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2005-03-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-28 7:32:38 PM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The honeybee is the major carrier of pollen for seeded fruits and just about anything that grows on a vine. Everything, in other words, from apples to zucchini

To include watermelon and strawberries. That means there won't be jobs for all those workers being illegally imported by employers seeking pickers. This may be a feature, not a bug.

Posted by Thinese Unomotch9553 2005-03-28 8:48:34 PM|| 2005-03-28 8:48:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This may be the mite that our favorite beekeeper told us about; he uses a tray with stickum in the bottom of his hives to catch the mite eggs. Eggs stuck in stickum; larvae don't hatch to bug the bees. Says that wild honeybee colonies are GONE. Hope this mite doesn't attack the native solitary bees; they're needed for the wildflowers.

Posted by mom 2005-03-28 9:02:07 PM|| 2005-03-28 9:02:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 And, Thinese Whatever: This is no joking matter. We're talking serious food shortages here. Food shortages here> food shortages somewhere else> more people scrambling for a living> trouble for everybody.

Posted by mom 2005-03-28 9:04:51 PM|| 2005-03-28 9:04:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 bad juju - save the bees (and I'm allergic)

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-28 9:06:32 PM|| 2005-03-28 9:06:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 In the time it took to read the story, mom and FrankG almost said it all. This is some serious shit and deserving of 1000x the attention given to most BS social causes. I have zero doubt that Dubya will "get it", once he's brought into the loop by domestic advisors, and make the resources available. It will be a question of time - can researchers figure out effective means to combat this menace before it does irreparable harm.

Posted by .com 2005-03-28 9:10:53 PM|| 2005-03-28 9:10:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Beekeepers were so essential that many were not allowed in the military in WW2. They had to stay on the home front and take care of pollination. Huge crops of almonds and fruits depend on pollination in California. Yields plummet without proper pollination

Posted by sea cruise 2005-03-28 9:26:30 PM|| 2005-03-28 9:26:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 One more thing, on a related topic: Check your local library for "The Forgotten Pollinators," about solitary bees and other insects, birds, and other critters who pollinate flowers.

Posted by mom 2005-03-28 10:08:03 PM|| 2005-03-28 10:08:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Apple growers in Virginia normally call on their own stateâs beekeepers for pollination help, but not this year, said Troy Fore, executive director of the 1,200-member American Beekeeping Federation Inc., based in Jesup, Ga.

Jesup's just down the road a good piece from Vidalia.

Learn something new every day...

Posted by Ptah 2005-03-28 10:37:30 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-03-28 10:37:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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