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Worker bees take off (disappearing honeybees)
Washington Times ^
| April 24, 2007
| Deborah Zabarenko
Posted on 04/24/2007 8:24:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Albert Einstein on bees:
If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:27:58 PM PDT
by
Flavius
("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Since about one-third of the U.S. diet depends on pollination and most of that is performed by honeybees, this constitutes a serious problem,
That it does but I suspect it's a natural phenomenon.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:28:52 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The problem has prompted a congressional hearing, a report by the National Research Council and a National Pollinator Week set for June 24 to 30 in Washington, but so far there's no clear idea of what is causing it. No need to worry or for government involvement. Free Market will fix it.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:29:24 PM PDT
by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! Bazaar Akbar! ")
To: cripplecreek
Nah, it’s either Bush’s fault or more likely Rudy’s fault.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:29:39 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:30:07 PM PDT
by
Roy Tucker
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality"--Ayn Rand)
To: Roy Tucker
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:32:53 PM PDT
by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! Bazaar Akbar! ")
To: Flavius
That was before we had China. [sarc]
To: Flavius; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I had noticed the honeybees dropping off in numbers a few years ago.
I don’t know what to do about, but I think it is a symptom of something to be concerned about.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:35:33 PM PDT
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’m no biologist, but if it happened in California, I would suspect union organizers. Immigrant activists if they’re Mexican bees. Or maybe some state Nectar for Pupae and Larvae program is sapping them of their work ethic.
To: A. Pole
Clearly the bee colonies have absorbed the lessons of the socialists ... The worker bees stopped working because of the high taxes on nectar. And invasive alien species came in to their territory and did the pollination for 1/2 price. And the worker bees were hounded from their labors by the queen bee claiming that it was discrimination to have one group outside working and another group stuck in the hive always pregnant. So the workers stayed home while the queen tried to collect honey. Expect the collapse of bee civilization soon.
I’m sure this will become another excuse to blame man.
Mark my words, soon enough the lefties will blame global warming.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:38:32 PM PDT
by
WOSG
(The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
To: cripplecreek
with algore taking all of the available carbon credits what is a hard working worker bee supposed to do. do a job that no American will do ?
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:42:52 PM PDT
by
mt tom
(high in the sierras looking down into the garden spot of the world)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
George Noory and Art Bell have been reporting on this for months. Don't tell me it's actually true!
The bees are also missing from a lot of Europe, and some nutter there claims it's "because of cellphones." Sorry no reference.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:48:16 PM PDT
by
omnivore
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I guess we need Mexican Bees - to do the job American bees don’t want to do ...
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:50:18 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It was a joke, OK ?)
To: A. Pole
That cartoon is now stupid AND old. Moron author thinks folks that are smart enough to create alloys would be too stupid or lazy to farm.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:52:52 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: omnivore
>>Don’t tell me it’s actually true!
Yes, it is true. The good news is the bees are not realy dead. They have all faked their own deaths and are down in the Beehamas partying with Elvis.
Seriously, it is a problem. There have been declines in bee population before, however, and I think this is probably linked to a natural sun-related cycle.
So don’t panic. Just be a smart FReeper, stock up on beans and bullets... and Charley Mike.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:58:14 PM PDT
by
VxH
(One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They watched Norma Rae and decided to go on strike.
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posted on
04/24/2007 8:58:30 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Larry Lucido
Bees went to Mexico to fill jobs left vacant by illegals coming here.
To: RunningWolf
I had noticed the honeybees dropping off in numbers a few years ago.
I dont know what to do about, but I think it is a symptom of something to be concerned about. Same here. When I was a kid I would see honeybees everywhere. Now I live out in the country and I can't recall seeing one for quite a while. Bumblebees (but not many). Wasps. Yellowjackets, but not a lot of honey bees.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They have been outsourced to India.
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posted on
04/24/2007 9:04:30 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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