mdmc
(1000+ posts)
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Thu Jun-26-08 10:00 PM
Response to Original message |
Honey bee crisis could lead to higher food prices |
DogPoundPup |
Jun-26-08 05:34 PM |
#0 |

JesusGawd When Will The Bad News Stop? |
Binka |
Jun-26-08 05:45 PM |
#1 |
 
I wish I were only weary. I have moved on to truly frightened. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-26-08 06:38 PM |
#11 |

Between THIS, and Transportation costs headed up |
Phred42 |
Jun-26-08 05:58 PM |
#2 |
 
"That's our plan. Smirk." - Commander AWOL & McSame & Republicon cronies |
SpiralHawk |
Jun-26-08 06:04 PM |
#4 |

Free clue: check the corporate Genetically Mutant crapola being spewed every which |
SpiralHawk |
Jun-26-08 05:59 PM |
#3 |

einstein said, |
babydollhead |
Jun-26-08 06:04 PM |
#5 |
 
Prove it |
iamjoy |
Jun-26-08 06:45 PM |
#13 |
  
As Einstein famously said... |
Bornaginhooligan |
Jun-26-08 06:48 PM |
#14 |
  
Why do you think it has been misattributed? Do you have some other |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Jun-26-08 06:51 PM |
#16 |
 
Nope, That Doesn't Mean It's Einstein |
iamjoy |
Jun-26-08 11:43 PM |
#30 |
 
If Einstein did say that he didn't know much about pollination. |
yellowcanine |
Jul-11-08 12:32 PM |
#37 |

to paraphrase Einstein |
northernlights |
Jun-26-08 06:08 PM |
#6 |
 
Theauthorities must think the bees are no better than their own fellow, US |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Jun-26-08 06:58 PM |
#20 |
 
I took a bee class last Sunday |
BanzaiBonnie |
Jun-26-08 07:06 PM |
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Listen to the bees |
JoFerret |
Jun-26-08 09:54 PM |
#27 |
 
Here in north Texas it's too late- |
winston61 |
Jul-12-08 08:28 AM |
#41 |

It is my understanding that wild bees are fine |
The Croquist |
Jul-13-08 03:29 PM |
#48 |

Here's a part of the answer and an explanation of the problem |
JoFerret |
Jun-26-08 06:16 PM |
#7 |
 
Bees know about bees |
BanzaiBonnie |
Jun-26-08 06:55 PM |
#18 |

He sounds like a great young person |
JoFerret |
Jun-26-08 07:06 PM |
#22 |

I have seen one bee this year. I usually have to keep an eye out |
MasonJar |
Jun-26-08 06:19 PM |
#8 |
 
Plant forage for the bees |
JoFerret |
Jun-26-08 06:34 PM |
#9 |
 
The only bees I've seen this year are bumblebees |
thecrow |
Jun-26-08 07:09 PM |
#23 |
  
bumblebees are native to north america, "honeybees" are introduced |
pitohui |
Jun-26-08 08:32 PM |
#26 |
  
I had tons of honeybees on my crepe myrtles this spring. (Maryland) |
yellowcanine |
Jul-11-08 12:34 PM |
#38 |
 
I have been video documenting this world wide disaster |
lovuian |
Jun-26-08 07:28 PM |
#25 |

No shit, Sherlock. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-26-08 06:38 PM |
#10 |

I didn't realize it was still a mystery |
flashsmith |
Jun-26-08 06:40 PM |
#12 |
 
CCD does not have a single cause. |
yellowcanine |
Jul-11-08 12:45 PM |
#39 |

On strike! |
wiboy |
Jun-26-08 06:51 PM |
#15 |

As Kurt Vonnegut said... |
brentspeak |
Jun-26-08 06:52 PM |
#17 |

The Missing Bees Have Been Found! |
AndyTiedye |
Jun-26-08 06:57 PM |
#19 |
 
Mmmmm. honey oozing from a wall...nt |
Javaman |
Jul-11-08 11:13 AM |
#32 |

Congress continues to do nothing when we know that |
lovuian |
Jun-26-08 06:58 PM |
#21 |
 
Anything "could" be the reason... |
WriteDown |
Jul-11-08 11:32 AM |
#34 |

Conflicting Story: Early Buzz Is That Honeybees May Be Returning |
Purveyor |
Jun-26-08 07:17 PM |
#24 |

No bees = no food |
mdmc |
Jun-26-08 10:00 PM |
#28 |

What was that again about how we need pesticides, herbicides |
hedgehog |
Jun-26-08 10:07 PM |
#29 |

I hope that the House and Senate |
NewEnglandGirl |
Jun-26-08 11:49 PM |
#31 |

Not just bees--all the pollinators are in alarming decline |
librechik |
Jul-11-08 11:27 AM |
#33 |

Bayer makes pesticides that are suspected to be the cause of massive bee death. |
quantessd |
Jul-11-08 11:34 AM |
#35 |

Actually it may not be as bad as that. |
yellowcanine |
Jul-11-08 12:21 PM |
#36 |
 
So, you don't think pesticides are to blame? |
quantessd |
Jul-12-08 07:03 AM |
#40 |
  
Bees were not "taken for granted" 10 years ago. Where are you getting that info? |
yellowcanine |
Jul-12-08 09:50 PM |
#42 |
 
From all I've read I agree |
NewEnglandGirl |
Jul-12-08 10:11 PM |
#43 |
 
WHAT, you want to KILL modern MONO-CULTURE??? |
happyslug |
Jul-13-08 01:11 AM |
#44 |

So - where to start? n/t |
JoFerret |
Jul-13-08 02:41 PM |
#46 |

Plant a garden, buy 50 acres and raise some crops. |
happyslug |
Jul-13-08 11:26 PM |
#49 |

Buy 50 acres? |
Psephos |
Jul-14-08 04:16 PM |
#52 |

Oh shit, peak honey. |
EvilAL |
Jul-13-08 01:27 AM |
#45 |
 
LOL |
WriteDown |
Jul-13-08 03:26 PM |
#47 |

"COULD" |
jeffrey_X |
Jul-14-08 09:22 AM |
#50 |
 
The "news" is relentlessly shaped and sorted to do one thing: stimulate emotion |
Psephos |
Jul-14-08 04:27 PM |
#53 |

I thought they speculated that |
cstanleytech |
Jul-14-08 09:55 AM |
#51 |