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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:43 PM Original message |
Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mother Nature sure is working hard to rid this planet of that damn pest, man. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I hate to say it, but it certainly would be cosmic karma..... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. that's why it's so important that we grow our own fruits and veggies, and nurture |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Could we employ professional beekeepers to help? |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Farmers already employ itinerant beekeepers for their crops. Their colonies are collapsing too. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Part of the problem IS... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You do know that they already do that |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. it's the professional beekeeper's bees who are dying |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. There are almost no "wild" honey bees anymore. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Have franken crops been ruled out as the cause of this? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. No, GMOs have not been ruled out, nor has the switch from sugar to HFCS |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. REally? I did not know bees have been fed HFCS. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. There's no evidence it has anything to do with GMOs. |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have said for a long time.... we have too many people on this planet.... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I had my window rolled down the other day... |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. :-)... I try not to sound that way... but what is what is. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'm not sure how not building in 500 yr flood plains... |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. If you say so... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm more inclined to believe historical evidence than romantic notions |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. We have too many capitalists running the planet to gain maximum profit for themselves. |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I do agree it will take our leaders to realize this... |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Overpopulation |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. For some reason I have the thought of 'thanks for all the flowers' |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. It sucks, but honeybees are not native to the U.S., and are certainly not the only pollinators. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. +1 |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Not only that... |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have noticed a dramatic decline of local bees |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
19. Seeds with pesticides inside them grow flowers and plants with pesticides inside them |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Lots of hybrids are sterile |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. My hive is doing ok so far |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Do you think they're africanized bees? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. My regular bees |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. R&K |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. In Colorado, I have a small fruit tree in my backyard... |
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