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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:22 PM Original message |
The Mysterious Flight of the Bumblebee's... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. So long, and thanks for all the nectar! |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. lol.... |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am thinking genetically engineered plants may have something.... |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Your theory makes sense to me. Nothing proven but it's the common |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. sounds like an X-file episode! |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have seen dead bees |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I garden organically, yet I have been seeing unusual numbers of |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. But the odd thing is . . . |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Pesticides are ever changing |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. A few years ago they were saying the earth is going through |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Good link - thanks |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. I know. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Yeah, but the chemical companies keep coming up with new, "improved" versions. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. yes, and frogs turning from He's to She's |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. No, no, no, silly! The frogs are growing extra LEGS. The FISH are turning |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. maybe both?---I saw the article about the frogs just a few days ago on |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Here's your frog story |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. You know, we're downwind from China. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. it's the rapture.... |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. BeeJeezus's second coming. |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. It could be the rapture... Isaiah 7:18... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good article, I hope they find the cause of all those bee deaths. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. bee mites. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I keep bees |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. What are some of the speculations? ....n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. here is pdf file |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Affects bees memories! I find that so sad. Thanks for the link. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. It is intuitive on my part and I could b e totally wrong |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I absolutely agree with your 'intuitive' view of nature, and |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. quantum physics |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Are they disappearing down there too? Don't citrus trees need them |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. No one I know has lost any so far |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Seems strage no reporting from LA, AR and AL. All between you and me |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. I haven't seen a honeybee in over a year. |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Are you implying it might be lack of pollination by the |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I don't know what happened. |
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poiuytsister (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am kind of embarassed to admit I am a Coast to Coast junkie |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I got home from work today and researched this very thing- it's hanging heavy on my mind |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Seriously? Albert Einstein made a prediction about honey |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Einstein is right on bees. We lose them and its over. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. honeybees are NOT native to north america, actually |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yes, but our lifestyle is very eurocentric. |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I did a brief google on this, and one of the articles stated |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. The honey bee use is in that it will travel great distances during the |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Interesting. Maybe they're filling in the niche of the flying |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I do think the bumble bees and other native bees are filling |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. True enough, but go back far enough and nothing is "native" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. the indigenous population did have agriculture |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Europe is losing |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Its something environmental and I can gurantee bush's |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. Farmers here in WI depend on bees for clover fields and others crops |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm thinking of a couple of factors that might be at work here |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I HATE the "lawn care" companies. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I lived in Tampa a few years ago...several of my neighbors had them |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. I've heard of people planting clover... |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Your plan is exactly what I do. |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. Map of the affected areas... unreal... |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. This is frightening. ....n/t |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. This loss of our honeybee colonies has been going on for some time I might add |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. Here's a really good preliminary report... excerpts... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Lots of the Science of the problem is in this report, Thanks much |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. The dependence is amazing |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. we spread such joy around the world |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
47. Monsanto |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. That and more. Read up on "Round-Up Ready" crops if you really want |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. They are patenting seeds in general so they own the rights. Farmers cant' save seed for next year |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Yes. Monsanto is causing irreparable harm. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. While I don't no why bees are dying I'm sure it has something ... |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
63. First, let me complain |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. the OP doesn't know one bee from another, a common problem |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Obviously this was just a title from the famous song by Rimsky- |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. The Flight of the Bumblebees... a beautiful piece of work... watch and listen here... |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
72. The canary in the coal mine |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Exactly. I read about honeybees being the canary last night |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 05:31 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. actually, I think the frogs have been the canaries for the past several years . . . |
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