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Cheerios' attempt to save bees backfired massively
MSN ^ | March 20, 2017 | Hayley Peterson

Posted on 03/22/2017 6:10:47 AM PDT by Zakeet

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To: Zakeet

What ever happened to the African queen bee invasion scare that was to decimate the honey bees?


41 posted on 03/22/2017 7:12:56 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny (agent Able Deplor))
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To: golux

That is because the media widely publicized the environmentalists’ effort but not their failure. Intentions matter more than results.


42 posted on 03/22/2017 7:16:14 AM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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To: Zakeet

Wait. There are plants that spread disease???


43 posted on 03/22/2017 7:19:28 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Gadsden1st

I’m currently rereading “Unintended Consequences”, and the depiction of Ruby Ridge and the Waco Massacre still turns my stomach to this day.

PS: There were no bees in North America before the coming of the White Man.

I find that amazing.


44 posted on 03/22/2017 7:20:07 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: Zakeet

***because they really meant well.***

The road to HELL is paved with good intentions.


45 posted on 03/22/2017 7:21:52 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: KarlInOhio

As the Indians called them, “White man’s flies.”


46 posted on 03/22/2017 7:23:42 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Zakeet

Beekeepers are not fools.

Since the beginning of the colony collapse disorder, they have worked closely with each other to both increase their numbers of hives. This has resulted in their now being *more* bees than when the disorder began.

And since a hive has a limited radius around it of about 5 miles (I believe), they segregate their colonies from each other by distance and time of use. That is, in the same region, their might be several different crops blossoming at different times. So one colony of bees will be used for the first crop, then the beekeeper will take his bees and move on, with a different beekeeper taking over for the next crop.

They also go to lengths to map wild colonies, to avoid them if possible.


47 posted on 03/22/2017 7:24:32 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Leftists aren't fascists. They are "democratic fascists", a completely different thing.)
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To: Zakeet

Yeah, well who believes anything an Ecologist says. Someone else is going to have to say it.


48 posted on 03/22/2017 7:29:21 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: Zakeet

Gran-ma said quite often, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”


49 posted on 03/22/2017 7:30:58 AM PDT by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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To: Zakeet

When I was growing up (60 years ago), almost every farm had a few dozen bee hives, usually situated central to the farm. As a 10 yo kid, I tended two hives of my own. The bees pollinated stuff that was probably never more than a mile or two from home.
Now they load trucks up with hundreds or thousands of hives and truck them from farm to farm all over the country. This introduces the bees to diseases they would not have contracted if they were local only (it’s like catching a cold while traveling on an airplane). It also allows infected bees to spread the disease to those hives that are local only.


50 posted on 03/22/2017 7:32:11 AM PDT by BuffaloJack ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: Zakeet

I’m surprised to see this reaction on FR.

The “weeds” are what they are - wild flowers. The campaign is an attempt to sprout local populations of wild bees.

Sheesh, relax everyone. This is an MSN article. It’s full of falsehoods and psychological phrasings to pull at your opinions.


51 posted on 03/22/2017 7:33:14 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: stylin19a

KUDZU - introduced by another liberal, JIMMY CARTER. They mean well, it’s their tidings of comfort and joy which seem to fall flat.


52 posted on 03/22/2017 7:33:25 AM PDT by V K Lee (If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go?)
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To: T-Bone Texan

There were no European Honeybees before white settlers. There are tons of native bees in the Americas. Utah currently has around 900 native types.

If you’re interested, there’s a link to Utah State University’s Bee Guide (pdf) at the bottom of this article:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43585664&nid=148&title=how-you-can-help-save-the-bees


53 posted on 03/22/2017 7:34:48 AM PDT by glock rocks (... so much win!)
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To: SkyDancer
Like sending Scotch broom seeds to...

Holy Carp! I put one of those in next to my garage and in a couple of years I was wrestling with it every couple of months. Had to dig it out and burn it at the stake to kill it.

54 posted on 03/22/2017 7:36:49 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Zakeet

Invasive species man. You have a problemo with diversity?


55 posted on 03/22/2017 7:37:55 AM PDT by dforest
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To: T-Bone Texan

“I find that amazing.”

I did not know that about bees.

I find that revelation about bees and no “Unintended Consequences” both amazing.

It seems the other side has no qualms about accidental deaths, suicides, disappearances, and downright unsolved murders (Seth Rich).

Our response:

We can’t become like them, we must get involved in local politics, we need to negotiate, yadda, yadda, yadda....

I have a petera vine in bloom now on the west coast of Florida. The only visitors are a small bumble bee variety. We did have honey bees visitors a couple of years ago. If it were not for the commercial bee keepers that provide hives for the citrus groves, I am afraid we would be in deeper trouble.


56 posted on 03/22/2017 7:40:10 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: KarlInOhio
Interestingly, the honey bees themselves are a non-native species in the New World

Another interesting factoid, California has over a thousand species of bees, more than any other region. Unfortunately most of them are pretty useless for providing us with honey!

57 posted on 03/22/2017 7:40:29 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( rent this space)
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To: Zakeet

ha ha ha, but they can still break barriers with their mix race commercials. I look forward to their bankruptcy announcements.


58 posted on 03/22/2017 7:41:10 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: V K Lee

It took me about two minutes to look up kudzu on Wikipedia and learn that it was introduced to the U.S. in 1876, and that it was deliberately planted in large areas of the South in the 1930s and 1940s. I doubt that Jimmah had much to do with it.


59 posted on 03/22/2017 7:42:09 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: dforest

THIS is only fitting. Invasive species plants to feed the invasive species European Honey Bee.


60 posted on 03/22/2017 7:42:42 AM PDT by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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