More 'bees are dying' news from Haagen Dazs

[rumination]

I got a cool picture of this hawk moth sucking up honey from one of the busted up combs.

 

[stehansen]

I understand that there are 2000 other insects that will pollinate but bees are the only ones that will let us humans manipulate them into hives and haul them around.

 

[Burnham]

That is a stunning photo, Leon.

 

[Bounce]

Yup, lots of other insects do pollinate plants, but bees account for the majority. Think about how many insects you've seen hovering around flowers and consider how many of them are bees. A worse problem is that many plants exist in a symbiotic relationship with just one or two specific insects that are exactly the right shape to pollinate their flowers. The future doesn't look so bright for those plants that only bees can/will polinate.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Thatsa evolution, baby. Whatever happens, other things will happen also and we'll learn to adapt.

 

[squisher]

Something will learn to adapt, not nescessarily us though.

 

[Chisel Tooth]

Insects will be here long after we're gone. Look at the cockroach, It's survived for millions of years.

 

[TC3]

Look at the cockroach, It's survived for millions of years.

Now if we could only get them to pollinate everything for us ?


I love how Floridians call them 'Palmetto Bugs'... sounds so much better !!!

 

[Chisel Tooth]

Now if we could only get them to pollinate everything for us ?


I love how Floridians call them 'Palmetto Bugs'... sounds so much better !!!

I'm sure they are the same genus, but they are 10 to 20 times bigger then a regular house roach. They are frickin huge.

 

[Cobleskill]

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

 

[rumination]

That is a stunning photo, Leon.

Thanks Burnham, I got lucky.

 

[Mr. Sir]

Thatsa evolution, baby...

Or... an amazingly complex and well-designed plan.

 

[TC3]

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

Round Up

 

[squisher]

Round Up works on bees too?

 

[Cobleskill]

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 been around since the 60's and has been building up in the ground and surface water. It is thought to be playing a part in the frogs problems. Better living through chemistry. Is that a dow slogan?

 

[Paul B]

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

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just a guess.... cause?

 

[Cobleskill]

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

 

[Paul B]

just throwing it out there eh.

 

[Cobleskill]

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

 

[stehansen]

I don't know if you can blame the bees on us, but I think we are doing the frogs in probably with fertilizer and pesticide runoff from farms. This can mostly be fixed but it takes some money.

 

[MasterBlaster]

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

Just chemical companies? Hell, all any of them care about is the dinero.

 

[squisher]

I have a company and I like dinero too.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't even have a company and I like that stuff, too.

 

[Cobleskill]

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.

 

[TC3]

Did anybody read the TCI article for Jan. about a bad run-in with honey bees ?
"Christopher Robin, I'm afraid these are the wrong sort of bees..."