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chervilant

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27. No great loss...

Reply to Zorra (Reply #12)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:31 AM

Nov 2013

Our species is proving to be grossly narcissistic and hedonistic. When Gaia rolls over to scrape us off her backside, we'll just have to go along for that ride.

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This is what we will lose if the bees disappear [View all] MoonRiver Nov 2013 OP

Talk to a bee keeper if you don't take this seriously yet! JCMach1 Nov 2013 #1

I know! MoonRiver Nov 2013 #2

the local bee keeper who supplies my small business has lost 65-75% of his hives JCMach1 Nov 2013 #32

So sad. :-( MoonRiver Nov 2013 #38

TED talk about this.... bee expert asks us all to plant flowers Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #13

Some of those are native to the Americas TexasProgresive Nov 2013 #3

There are 4000 species of bees native to the Americas bhikkhu Nov 2013 #4

Are those bees suffering from decline? TexasProgresive Nov 2013 #5

That's sort of like playing Russian Roulette, Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #6

Here is a partial list bhikkhu Nov 2013 #7

Thanks for the link TexasProgresive Nov 2013 #9

Also not native to America- MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #14

An observation. airplaneman Nov 2013 #8

Bees are hardly important caballojm Nov 2013 #10

Sadly so true. MoonRiver Nov 2013 #21

Monsanto first came for the birds, then the bees, and next ... nt SDjack Nov 2013 #26

I think we all know who's next! MoonRiver Nov 2013 #28

Tequila Throd Nov 2013 #11

After four decades of being a radical environmentalist, Zorra Nov 2013 #12

No great loss... chervilant Nov 2013 #27

Robot bees... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #15

well, mostly true, but let the gardener speak! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #16

I've noticed problems with laundry_queen Nov 2013 #17

I know. We had lots of bees two years ago, far less last summer - and we have loads of bee NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #18

And avocados. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #20

Thanks for birnging that up TexasProgresive Nov 2013 #22

Bees love weeds. Leave a few weeds in your garden, and you will have bees. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #19

I have millions of bees on my apples that fall to the ground. B Calm Nov 2013 #23

Do the insects on your decaying apples look like this Zorra Nov 2013 #30

They are not yellow jackets, but B Calm Nov 2013 #34

The apples or the bees fall to the ground? If the bees, do you spray your apples? JDPriestly Nov 2013 #31

After the apples fall to the ground, B Calm Nov 2013 #33

I think you are seeing yellow jackets. They're all over my apples too. KittyWampus Nov 2013 #35

I thought I knew what a yellow jacket looked like. B Calm Nov 2013 #36

Wasn't it Einstein that said once the bees are gone, humans will be extinct in 4 years? davidn3600 Nov 2013 #24

That sounds correct. MoonRiver Nov 2013 #25

An article talking about research linking pesticides and immune system troubles in bees Paulie Nov 2013 #29

much of this is simply not true.... mike_c Nov 2013 #37