Posted on 05/28/2013 7:41:22 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Monsanto is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.
The agrichemical companies are taking these initiatives at a time when their best-selling pesticides are under fire from environmental and food activists who say the chemicals are killing off millions of bees.
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Die-offs of bee populations have accelerated over the last few years to a rate the U.S. government calls unsustainable. Honeybees pollinate plants that produce roughly 25 percent of the foods Americans consume, including apples, almonds, watermelons and beans, according to government reports.
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I will have to spread your news to my “clueless” local farmers.
You really believe that?
You’re alleging criminal activity with no evidence, and based on a total misunderstanding of the issue. That’s pretty brazen, don’t you think?
Yes. The FDA is more concerned about Monsanto profits than the health of Americans.GM foods may be safe, but there are no longitudional studies to show that is reality. The government is putting mercury into every house with those crazy lightbulbs. That is a disaster in the making. Roundup is an environmental timebomb. The government allows mercury in vaccines.
And so it goes.
Time will tell.
I’m guessing that you don’t really know all that many farmers. No one who plants corn is unaware that hybrid seeds don’t reproduce true.
I know a man who treats a number of hives for a number of people and groups. He dusts the bees with garlic powder mixed with powdered sugar. He said the dust if fine enough that they really clean themselves and get rid of the mites in the process. He doesn’t like to use chemicals in the hives and said this works very well.
Now, that said, he said this year we lost 2 hives since the winter. He doesn’t know what caused it yet. He said it wasn’t because he didn’t feed them when we got cold again. He also said this is looking to be a very scant year for honey, because it is a year when there aren’t a lot of blooms happening.
And fluoride in toothpastes!
Not to mention chloride in table salt!
Oh, the Hugh Manatee!!!!
You’re right and I stand with you.
What if the farmers don’t use Monsanto seeds? I know there have been issues with cross pollination but if a farmer plants totally different corn, such as an heirloom variety is it still an issue?
This is not about di-hydrogen momoxide in your coffee.
Flouride should be avoided. mercury should be avoided. GMO products have not been proven safe. Roundup is dangerous. (I like DDT to control mosquitos)
Do some homework.
Ok...but the term is imprecise, suggesting something different then what actually goes on.
The commercial guys don't use powdered sugar dusting that I know of. None of any size, anyway. First---I think they may not fully believe in it. The rest; too labor intensive and time consuming, highly disruptive to the colonies (go piss off a hundred colonies or so, all located at the same bee yard -- then tell me how much fun that is!) and one might need screened bottom boards, whereas the pollinators have their equipment on custom, migratory bee pallets.
I've never heard of the garlic additive...but have applied a hops-based treatment. Those colonies left my sight, so I don't know if it worked or not, and I don't think the owner of those was doing mite drop counts either (which again would need either screened bottom boards or a screened over sticky pad (screened so the bees don't get stuck to it--which can be bought at some bee supply houses) that can be slid in under the central region of the colony.
He said it wasn’t because he didn’t feed them when we got cold again.
It can difficult to determine just what causes a dwindling die off. On the other hand, plain and simple starve-out leaves them dead, head in to the cells, with the comb all around picked clean. Easy sign to read...but not what one wants to see, and is preventable for the most part.
. He also said this is looking to be a very scant year for honey, because it is a year when there aren’t a lot of blooms happening.
This is one of those things referred to when they say "all beekeeping is local".
I worked on Crest in the sixties. I've seen what fluoridated toothpastes have done to virtually eliminate childhood caries.
As children, we played with mercury. Yeah, it's toxic. But we knew better than to ingest it.
I've been a farmer. I understand how hybrid seeds and genetic modifications have increased yields, reduced pesticide and fertilizer costs, while improving nutrition -- worldwide.
And I've used Roundup by the truckload. It works great -- without the toxicity problems associated with most herbicides.
You live your life. I'll live mine.
But you are poisoning mine by living yours.
Roundup's active ingredient, glyphosate, is actually devastating crops and human and animal health around the world, even when the exposure is restricted to residues leftover in the soil.
There are very good reasons for not putting fluoride in the water supplies. It is a drug. If you wanted some to ingest, you'd have to get a prescription. And there are good reasons for why we don't purposely add any other drugs to our water.
And yes, mercury is toxic.
I'm not your neighbor.
Nor would I want to be.
And I hereby promise not to share my Roundup, my fluoride toothpaste and my mercury with you.
Thanks for that post.
I have been wondering if there is any fire behind the smoke.
Not to say I won’t keep watching the story but am glad for your insight.
Well, I'm in Tulsa so I'm not sure if we're not neighbors, okie. But you simply can't keep your poisons on your own property, and that's the problem. Nice if you could.
Well, I guess we'll both just have to live with it.
Like Global Warming...
Yes, if the earth is warming we need to deal with it. But there is nothing Man can do to cause it or stop it
We can stop using poisons
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