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Environment & Energy

Botany

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7. We have a billion insects per square mile of earth in temperate zones ....

Reply to secondvariety (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 09:34 AM

Jun 2013

.... and that vast majority are beneficial ..... btw here is a night flying gnat eater:

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This is what your supermarket would look like if all the bees died off [View all] xchrom Jun 2013 OP

Good visual. secondvariety Jun 2013 #1

We have a billion insects per square mile of earth in temperate zones .... Botany Jun 2013 #7

Bats eat gnats? secondvariety Jun 2013 #14

Guinea hens eat fleas and ticks, ducks eat ticks Champion Jack Jun 2013 #22

Guinea hens secondvariety Jun 2013 #24

Cool birds. We had them here in Minnesota NickB79 Jun 2013 #25

what about cockroaches? can you recommend some predators i can get for them? n/t lordsummerisle Jun 2013 #15

Nothing you would want to cuddle in your bed at night. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #19

Can O Beer Roach Trap thelordofhell Jun 2013 #28

I am sure Monsanto will make up for it. Problem is it will all taste the same. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #2

And it will all taste like chicken. nt oldhippie Jun 2013 #3

Eventually we will have a chip implanted that we can dial in what ever taste we want. I cant wait.nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #5

LOL wtmusic Jun 2013 #8

How does Monsanto figure into this? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #26

They bought the leading research firm doing bee studies thelordofhell Jun 2013 #29

Why do you suppose that research group sold to Monsanto? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #30

$$$$$$$$$$$$$ thelordofhell Jun 2013 #31

Not exactly in it for intellectual pursuits or the greater good. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #32

Let's put it this way sarge43 Jun 2013 #4

aquaponic gardening grow your own! Heather MC Jun 2013 #20

You still need pollinators Champion Jack Jun 2013 #23

Aquaponics is very energy-intensive NickB79 Jun 2013 #34

better to have some foods you grow yourself than none at all Heather MC Jun 2013 #35

What you can do about this problem Botany Jun 2013 #6

A friend had something on her FB page about mason bee houses the other day MNBrewer Jun 2013 #9

We have mason bees here. Marvelous creatures. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #11

My wife and I timdog44 Jun 2013 #10

I am SO sorry you have to move. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #12

Thank you for that. timdog44 Jun 2013 #13

you have the understanding and knowledge that will make wherever you land good ... Botany Jun 2013 #16

I have seen the book and browsed it in the stores. timdog44 Jun 2013 #21

Hand Pollinating in China dem in texas Jun 2013 #17

Not quite true, you would still have native and bumble bees to do the work. happyslug Jun 2013 #18

I've read native bees are in decline as well though NickB79 Jun 2013 #27

For the same reason, monoculture happyslug Jun 2013 #33