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58. The Monsanto Years

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Sat Jun 6, 2015, 02:32 AM

Jun 2015

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Pesticides Killing Wild Bee Populations Necessary For World's Food Supply: Study [View all] avaistheone1 Jun 2015 OP

K&R. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #1

Problem is, we cast 'the right to reproduce' as a human right. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #2

Yes BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #19

People need to be confronted with the necessity to make a personal choice. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #23

FIFRA conditional registration loophole allows 11,000 untested/undertested pesticides wordpix Jun 2015 #64

I hear what you are saying but what we are seeing now is the effects of the baby boom population jwirr Jun 2015 #4

In the United States, population growth has slowed BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #15

Agree with that. jwirr Jun 2015 #16

Thanks, Brer Ivan - I have never thought that through erronis Jun 2015 #32

I don't think we need to trick or force people BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #42

And our economy is based on demand The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #24

ah yes, another, "we must control the population!!" posts... Javaman Jun 2015 #6

Farmers justify the use of excessive pesticides with the need to fulfill the demand for so much food JDPriestly Jun 2015 #26

but you didn't answer the very sticky question... Javaman Jun 2015 #39

Totalitarian dictatorships are probably the only way to do it effectively NickB79 Jun 2015 #54

so you are okay then with a totalitarian leadership "solving" the problem???? Javaman Jun 2015 #61

Either we will do it voluntarily or involuntarily BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #20

Except we aren't. There's lots and lots of fallow former-farmland. jeff47 Jun 2015 #22

Exactly - we gave small farms that fed much of the population up so that big-agra could make money. jwirr Jun 2015 #27

Yes. But if the demand for food is there, farmers will use pesticides to get the food. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #34

The point is the demand for food is "not there". That's why there are many abandoned farms. jeff47 Jun 2015 #37

I can give you a perfect example... Javaman Jun 2015 #41

+1000 nt Javaman Jun 2015 #40

Or livestock production could / should come to an end. chernabog Jun 2015 #25

Unfortunately taking animals out of the farming equation leads to more petroleum BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #53

consumer shelves are full of the systemic plant insecticides, Corps will not give up sales. Sunlei Jun 2015 #3

Last year our bees died in the winter and we had to pollinate our own gardens by hand last summer. jwirr Jun 2015 #5

did you have CDD? nt Javaman Jun 2015 #7

CDD? It was an extremely long and cold winter. Almost all bees up here in NE MN died and we are jwirr Jun 2015 #8

Sorry CCD Javaman Jun 2015 #18

Thank you and that is what most of us up her had. As to the winter we use shelter for them either jwirr Jun 2015 #21

dang, that's tough. Javaman Jun 2015 #36

There were 4 hives and yes they all died. My son-in-law remembers helping his uncle work with his jwirr Jun 2015 #46

Sounds like a wonderful set up. :) Javaman Jun 2015 #47

Glad you were able to save at least half of yours. I suspect that some of them from our area were jwirr Jun 2015 #48

Good luck on your next go around. :) Javaman Jun 2015 #49

Will tell my son-in-law that. Thanks. jwirr Jun 2015 #51

Wow, that's pretty bad. I don't see many honeybees in my garden, but I get large numbers of ... dmosh42 Jun 2015 #10

Your bees... Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #12

Right smack dab in the middle of Los Angeles, I have bees upon bees, all knds of bees JDPriestly Jun 2015 #29

Yes, you're right about the weeds being a big supplier to the bees for food. Most of my sightings... dmosh42 Jun 2015 #43

My grandfather was a farmer and purposely planted fields of clover to replenish the soil and JDPriestly Jun 2015 #57

I'm seeing very few pollinators this year wordpix Jun 2015 #62

We are mostly talking about the bee population in the USA. What is happening to the bees in the jwirr Jun 2015 #9

China is suffering bee loss as well. historylovr Jun 2015 #17

But monsanto has to earn profits... Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #11

I have seen just one honeybee in the backyard this year IDemo Jun 2015 #13

Most varieties of tomato plants, from my reading, are self-pollinating. As a matter of fact,... dmosh42 Jun 2015 #45

I haven't seen ANY & a beekeeper has hives close to our community garden wordpix Jun 2015 #63

I am going to follow President Obama's suggestions about bee and butterfly gardens. Wonder how jwirr Jun 2015 #14

I also grow milkweed galore for my Monarch (and other) butterflies. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #33

Our extended family have lots of rural are as well as two homes in town and we get seeds to plant jwirr Jun 2015 #35

I was out in the yard this morning and a beautiful Monarch was flying around nipping at my JDPriestly Jun 2015 #67

I'm growing milkweed, too. You can get cheap seeds here: wordpix Jun 2015 #65

Come on, this is America chapdrum Jun 2015 #28

Bees, bees! They're everywhere! Your weapons are useless against them! Calista241 Jun 2015 #30

Humans are too ignorant , greedy, cruel and dumb. They ladjf Jun 2015 #31

We humans are too successful The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #38

We lost our bee colonies as did our neighbors and we are suspicious that use of pesticides and Cleita Jun 2015 #44

There seem to be ... sendero Jun 2015 #50

I really need to find the link to the study I read. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #52

I don't have much problem.... sendero Jun 2015 #56

there IS one thing absolutely clear: EPA, FDA & Dept. of Ag are all run by Bushits wordpix Jun 2015 #68

Which is why they need to consider banning the pesticides and being more vigilant in cstanleytech Jun 2015 #55

The Monsanto Years DirtyHippyBastard Jun 2015 #58

K&R n/t susanna Jun 2015 #59

"...bees and people are a lot more intimate than one might think." Peace Patriot Jun 2015 #60

I say yes to your q b/c pesticides are linked to neuromuscular disorders wordpix Jun 2015 #66

Wow! Bees with Alzheimer's (from aluminum pollution). Peace Patriot Jun 2015 #69