Posted on 05/08/2007 4:25:15 PM PDT by dvan
Think of the "summer of the shark" right before 9-11. The media took a non-event and turned it into a crisis. Its the same with this.
Bees go through a die-off like this about every decade. Most likely a parasite.
That is because you expect an immediate response every time. Sometimes I click post, and I sit back and wait what seems an eternity before the network processes the request. But it does. And one post shows up. Be patient. The network is either ready (fast for you) or busy (slow for you) but you need click only once.
Ah, buzz off! :-)
Thanks for the info.
Haven’t really paid much attention to the wasp population, but now that you mention it I haven’t seen the normal 4-5 nests being built around the Barn or the house. Which is odd, it’s one of the things I do not look forward to in the spring.
When referring to honey bees, there are actually at least dozens, perhaps more, strains of them. In my 3 hives, I have Italian honey bees. They are most common with folks with just a few hives like myself - they are gentle, prolific, and produce large populations (which can be a good - makes them prolific - and bad - larger consumption of honey during winter months). Besides Italian honey bees, there are Russian's, Carniolans, and SMRT honeybees - each with their own characteristics.
of course, one characteristic is the color. Some have more yellow banding than others.
Start a Google search using “Bee disappearances” or “Pollinator Losses” and you will get loads of articles and info,some useful,some “urbanlegend”-quality.
Rule out the “It’s all Bush’s Fault” stuff and maybe “It’s The Rapture” dreck and report back to us with a compendium of the best stuff for our review.
To save our sanity skirt articles that tell what size a microbe would be compared to a Bee body...we know all that already. OKAY?
Get started. Don’t just sit there with those dumb eyes. Scat!!!!!!
FWIW, honeybees are not native to the Americas.
Maybe we’re just getting rid of the illegal immigrants?
ADD: No more Elliot Gould pictures either. Got that?
How about welfare recipients??
“There have already has hearings on Capital Hill concerning this, at the House Committee on Agriculture. You can find a transcript from the March hearings, and other information, here:”
I do not trust anything that comes from the democrat congress. I can see a new entitlements.
bump
This is about pushing hives hard. Transporting them from state to state as the seasons change. Forcing the hives to grow to a population that completely overwhelms the hive. The bees then become sick with various diseases and die.
Any researcher worth his grant money will study all the angles you suggested, however, imho, there is no substitue for being a good stewart of a bee hive.
The writer had my attention until I read this lunatic sentence.
I’m with you on outlawing lawns. We have all these darn snowbirds that want a nice green lawn all winter. It’s crazy. We get very little rain and the grass is designed to be brown except during the rainy season. People put tons of chemicals and water. Some communities FORCE people to have lawns.
The honeybee die-off is serious, but its not as apocalyptic as this article makes it sound. They’ll survive and their numbers will come back.
Just a few years ago we were going to be overwhelmed with bees as the african ones interbreed with the locals!! Now this!!!
Oh, I almost forgot: Bush’s fault.
Great link!
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