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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:23 PM Original message |
Worldwide Honeybee Deaths |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. 60 Minutes did a great segment on this last night, too |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It was a very good segment and featured the guy who first |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. what freaked me out was the fact that he couldn't find any bodies |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I think the new pesticide mentioned by the beekeeper on 60 Minutes |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That's one of several major theories. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. aliens have been stealing our bees. |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Nope . . . |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. The implications are extremely serious. This is our food supply we are talking about /nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. When I was in the house with the garden, my squash wasn't |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Hand pollinating |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. That's why I am a BIG advocate for every house on the planet having a |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. One winter I grew tomatoes on the back porch. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Tomatoes are self-fertile and don't actually require a pollinator, IIRC. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's all Ray Liotta's fault. |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think there's hope |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Organic bees have also declined |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Albert Einstein warned that if we |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. actually it was four years, but he never said it, anyway. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Thanks for setting the record |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The problem seems to be greed, as usual. |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Gee, nobody is reading the link. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I heard that pesticide use has been weakening the bees health |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. You can help right now - Plant A Bee Garden this spring and have your community plant |
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