Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...hives-collapse

This has been going on for a while now and is kind of worrying. I guess they'll have to employ mexicans with paintbrushes to do the pollination.

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I blame the Republicans:p

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"121 different types of pesticide" were found in the dead bee-hives, by researchers and scientists who claim to need more time and money to figure out why the bees are dying...

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This bee thing is serious and a potential threat to fruit growers everywhere. Almost exactly this time last year i loaded in Manitoba with 26 pallets of live bee pupae and delivered them to several farms around Colorado. It is amazing what we export from Canada!

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I kind of assume that this doesn't stop at the border and Canadian bees are in the same situation. Not seen any reports though.

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I am sure that you are right. It is just that specialist breeders exist here in Canada. It is probably quite lucrative as the bees themselves are very valuable. If i remember rightly we had to take out extra goods in transit insurance to cover them.

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Shame the same didn't happen to the mozzies :thumbdown:

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Funnily enough that's exactly what they do with date palms only they use feathers not paintbrushes. There are date farms in Dateland, Arizona and Bard, California and each tree is hand pollinated by......you guessed it, Mexicans.

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This has been going on for years and is potentially more life threatening to humans than climate change - which it may or may not be related to.

Scary stuff.

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That sucks.

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It does if you're either a bee or mexican.

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Exactly right. No bees. No fruit or even most plant species leading eventually to no food chain and inevitably no mammals.

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The Rats will be tough to get rid of though.

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Cheez-Wiz will save the day.

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You owe me a new keyboard :rofl: