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04-19-2007, 09:27 PM | #1 |
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Are cell phones wiping out bees?
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Interesting, does it work on wasps too? They're really annoying this time of year and they can't make honey. "Save the bees!!! Down with wasps!!!"
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Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
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Well if this isn't the craziest thing I've heard?? Where is Brutus? Isn't his avatar a bee? Maybe he can give us the "buzz" on this topic.
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Well, I will have to say I had a swarm of killer bees in my living room the other day as I was chatting on my cellie! They looked a little dangerous!
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Where is Brutus?
Sir Brutus where art thou ? You sure look like a bee or is it a killer bee
Do you know about bees or just like the way they look ? Maybe you are a fan of Gary Larson Isaac |
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I am the fly on the wall
But since you asked. The bees around the country are dying at an alarming rate. Some beekeepers have experienced losses over 60%. Beekeepers have been beaten down by an unknown disease. The name of the disease is Colony Collapse Disorder. By the way the Romans also had the same disease run through their colonies and gave it the same name.
We are happy for the press the industry is receiving about the importance of honey bees to our food chain. The disease today has no answer but many theories. One being the cell towers are causing the bees to loss their navigational bearings. Another theory stats that GMO, Genetically Modified Organism, have caused the bees to become disoriented. Those two are assuming the bees are losing their way home. By the way, bees fly up to 5 miles to collect nectar, pollen, and water for the colonies. The other theories deal with the with miss use of miticides, antibiotics, and food supplements. These all hold some truth but no one theory holds all the answers. Like I said before the Romans have experienced this outbreak, we have documented a similar outbreak in this region in the 1950's. I believe the bees are stressed, hot dry summers the United State received these past couple of years along with the lack of adequate moisture for the plants to produce nectar has caused the bees to scale their operations down. Now if you don't mind, I will return to the wall right behind you. |
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Thank you Brutus for that most excellent bee report! I know that bees are important to my tomatoes, cucs, and peppers! I have high hopes for a bumper crop in my little garden this year. |
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Did he mean Roman colonies had this disease or their bee colonies did? Did Romans keep bees?
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Vanishing honeybees
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Spray system
We have a spray system on our house that goes off about 4 times a day spraying an organic pecticide. These have become quite popular in the last year or so. I wonder how much products like these are contributing to disappearing bees or could it be that aliens are snatching them for some reason?
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I noticed a gang of deadly Mexican bees the other day. A new variety, I hear. Cell phone activity doesnt seem to bother them.
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