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To: Scythian

So, what is this stuff called in the U.S., and what is being done about it.

If honey bees die off, it could easily result in massive starvation deaths among humans. We rely on bees to pollinate most of our food crops as well as to produce honey.

I can’t believe that the jackasses in charge of government departments are worrying about carbon caps and other such useless nonsense, but have not banned these chemicals.


17 posted on 10/01/2008 2:01:51 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Our honey bees are dying off man, ask battle axe, one of our members, anyway ...


22 posted on 10/01/2008 2:03:46 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: Cicero

I don’t think we can use it. It is under review if my memory is correct.


44 posted on 10/01/2008 2:17:58 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Well....................................That's .....that.........)
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To: Cicero
If honey bees die off, it could easily result in massive starvation deaths among humans.

Not as easily as you state. Most grains are pollinated by the wind.

There is so little science in scientific research these days that you had best take any such study with a couple of blocks of salt.

U.S. scientists determined that the die off was due to a yeast infection. Which would make more sense given that the bees are communal and I haven't seen any reports of other pollinating insects like butterflies dying off in droves.

57 posted on 10/01/2008 2:35:48 PM PDT by SampleMan (Community Organizer: What liberals do when they run out of college, before they run out of Marxism.)
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To: Cicero
Lowe's sells Bayer. I don't like the stuff.

Bayer 3-in-1 Insect, Disease & Mite Control Ready-To-Use

59 posted on 10/01/2008 2:39:14 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (In VP's, McCain picked the future, Obama chose the past.)
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