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    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    60 Minutes just had a piece on about bees. David Hackenberg from Lewistown Pa. was the beekeeper who broke the news about their decline. They still have no real defenite answers. A virus is present in the sick hives but it's unclear if it is cause or syptom. David said it doesn't look good...
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    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    Not all gmo's produce pesticides. The only one I know of is corn. It kills cornborer by procucing its own pesticide. There are corn , soybeans, and alfalfa that are immune to round-up so you wait untill the weeds are up and spray round-up right over crop and weeds. There was a court case over...
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    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    Canola , cotton, and alfalfa, as well as corn. Guess who the big player is. Monsanto.
  4. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    I like money too, but it's a good thing to have some scruples. Like taking down a tree by scaring the h.o. into removing a safe tree. People and companies should have a conscience.
  5. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    Chemical companies don't give a shit about anything but money.
  6. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    Yeah, thats most likely the cause. Common sense takes a back seat when big bucks are involved.
  7. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    I talked to a guy that did water sampling for ny state. I asked him if he was finding any atrazine, which is a weed spray for corn, in the water. He said no but he was finding glyphosphate [roundup]. Monsanto told us that sunlight made it break down into harmless compounds. Yeah. Atrazine has...
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    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    What is scary is we can't find what is causing the bees and frogs to dissapear. They say canarys in the coal mine.
  9. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    Bees are fascinating. I had a few hives in the 80's. There is a lot of knowledge required to do a good job keeping them. Rumination, did they cut the comb out and put it in a hive? That is tricky work and unpleasant, as the bees get pissed. The easy way is take the whole section of the tree...
  10. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    Varoa and tracheal mites, and nosema, are the suspects along with stress, chemicals, viruses, and funguses. Nobody really is sure yet.
  11. Cobleskill

    More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

    You guys see the quote from Einstein how long he gave the human race to suvive without honeybees? I forget how many years he gave us but not many. Anybody remember? ow many years but notmany.
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