Even The Little Thing Count

[stayawake]

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Farmers may have to get out their feather dusters and do some manual pollinating if the millions of bees that have vanished in the U.S. don’t show up soon.

<blockquote>http://www.celsias.com/blog/images/bees.jpg
A chain is only as strong as the weakest link.
What happens to our food supply,
without the humble bee?Honeybees are vanishing at an alarming rate from 24 US states, threatening the production of numerous crops.

The cause of the losses, which range from 30% to more than 70%, is a mystery, but experts are investigating several theories.

American bee colonies have been hit by regional crises before, but keepers say this is the first national crisis.

Bees pollinate more than $14bn (£7bn) worth of US seeds and crops each year, mostly fruits, vegetables and nuts.

The mystery disappearances highlight the important link that honeybees play in the chain that brings fruit and vegetables to supermarkets and dinner tables.

The crisis threatens numerous crops, from avocados to kiwis and California almonds - one of the most profitable in the US.

“I have never seen anything like it,” California beekeeper David Bradshaw, 50, told the New York Times.

“Box after box after box are just empty. There’s nobody home.”

…The investigators are exploring a range of possibilities to explain the losses, which they are calling “colony collapse disorder”. These include viruses, a fungus and poor bee nutrition.

They are also studying pesticides banned in some European countries to see if they are affecting the bees’ innate ability to navigate their way back to their hives. - BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6400179.stm) (see also NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27bees.html?ei=5065&en=19f5430052529696&ex=1173243600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print))

</blockquote>Einstein once remarked that “if bees were to disappear, man would only have a few years to live.”

Hmm… how about a farming system without chemicals? Any takers?

[Olm]

I didnt think that bee&#39;s were needed so badly. This is very interesting, so what happens then if the bee&#39;s don&#39;t come back? What will be lost? Some food or a lot of food? Here is my idea, go to europe and take some bee&#39;s in a jar, fly back to usa then breed them and put micro chips in them and put a bio suit on the bee&#39;s so they cant get hurt by chemicals, the chip is to track them down so when usa needs them they can find them. They could also put another chip in the bee&#39;s that is like a remote control that way they can fly the bee&#39;s back. This idea should work i think.

[Cricket]

Wow - it is a bigger problem than I thought. I used to see honey bees in my flower beds all the time. I would watch them go flower to flower and they never seemed to mind me there. I haven&#39;t seen them in my garden the last year or so. We haven&#39;t seen the beekeeper hives either, come to think of it.

I hope for our all us that they come back.

[stayawake]

Dear Olm
with the micro chip and the cell phone waves I think the poor little things would really be gone for good
Your idea is great for science fiction,
shows you a thinker ;0

No pollenating means no seed
love stayawake

[Nambo]

Hi Stayawake, I brought this up earlier in the week in my "Look, a Pale Horse" thread, (as in mass death by starvation).
Iam going with the mobile phone theory so, after having allready told one of the Lords, I then wrote to my Member of Parliament asking if he, or his party, deemed this important enough to warrent further investigation.

I will let you know if I get a reply.

Olm, no good coming to Europe for a jar of bees, we are suffering up to 90%, (guess we have more concentrated mobile phones over here), its Eurpoe wide.

Far more life threatening than global warming, but I guess you cannot tax bees, so dont expect much action from the tax collectors of the elite.

[James]

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Farmers may have to get out their feather dusters and do some manual pollinating if the millions of bees that have vanished in the U.S. don&#39;t show up soon.

<blockquote>http://www.celsias.com/blog/images/bees.jpg
A chain is only as strong as the weakest link.
What happens to our food supply,
without the humble bee?Honeybees are vanishing at an alarming rate from 24 US states, threatening the production of numerous crops.

The cause of the losses, which range from 30% to more than 70%, is a mystery, but experts are investigating several theories.

American bee colonies have been hit by regional crises before, but keepers say this is the first national crisis.

Bees pollinate more than $14bn (£7bn) worth of US seeds and crops each year, mostly fruits, vegetables and nuts.

The mystery disappearances highlight the important link that honeybees play in the chain that brings fruit and vegetables to supermarkets and dinner tables.

The crisis threatens numerous crops, from avocados to kiwis and California almonds - one of the most profitable in the US.

"I have never seen anything like it," California beekeeper David Bradshaw, 50, told the New York Times.

"Box after box after box are just empty. There&#39;s nobody home."

…The investigators are exploring a range of possibilities to explain the losses, which they are calling "colony collapse disorder". These include viruses, a fungus and poor bee nutrition.

They are also studying pesticides banned in some European countries to see if they are affecting the bees&#39; innate ability to navigate their way back to their hives. - BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6400179.stm) (see also NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27bees.html?ei=5065&en=19f5430052529696&ex=1173243600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print))

</blockquote>Einstein once remarked that "if bees were to disappear, man would only have a few years to live."

Hmm… how about a farming system without chemicals? Any takers?[/b]

I just got back from seeing &#39;The Bee Movie&#39; with my daughter. Very funny. Very interesting theme. Shows what a vital role they play and how crucial they are to our very existance.
http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1171875/photo_28.jpg

The theme speaks to our Grand Creator, Jehovah and His infinite wisdom!

agape to all,
James