Save the Bees!

[beac]

More bad news for bees and a petition you can sign to try and help them:

(received from CREDO this morning)

Since 2006, U.S. honey bee populations have been in precipitous decline, with some estimates suggesting losses as high as 30% per year. While that's terrible, the problem is far greater than just the loss of a species. Without bees, our food supply is in serious danger. Pollination by honey bees is key in cultivating the crops that produce a full one-third of our food.

A leaked memo suggests the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ignored the science linking the pesticide clothianidin to the bee die-off.

Now the EPA is considering whether to renew approval of clothianidin. Submit a comment asking EPA to reject this dangers chemical that is killing honey bees - hurry, the comment period closes on Tuesday:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/epa_bees/?r_by=35258-68532-X2uOPGx&rc=confemail

[Denninmi]

1. I'm trying.

Really I am.

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[JDPriestly]

2. Thanks.

We have lots and lots of bees. I think they live either in the ground among the sorrel blossoms under our avocado and lemon trees or in a line of bushes and other plants on a slope behind our house. It is a joy to get up in the morning and walk through our meadow of yellow sorrel full of bees.

Something about bees:

Due to their proclivity for delivering painful stings, bees, wasps and hornets are some of the insects that people most commonly fear and detest. All three insects are very similar, and belong to the Hymenoptera order of animals. However, while bees comprise the Apidae family, wasps and hornets comprise the Vespidae family. There are several different types of these insects throughout the world, all of which have distinctive characteristics.
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Honey Bees

Honey bees are some of the most well-known types of bees, and they derive their names from the fact that they collect pollen and nectar in order to produce honey. According to Texas A & M University, the bees can vary in color but are typically dark brown or black with yellow mixed in. The colors often form banded or striped patterns on their abdomens. Honey bees are highly social and live in cooperative colonies, which feature well-defined caste systems. Each colony has a single queen, which is solely responsible for birthing new bees; drone bees, which are male bees responsible for mating with the queen; and worker bees, which gather food, fight off predators and build and maintain hives. All of the nonproducing females in a colony comprise the worker caste.
Bumble Bees

Bumble bees are another common type of bee, which you can frequently find hovering around flowers. The large, bulbous insects produce loud humming sounds with their wings, and they derive their names from the seemingly awkward way in which they carry, or bumble, their bodies through the air. While similar in color to honey bees, bumble bees have very different social habits and do not have a caste system. TheBeeHunter.com states that the bees live in disorganized nests, such as those consisting of leaves, grass and other light materials, and they may also nest underground.

http://www.ehow.com/list_6754414_types-bees_-wasps-hornets.html

[hedgehog]

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