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Bees: Colony Loss May 14, 2015 13:50:37 GMT -5

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Brace yourself, bee lovers!

beeinformed.org/results/colony-loss-2014-2015-preliminary-results/

"This is a preliminary analysis. Sample sizes and estimates are likely to change. A more detailed final report is being prepared for publication in a peer-reviewed journal at a later date."

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss May 14, 2015 14:12:01 GMT -5 heatherly and usmichelle like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on May 14, 2015 14:12:01 GMT -5 I've known that for the past 5 years or so. Before long I will be the only bee left.

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Bees: Colony Loss May 14, 2015 22:50:58 GMT -5

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May 14, 2015 15:06:52 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I am indifferent to bees tbh, but I appreciate their importance in our ecosystem.

It's more than just the ecosystem, it's agriculture.

How can you be indifferent to something that helps us grow yummy food? Or do you hate yummy food, Cherry? ;-)

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May 14, 2015 14:12:01 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said:

I've known that for the past 5 years or so. Before long I will be the only bee left.

Yes, we knew the colonies were collapsing for a while, but now we're having a lot more information. I don't see it getting much better any time soon, but maybe we'll figure something out... Probably robotic pollinators.. lol

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss May 15, 2015 15:00:46 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on May 15, 2015 15:00:46 GMT -5 I wish that we could clone my little friends.

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Bees: Colony Loss May 16, 2015 9:04:57 GMT -5

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May 14, 2015 13:50:37 GMT -5 heatherly said:

Brace yourself, bee lovers!

beeinformed.org/results/colony-loss-2014-2015-preliminary-results/

"This is a preliminary analysis. Sample sizes and estimates are likely to change. A more detailed final report is being prepared for publication in a peer-reviewed journal at a later date."

Several reports blame CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) on pesticides.

However that is very inconclusive and almost old school.

I remember doing bee dissections in HS and don't recall pesticides being evident.

A fungus however is under deep suspicion.

Ag needs bees but pesticides also.

Good thread Heather.

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jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss May 16, 2015 11:10:01 GMT -5 heatherly and usmichelle like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on May 16, 2015 11:10:01 GMT -5 Whatever the cause is, I just know that are less of them and it saddens me.

usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	Bees: Colony Loss May 16, 2015 11:43:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on May 16, 2015 11:43:33 GMT -5 Did You know that every trip into space the astronauts took certain seeds trying to figure out how to grow edible plants in space.
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jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss May 16, 2015 11:45:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on May 16, 2015 11:45:34 GMT -5 I know of that. Whatever it takes . . .

njchick Senior Member Posts: 478	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 2, 2015 21:50:15 GMT -5 jengurl1987 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by njchick on Jun 2, 2015 21:50:15 GMT -5 May 16, 2015 11:10:01 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said: Whatever the cause is, I just know that are less of them and it saddens me. It is Monsanto and pesticides.. it isn't good Jen.
	Thank you Cherry for the AV!

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Listening to my PR station today, there was an hour segment devoted to saving my little friends. On the show, a woman said that one out of every three bites of food that we take in are bee-related. Barack now has initiated a pollination policy in this country.

Save the BEES!

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Bees: Colony Loss Jun 4, 2015 12:58:01 GMT -5

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Jun 2, 2015 21:50:15 GMT -5 njchick said:

May 16, 2015 11:10:01 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said:

Whatever the cause is, I just know that are less of them and it saddens me.

It is Monsanto and pesticides..

it isn't good Jen.

Pesticides have been blamed for everything possible.

It's the Du jour problem for all environmentalists.

Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson ignited the environmental movement.

Her claims were never established by any science.

Monsanto feeds the world.

Famine without many of their products Val.

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The Aussies figured things out before us. They saw it happening 10 years ago and moved the bee-keepers away from agricultural areas that were prone to crop pesticides. In Australia, bees are still thriving. Good Onya, AUS!

a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,017	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 5, 2015 9:51:50 GMT -5 jengurl1987 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Jun 5, 2015 9:51:50 GMT -5 ...and the love affair with Australia continues.
	Caution, I am feral.

usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 5, 2015 11:35:37 GMT -5 jengurl1987 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Jun 5, 2015 11:35:37 GMT -5 Mind you own bees wax Cher!
	Peace!

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 5, 2015 15:46:36 GMT -5 usmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Jun 5, 2015 15:46:36 GMT -5 I wonder if I should go into a bee/spider site . . . And Cher, I DO love Australia! "She'll be apples!".

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I once read this book by Douglas Coupland called "Generation A" and a large part of it was related to bee colony loss. It sets place in the near future, 2050 or something like that and basically real fruit was rare and pretty much all food was manufactured because there were no bees left.

Really cool story.

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 6, 2015 11:44:48 GMT -5 usmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Jun 6, 2015 11:44:48 GMT -5 I gather that you are a Bee-Fan too, Suzy. Good for you!

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 7, 2015 17:46:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Jun 7, 2015 17:46:20 GMT -5 I saw a larger honeybee today, but he didn't crawl onto my finger. I'll keep trying though.
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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 8, 2015 18:12:46 GMT -5 a_muppet and jengurl1987 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Jun 8, 2015 18:12:46 GMT -5 simpleorganiclife.org/morgan-freeman-bees/?c=si Morgan Freeman will save our bees and food!

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 8, 2015 18:57:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Jun 8, 2015 18:57:55 GMT -5 Heather: God bless Morgan Freeman! I know that my little friends do. Cher: ! My Dad loves Melanie Safka and I do as well . . . "Lay Down", "Candles in the Rain", etc. I had never heard that one though!
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usmichelle Prominent Member Read, Learn, Read it Again, Learn More Posts: 4,412	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 9, 2015 1:14:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by usmichelle on Jun 9, 2015 1:14:59 GMT -5 Jun 8, 2015 18:12:46 GMT -5 heatherly said: simpleorganiclife.org/morgan-freeman-bees/?c=si Morgan Freeman will save our bees and food! Heather I just got a blank page on that. ??
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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 9, 2015 11:59:34 GMT -5 jengurl1987 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Jun 9, 2015 11:59:34 GMT -5 Works for me still. Here is the video on the page:

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I always appreciated Morgan's talents as an actor, but I appreciate him even more now! In the video he said that he doesn't wear a protective suit because his bees don't sting him.

I identify with that because my little friends don't sting me either. If bees don't regard you as threatening, they won't sting you.
On a side note, Kacey Musgraves will be singing on The Tonight Show tonight.

Well, it's not like I have this Girl-Crush thing going on with her.

jengurl1987 Elite Member I Posts: 5,544	Bees: Colony Loss Jun 10, 2015 13:55:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Jun 10, 2015 13:55:20 GMT -5 I worked 4 hours today and when I came home, I saw a decent sized honey bee on my clover in the front yard. Yes, I touched him, but allowed him to carry on with his work.
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