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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:36 PM Original message |
What's happening to the bees? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Two words. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not so.... |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Genius. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I read somewhere it was a pesticide... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That was my first thought. Pesticides...but watch the killer bees will survive |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Killer bees are honey bees, actually... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes, but much more aggressive than strains like the Italian. n/t |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. the irony is that the africanised honeybeees that were brought over are |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. "....but there are only so many environmental impacts you can pile on bees" |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember about 10 years ago.... |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. I spoke with my friend who's a professional bee-keeper |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. He's very fortunate. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. I read some scientists saying that it's a parasitic mite they've found. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Tracheal mites will cause damage to the flight muscles. However, |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. "just WTH are they suppose to accomplish?" |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sounds to me |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. scary stuff! Plus the frog are disappearing |
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OrangeCountyDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Colbert Had A Segment On This A Few Weeks Back nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. i dunno...why don't you ask monsanto...? |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. yeah, i'd be willing to bet that when the dust settles their |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. here is a possible tie to Monsanto from the article |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. A couple of local beekeepers have lost their hives here, and |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I spoke to a bee farmer from Wash state last week-he overwinters in the desert |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. DUer hatrack keeps bees |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. My husband keeps bees |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Sure, I'd be interested to know |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well, just send me an email whenever you want an update. |
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