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35. Um, "while you can" ?

Sat May 10, 2014, 05:35 PM

May 2014

What's going to happen that will make it so he can't?

You are the one who is challenging an expert on CCD while pretending to know the "facts", so you leave yourself open to this sort of tweaking. Oh, and by the way, this is the Democratic Underground. Not the "Leftist cause" underground.

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World's No. 1 pesticide brings honeybees to their knees, say scientists [View all] IDemo May 2014 OP

No surprise here. /nt Ash_F May 2014 #1

I'm sure world governments will ban the pesticides to save the bees and our food supply. NOT. valerief May 2014 #2

The European Union has been trying to ban them but is meeting resistance starroute May 2014 #4

The ones voting against it must be owned by Monsanto. Like the US Congress. nt valerief May 2014 #5

It takes time. Look at how long it took to ban DDT. nt cstanleytech May 2014 #8

And how long the legacy effects of DDT have lasted! Brainstormy May 2014 #32

�The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world�s food, over 70 are L0oniX May 2014 #25

Wouldn't rich people rather be rich in a world that still exists? athenasatanjesus May 2014 #30

No, because they can never be rich enough. They're insane. Logic doesn't factor in. nt valerief May 2014 #41

Job losses Roy Rolling May 2014 #3

the science journalism on this story is all messed up.... mike_c May 2014 #6

Indeed. HuckleB May 2014 #9

You are a poison makers apologist and we all know it ... And so on MindMover May 2014 #14

Laugh while you can psiman May 2014 #18

Maybe you can find some facts in here Brainstormy May 2014 #33

Um, "while you can" ? ConservativeDemocrat May 2014 #35

While I can is member speak for themselves .. pbmus May 2014 #59

Purely anecdotal, but I bought a neonicotinide insecticide. The day before I first used it I had JDPriestly May 2014 #15

first, we need to be clear about what we mean by "bees".... mike_c May 2014 #27

Thank you. Lionel Mandrake May 2014 #51

Thank God, someone knows how to read psiman May 2014 #17

The current hysteria over this cause is probably unwarranted MNBrewer May 2014 #45

the varroa mite, with all due respect, Brainstormy May 2014 #46

Well, google??? MNBrewer May 2014 #48

I stand corrected, or at least Brainstormy May 2014 #52

neither is the honey bee, which pollinates less than a third of crops... mike_c May 2014 #56

, blkmusclmachine May 2014 #7

Yeah, this is not exactly over yet. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #10

K&R DeSwiss May 2014 #11

It looks bad for honeybees. And those who depend on pollinators: freshwest May 2014 #12

Whenever I find dead or dying bees, they never have those sacks of pollen on their rear legs. SunSeeker May 2014 #16

"those who depend on pollinators" Our lives depend on them. L0oniX May 2014 #22

insects pollinate less than a third of crops consumed by humans.... mike_c May 2014 #28

Well I'm a fan of hyperbole and sensationalism. L0oniX May 2014 #36

We would all be better off without bees ... pbmus May 2014 #42

ok.... mike_c May 2014 #55

Anybody that questions your credentials is banned on DU pbmus May 2014 #57

The neonicotinoid link zentrum May 2014 #13

technically the term should be insecticide not pesticide. DCBob May 2014 #19

A distinction without a difference Brainstormy May 2014 #47

its more than semantics.. the title of the article is incorrect. DCBob May 2014 #54

If RoundUp is a pesticide Sienna86 May 2014 #20

Let me take a wild guess who's responsible ...MONSANTO! L0oniX May 2014 #21

"collapses remain dauntingly unclear"????? heaven05 May 2014 #23

Stupid f-ing mystery. How many of us have been posting this right here on DU for years and years. Exultant Democracy May 2014 #24

The human race is too greedy to be able to survive much longer. nt ladjf May 2014 #26

I make a strong effort to organically garden, and have lots of bees. NutmegYankee May 2014 #29

Same here theHandpuppet May 2014 #31

I garden organically arikara May 2014 #34

Wireless is just radio communications. NutmegYankee May 2014 #40

Familiar w. Devra Davis' work? I'm not except to the extent that I pay attention to her take-aways. proverbialwisdom May 2014 #53

Check it out. proverbialwisdom May 2014 #37

Don't forget about the threat to Monarch butterflies and the NRDC petition to the EPA. proverbialwisdom May 2014 #38

Our reasearch supports the findings of the Harvard Biologists. bvar22 May 2014 #39

Lord, a real person with real life experience , WOW pbmus May 2014 #44

A theory was that cell phones were causing this Ap1977 May 2014 #43

as a beekeeper... StoneCarver May 2014 #49

we lost all of our bees sweetapogee May 2014 #50

Here's a crazy thought: stop relying on honeybees for pollination NickB79 May 2014 #58