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getagrip_already

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33. not entirely....
Mon Apr 1, 2024, 11:30 AM
Apr 2024

Honey bees and other pollinators are not always competitive for food sources. Their probosci are different lengths in many cases so they can't feed from the same flowers.

The key to a healthy environment is a variety of plants, not a restriction on pollinators. More pollinators actually create more flowering plants. That's where next years flowers will come from.

Don't think that reducing honey bee populations will help bumbles. It won't.

Oh what glorious news on a cloudy Monday morning!! Leghorn21 Apr 2024 #1
My one daughter started keeping bees semi-pro. Apparently, a bunch of hobbyists are starting to do it too. TheBlackAdder Apr 2024 #30
Please thank her for helping save the planet, TBAdder!! Leghorn21 Apr 2024 #37
Life Mad_Machine76 Apr 2024 #2
Everyone read that in Jeff Goldblum's voice, right? Clash City Rocker Apr 2024 #26
I hope so Mad_Machine76 Apr 2024 #34
Totally. Aristus Apr 2024 #64
Could this be a result of the Mossfern Apr 2024 #3
I think they linked collapse to pesticides too. Maybe farmers stopped using some of them? Takket Apr 2024 #6
I think roundup use has fallen maxsolomon Apr 2024 #25
Roundup/glyphosate isn't an insecticide, it's an herbicide. Nicotinoid insecticides were believed to be one of the main Martin68 Apr 2024 #45
We're doing our part in our backyard TxGuitar Apr 2024 #49
Get a Melochia tomentosa Habitation Apr 2024 #66
Don't say they're coming over the Southern border too ? 😮 OnDoutside Apr 2024 #4
Oh no! Migrant bees polluting the genuine American ones? The horror of it! Build a 1000 ft tall wall to keep 'em out. Wonder Why Apr 2024 #11
I dare not check RW news ! OnDoutside Apr 2024 #13
Just a quick note here Mossfern Apr 2024 #50
Fox will be abuzz about the "Southern Sting" CaptainTruth Apr 2024 #20
Not only are they coming over the Southern Border... WinstonSmith4740 Apr 2024 #29
Very good ! OnDoutside Apr 2024 #31
The USA will no longer accept non-Aryan bees. Alien bee traffickers are ungodly Ping Tung Apr 2024 #47
Bee Caravans! sop Apr 2024 #51
Polluting the pure Murcan honey! Thunderbeast Apr 2024 #58
What's worse is that they are AFRICANIZED!!1! JoseBalow Apr 2024 #65
That's great news!!! Since we depend on these little guys for food. Takket Apr 2024 #5
And don't forget LIFE! No bees, no pollination, no fruit, no animals...... you should get the point! usaf-vet Apr 2024 #9
Honey Bees are managed by bee keepers... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #7
Yes, my daughter the ecologist taught me that Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #24
See also: usonian Apr 2024 #8
Survey covers apiaries, commercial operations hatrack Apr 2024 #10
I believe the article is discussing.... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #12
not so much controlled as outpaced.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #28
As if varroa, small hive beetle and giant Asian hornets weren't enough . . . . hatrack Apr 2024 #54
Last summer Rebl2 Apr 2024 #14
if you want a fun hobby, you can actually find their hive by following them.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #32
Actually I Rebl2 Apr 2024 #38
In some areas, honeybees are crowding out other native bees, to the detriment of the plants those native bees pollinate. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2024 #15
All signs still point to a continuing decline and disappearance of wild bees Ponietz Apr 2024 #16
not entirely.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #33
Plants pollinated by non-native honeybees are less likely to survive NickB79 Apr 2024 #59
but if not visited by honey bees, would they be visited by any polinator? getagrip_already Apr 2024 #60
I consider this good news... slightlv Apr 2024 #17
Our native bees are still under great threat. Protect them you also protect the European honey bees too. Botany Apr 2024 #18
"Feral bees"? WTF are they talking about? sybylla Apr 2024 #19
Technically, they are feral. European honeybees are nonnative livestock, essentially. hatrack Apr 2024 #56
Yea aha suck it Monsanto Fullduplexxx Apr 2024 #21
Interesting to see this today. jaxexpat Apr 2024 #22
Not to be depressing but PlutosHeart Apr 2024 #23
All I know Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 #27
Strictly anecdotal but I spent a couple hours at meadery last weekend. bluesbassman Apr 2024 #35
We have been hearing about the declining bee doc03 Apr 2024 #36
Where does the article say it's a bad thing? Elessar Zappa Apr 2024 #39
It is behind a pay wall couldn't read it all nt doc03 Apr 2024 #55
Declining in Iowa...where they are is important not just the quantity JT45242 Apr 2024 #40
Bee orgies Renew Deal Apr 2024 #41
you laugh... but it's girls gone wild every spring getagrip_already Apr 2024 #43
My wife and I keep bees and have noticed this Ohioboy Apr 2024 #42
Can we cover the TX governor's mansion in honey? /nt dickthegrouch Apr 2024 #44
introduced honey bee populations have always fluctuated naturally... mike_c Apr 2024 #46
Honeybees are not native and compete with native species Kaleva Apr 2024 #48
Bee-autiful News!! SWBTATTReg Apr 2024 #52
One other thing comes to mind.... louis-t Apr 2024 #53
There are fewer farms and farmers Zeitghost Apr 2024 #63
Honeybees are livestock, not wildlife. Non-native, invasive species in most of the world NickB79 Apr 2024 #57
I had a colony of feral honeybees, I called the BeeCharmer MagickMuffin Apr 2024 #61
We've lived in the Fort Worth TX area for a few years TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #62
They're back with a vengeance outside my house ecstatic Apr 2024 #67
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