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The Disappearing Bees
Dustin51
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Anyone been reading up on this? Bill Mahr and Howard Stern have both commented on this. It seems the bee population is rapidly decreasing. They’re blaming pesticides, disease, the transporting of bee’s and cell phones.
I really hope the main problem is cell phones. It would be cool if they had to outlaw them.
I really hope the main problem is cell phones. It would be cool if they had to outlaw them.
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,473166,00.html
This issue really worries me and I am afraid not enough people realize the impact that this could have if all were to disappear.
No it wouldn't.
I agree. I'm surprised this isnt the biggest story in the media right now. It's like hey, millions of people might starve...Ah no big deal. Whats up with Larry Burkehead??
Millions of people are already starving, children are being forced to kill family members and others, millions live in extreme poverty, there are millions of people who do not have access to drinking water...
No one cares.
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I agree with what you have said, the main difference why people should care is that this is happening here in North America.
It is sad and unfortunate that poverty/starvation around the world is generally ignored by the mainstream populace but that would suddenly change if the worst case scenerio does indeed occur.
Sometimes I realize just how lucky I am to have "won" the chance to live where I do, I think a great many of us who live in "western" civilization have no clue on what survival really is. In a worst case doomsday scenerio I do believe that western society would be totally inept in co-operating, not saying that many wouldn't there obviously would be many that would co-operate, just saying we live in a generation of individuality and shelfishness.
It would be chaotic and sadly in my honest opinion that is when we would realize what survival really meant, actually face reality for once in our lives because I believe millions of us are oblivious to the thought of a world without MacDonalds, The Gap, etc. These are the people I worry about and would actually be cautious of, those that have no glimpse of reality outside their sheltered and pampered western civiliation "world".
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/03/honeybees.dying.ap/index.html
Time to invest in Quaker Oats.
Local bee-keepers were commenting on Wednesday on reports that major honey-producing nations were diverting exports to the US after the outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder, which had devastated nearly a quarter of American commercial bee colonies.
Some North American beekeepers have lost between 50 percent and 90 percent of their hives in the mysterious spate of honey-bee deaths, which began in November 2006.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20070503032156365C379085
I'm not surprised. That's what I was trying to say...
Most of us in the Western world, and it's quite sad that I have to use most and not all, are aware of the problems in the less developed countries yet very few actually care. Even closer to home, there are people on the streets, living on the streets, begging for some money, for something to eat... People walk by, toss a quarter at their feet and walk on ...
This is today's mentality, so no, I can't say I'm surprised ... We are raised and trained to be apathetic.
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That is why something of a large disaster that would severe the meaning of western civiliation freaks me out so much is those that are totally out of touch with reality would go crazy.
I know so many people that almost have nervous breakdowns because they lose their cell phones...imagine losing your house/access to clean water/food/security.....some people need to realize that what we have here in the west is way above average and not normal....yes we are raised to be that way but in no means do we need to be that way.....
Great post.
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I was relieved when a bee flew out in front of me the other day, but then half a second went by and I was like "Ah fuck! I hate bees!" and quickly ran away in a girlish manner.
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Not yet, you still have 4 and a half years. Enjoy them.
Yes, there is something we can do about it now. Granted, I agree with you that our own actions are to blame for our civilization's eventual demise, but to throw our arms up in the air and say, "there's nothing we can do", is pure copout.
Acting smarter, taking care of what we have instead of taking it all for granted, planting trees, etc. DOES contribute to a better planet. Giving up now is as stupid as thinking that we didn't cause the problems in the first place.
PJ needs to tour again soon. I dont want to die without seeing them one last time.
LOL. Funny you should have sky in your user name. I immediately heard Chicken Little yelling "the sky is falling" when I read your post.
Yes...that is what is scary about this phenomenon. Its not just a silly story. this could have major impacts!!
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I know. A lahar would really ruin my day.
I talked to a beekeeper last night who owns about 800 hives....he said his bees are ok. The concensous is weather and mites have led to the dissapearance of bees.
I was reading that said quote may be a myth. nevertheless bees disappearing is a very bad sign of things.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp
Einstein didn’t really study bees but he’s right. Botanists have been trying to artificially pollinate plants for years. We could do it, but everyone in the world would have to stop what they were doing and hand pollinate everything. If we did manage to survive it would send us back to the stone age and cost us most of our resources.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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in the greenhouse; i have to go from flower to flower with a small paintbrush to make sure they pollinate. imagine having to do that on a large scale.
It would be impossible. In our attempt to fix this issue we would surely fuck something else up.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003694330_beerapture05.html
Mystery spurs bizarre theories, stinging rebuttals
By The Associated Press
JUDI BOTTONI / AP
Magnetic fields, cellphones and even rapture have been blamed for lost honeybees.
BELTSVILLE, Md. — The answer to what happened to the nation's vanishing honeybees is simple, a caller told entomologist May Berenbaum: bee rapture. They were called to heaven.
No, wait, it's Earth's magnetic field, another caller told the University of Illinois professor.
When Berenbaum went on the Internet, she found a parody news site that quoted her as blaming rapper Kevin Federline and his concerts for the disappearance of the bees. Berenbaum loved it.
The sudden disappearance of one-quarter of the nation's honeybees has brought out some strange ideas.
"I just can't get any work done," Berenbaum said. "I'm overwhelmed by e-mails. I can't keep up."
A couple of bee myths are big on the Internet.
A small German study looking at a specific type of cordless phone and homing systems of bees exploded over the Internet and late-night television shows. It morphed into erroneous reports blaming cellphones for the honeybee die-off, which scientists are calling colony-collapse disorder, or CCD.
The scientist who wrote the paper, Stefan Kimmel, emphasized there is "no link between our tiny little study and the CCD-phenomenon ... anything else said or written is a lie."
Jeff Pettis, top bee researcher for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, laughs at the idea. He said whenever he goes out to investigate dead bees, he cannot get a signal on his cellphone because the hives are in such remote areas.
Also on the Internet is a quote attributed to Albert Einstein on how humans would die off in four years if not for honeybees.
The quote is wrong on two counts.
First, Einstein probably never said it, according to Alice Calaprice, author of "The Quotable Einstein" and five other books on the physicist.
"I've never come across it in anything Einstein has written," she said. "It could be that someone had made it up and put Einstein's name on it."
Second, it's incorrect scientifically, Pettis said. There would be food left for humans because some food is wind-pollinated.
For his part, Pettis jokes that the bees are out creating crop circles, "and it's working them to death."