would be widely disbursed and haphazard.

Wanna bet that the 22 States referred to in the article DOESN’T coincide with the greatest purchase and application of these 3 drugs? If so, I’ll take that bet....

[RightWhale]

When England had a similar problem over a century ago, the authorities consulted Charles Darwin. He said, ‘More cats.’ So they got more cats, and the problem disappeared.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I don’t think that DDT is a potential issue with the bees.....you ought to start a DDT thread if you want to argue with someone about it.

Meanwhile, crop pollenation is going to become a serious problem if the bee matter isn’t addressed, and mosquitos can’t do the job, LOL.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Ed Danes announced that he and the boyz were going to have an announcement about Nataee Holloways whereabouts next week.....that was a year ago.

[muawiyah]

No doubt you think the Moslems are stealing all the bees.

Good grief are you stupid.

[pabianice]

Perhaps bio terror? A bee-specific agent would be a neat tool for our enemies.

[theFIRMbss]

>Bee afraid. Bee very afraid.

"Oh, BEE-have!"

[DogBarkTree]

The sand rats that you admire so much are a lot of things but unimaginative isnt one of them.

[poindexters brother]

Ed Dames track record does not inspire confidence in his predictions:

http://www.zetatalk.com/index/dames2.htm

http://www.ufowatchdog.com/rvdames.html

[Wilhelm Tell]

I had to locate very small operations elsewhere in the country which sold the "regular" seeds. There was "talk" at the time in Northern CA from Dems about punishing those who used the "older" seeds.

That is kind of disturbing that it is hard to get regular seeds and the Dems might even criminalize that. Obviously the seed companies profit if you have to buy from them every year. The Democrats probably have a grander scheme than that. Imagine a socialist economy where farmers are strictly controlled and they are only allowed to grow plants that cannot reproduce. They make it a crime to grow plants that can reproduce. That would really destroy whatever self-sufficiency that is left.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

And everything I’ve ever read indicates that the accusation that DDT harmed bald eagle egg shells is just utterly fraudulent.

FINALLY!

Amen.