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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 07:49 PM Original message |
EPA Buzz Kill: Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now, we are getting somewhere. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. heaven forbid BushCo would ever tell a corporate crony NO |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. I think * is just banking on armageddon, so what do bees matter |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. and the whole world |
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Juan_de_la_Dem (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. ditto...on all counts |
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pac ketfire (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
81. Sorry, There Are No Hidden Secrets About Bee Losses |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought Colony Collapse Disorder meant the human race |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hello.... anybody home? it does.... n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And it doesn't? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. not really...it's one of those myths that some peope take as fact because 'einstein said it'. |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Einstein probably never said that; the Happening most likely made it up. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. bees are not the only "external pollinators" out there though... |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. That is true, but bees are the most efficient external pollinators. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. most of the things i enjoy are doing just fine in my garden... |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I was arguing on the Humanity scale, not the Human scale. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Sorry, this has been a concern for at least four years if not longer |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. I thought it was a very unfortunate gastrointestinal problem... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
62. fully extrapolated |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is serious business, and a much bigger story than the attention it has gotten. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Won't this create the kind of crop failures that will lead to the "reduction" of the |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. How convenient, eh? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Starvation is MUCH easier on the survivors than the bird flu or sars or "nuke-you-lar" |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Depends on how dependent any one crop is on bees to pollinate them. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks for this.....I have just copied the whole thing to do a little study on the |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I made changes, so you may want to do it again |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Xcellent! Thanks again! |
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iconicgnom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. wow. Thanks. You know your subject. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. thank you for compiling some kick ass info! |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Something besides weather is making my garden a lots less |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. four years ago when I started my garden in its present spot, my brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cab- |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. HoneyBees don't pollinate corn . |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. OK, if you're right that explains that---however, in the old days, I saw honeybees on my corn |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
76. our garden is doing fantastic... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. what I found most depressing |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Yep. I am going to learn to keep bees, I think. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bayer makes the treatment for anthrax, Cipro. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thank you, NRDC! What would the world be without you and the others |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Its pesticides and GMO foods they are interlinked |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Bingo! GMO is what |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. yes this is genetic engineering at its worse |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. What endangered species list....after you know who gets done with it eom |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Seen any of the Prince Charles news link ? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
55. My bet is on a virus |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. I recently saw a documentary on this |
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NoFederales (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Damned straight it's pesticides, but who cares? Never heard of |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have honey bees this year - not many, but they are here. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
73. there have been a lot of honey bees here where I live |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R for the HoneyBees. Hope they don't vanish before we do. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've been watching the whole saga of propoganda and how |
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skyounkin (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. Short answer, YES |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Bush appointees are like embezzlers about to get out of Dodge just ahead of the law... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Not when the masses get real hungry. I want to watch bushitlers eat all that money. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. The human race "death machine" blunders on. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'll bet the studies were never done... |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. This issue has concerned me greatly for some time. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. i don't know, but i'll kick for someone else who might. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. I appreciate it, Hannah Bell. n/t |
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GardeningGal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. No answer for you, but a suggestion. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I do have it on my bookmarks list. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. It's quite common to capture wild colonies, but typically when they're swarming |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Yeah, unfortunately it's under my brick porch. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. If they're safely under the porch, which I trust isn't collapsing any time soon . . . . |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Hi hatrack! |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Probably the best thing to do would be to get an experienced bee keeper |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Thanks, mistertrickster. |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
44. I don't eat those foods so I don't care. Kidding - K&R |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. Unbelievably criminal (Bush/EPA) in their actions if this true. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Can someone wake up the Pelosi Traitor and add YET ANOTHER reason for impeachment? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
48. EPA and FDA are all corrupt organizations |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. ALL the agencies headed by BushCo are corrupt after 8 yrs. of this BS |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. word |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
51. This Administration has actually convinced me there is such a thing as evil. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
58. This is just hysteria. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. that may be true, but |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. touche' northernlights |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
82. My bees LOVE the catmint. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #58 |
80. You remind me of |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
63. It's got to be new pesticides. That's the only thing that's changed in the timeframe of CCD. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
65. The EPA is just another Blackwater agency. nt |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
67. Hmm..it's called the ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
68. We have to SUE to get info from an agency that is supposed to work for us... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Best post here in months. |
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