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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 2:18:12 PM
I just want to go "Ya think?"
Here's the article.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/29/10921493-neonicotinoid-pesticides-tied-to-crashing-bee-populations-2-studies-find
Audrey
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| Annab |
Posted - Apr 21 2012 : 03:52:46 AM
Aslo repordadly not so good for amphibian populations either so "they" say |
| mosquitocontrol |
Posted - Apr 20 2012 : 4:21:46 PM
Our poor bee population. They are so good for pollination not to mention control of other pests we don't like around our gardens like flies, mosquitoes, beetles, ect. We need to stop spraying pesticides and let nature do her thing, or use natural sprays. |
| prariehawk |
Posted - Mar 31 2012 : 10:14:27 PM
Another problem of the bees is the monoculture farming that has taken place. Bees need a variety of nectar--they starve to death when all that's around them for miles and miles are corn fields. Nature loves diversity.
Cindy
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Mar 31 2012 : 10:05:16 PM
The problem with bees is a long list: overt queen breeding and commercial raising of bees, varroa destructor mites, GMOs and broad spectrum use of pesticides in plants. No idea if the larger chemical companies will desist in making these things, but then corporate farming is so dependent in pesticides over thousands of acres...it's just too crazy.
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| TeresaJ25 |
Posted - Mar 31 2012 : 07:03:31 AM
At some point in the future, I do plan on keeping bees. Bees have always facinated me.. I love the little dance from flower to flower and the sudden decision that enough pollen has been collected and make a "bee-line" for the hive!
I'm doing what I can now to help the bee population.. bee friendly plants, NO pesticides & I try and educate my kids on bees so they are respectful instead of fearing them.
Anna.. no, you definitely don't need bees in the house!!  I had yellow jackets try to set up residence in my mailbox last summer!!
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| Annab |
Posted - Mar 31 2012 : 06:30:53 AM
Not sure what it could be.
We had a bee keeper establish a hive for us and then just leave it. it's a lot harder than it looks if you want healthy bees.
Ours ended us dying and you could see the bee bodies lying just inside the entrance to the hive. They lasted 2 seasons. We don't use pesticides
Another keeper just up the road from us has 30 hives. He's very serious.
We plant buckwheat for the bees .
Last summer the bees likes us so much they decided to build a hive on the inside of our home. It wound up costing us time and labor, and now we need to finish siding the house. The house was in dire need of upgrading anyway and there was a lot of old rotted wood from past termite damage.
The queen was relocated, but she didn't like the hive and hit the road. It was pretty wild to see the swarm take off and leave toward the woods!
And the combs the colony built along the studs in the wall were vertical like how they make them in the trees. It was very fascinating.
I felt badly, but we didn't need bees in the house, and they shredded the insulation to dust. |
| Room To Grow |
Posted - Mar 30 2012 : 3:41:11 PM
I also think it is GMOs...it is dead food..
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Mar 30 2012 : 09:55:17 AM
The poor bees, another parasite and poisoning? It's a wonder there are any still around! How many of our farmgirls have bees I wonder? A lot of the blogs I read where they have bees they've had a rough winter and their bees have suffered pretty badly. Scary.
Audrey
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Mar 30 2012 : 06:44:43 AM
On top of this, bees have fallen victim to a new parasite (will have to re-find it). Still, this one should have been painfully obvious instead of obviously painful.
A hook, a book, and a good cup of coffee.... |
| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Mar 30 2012 : 04:34:13 AM
I remember seeing this theorized earlier. It just makes sense. Sad, Sad sense.
Marianne |
