Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
May 3rd 2010 | 4:15 am
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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.
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.
May 3rd 2010 | 4:21 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
I blame the Republicans
May 3rd 2010 | 5:57 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
"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...
May 3rd 2010 | 6:45 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
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!
May 3rd 2010 | 6:51 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
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.
May 3rd 2010 | 7:42 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
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.
May 3rd 2010 | 7:51 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
Shame the same didn't happen to the mozzies 
May 3rd 2010 | 7:53 am
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Re: 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.
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.
May 3rd 2010 | 10:25 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
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.
Scary stuff.
May 3rd 2010 | 10:35 am
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Re: Third of US bees didn't survive the winter
Exactly right. No bees. No fruit or even most plant species leading eventually to no food chain and inevitably no mammals.
