Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:57 AM

sagesnow (2,721 posts)

Could The Mushroom Save The Honeybee? NPR

From Earthfix on NPR

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Could The Mushroom Save The Honeybee? NPR (Original post)	sagesnow	Apr 2019	OP
Passed this onto my son, a bee keeping equipment supplier in Ohio.	marble falls	Apr 2019	#1
Colony collapse disorder appears to be getting better	Loki Liesmith	Apr 2019	#2
According to Bee Informed data Colony Collapse Disorder has not gone away	sagesnow	Apr 2019	#5
yes, it's gotten better.	Loki Liesmith	Apr 2019	#7
There's a special place in the afterlife for these two kind gentlemen. nt	in2herbs	Apr 2019	#3
K & R Thanks	FakeNoose	Apr 2019	#4
Here is a link for more information about Paul Stamets working with Wash. State U.	sagesnow	Apr 2019	#6
This is so cool!	llmart	Apr 2019	#8

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:07 PM

marble falls (47,684 posts)

1. Passed this onto my son, a bee keeping equipment supplier in Ohio.

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:15 PM

Loki Liesmith (4,598 posts)

2. Colony collapse disorder appears to be getting better

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 05:52 PM

sagesnow (2,721 posts)

5. According to Bee Informed data Colony Collapse Disorder has not gone away

Although down from the height of the US colony loss in the 2012-2013 season, Colony Collapse is still affecting bee hives. Scroll down on this page for the comparison graph showing that bees are dying more from Colony Collapse Disorder than from normal winter loss.
https://beeinformed.org/2017/05/25/2016-2017-loss-results-thank-you-to-all-survey-participants/

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Sun Apr 28, 2019, 08:32 AM

Loki Liesmith (4,598 posts)

7. yes, it's gotten better.

Looks like evolution for lack of a clear mechanism.

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:20 PM

in2herbs (2,829 posts)

3. There's a special place in the afterlife for these two kind gentlemen. nt

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:39 PM

FakeNoose (28,470 posts)

4. K & R Thanks

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 05:57 PM

sagesnow (2,721 posts)

6. Here is a link for more information about Paul Stamets working with Wash. State U.

to create a natural mushroom based remedy to halt the viruses spread by the varroa mite. He is offering "citizen scientists" an opportunity to test this bee tonic out in their back decks.

PS: I have no financial interest in this and the product is not yet on the market.

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Sun Apr 28, 2019, 12:05 PM

llmart (14,293 posts)

8. This is so cool!

Nice to know more people are working on this problem and that more people care. We need to keep teaching people that the perfect lawn and that extensive pesticide use can kill us just as easily as it kills insects.

However, Rachel Carson tried to educate people years ago, but here we are now - caring less about the natural world than ever before.

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